Lieu Thai received his Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Civil from Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) in year 2012. He continues his MEng in the field of deep excavation from the same institution and he received his MEng in 2015. During his postgraduate studies, he was the teaching assistant or tutor in the university. In October 2015, he joined Swinburne University of Technology as a full-time associate lecturer and appointed as lecturer in December 2015.