Qing Liu, a doctoral student in transportation and logistics, was awarded the Transportation Research Forum Foundation scholarship for excellence in her studies, research and writing.
In 2007, Liu earned a bachelor of engineering in maritime transportation from Dalian Maritime University in Dalian, China. She then began the transportation and logistics doctoral program at NDSU. Her work primarily focuses on maritime shipping, port operation and container transportation and logistics.
At NDSU, Liu conducts research with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. Some of her projects include a Chinese railway study and a supply chain model using complex freight analysis tools. Liu presented a poster at the Transportation Research Board’s Commodity Freight Survey Workshop in 2010. She also presented a paper, "Incorporating Pollution in U.S. Container Ports Efficiency Analysis,” at the Transportation Research Forum in Long Beach California in March.