Liu was one of five Georgia Tech faculty to receive the award for 2012. Selected by the Institute’s Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), the award recognizes teaching excellence, educational innovation, impact on student lives, and research-teaching connections.  Lui teaches classes in Chinese language and contemporary Chinese culture. She alternately co-directs the School of Modern Languages' intensive summer Chinese language program in Shanghai, and the Languages for Business and Technology Chinese program, leading students in immersive study and work in China. Liu is a past winner of the Institute's Class of 1934 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award (2010-2011), a student voted award.