Xingzhou Guo

Focus:

Project Management

Website:

https://sites.google.com/view/guoxz

Education:

• Ph.D. Construction Management Technology, Purdue University
• M.S. Construction Engineering and Management, University of Alberta
• B.Eng. Safety Engineering, Chang’an University

Academic Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth (2023 - Present)
• Research Assistant & Graduate Student Instructor, School of Construction Management Technology, Purdue University (2019-2023)
• Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant, School of Construction Engineering and Management, University of Alberta (2014-2016)

Research Interests:

My research interests have mainly revolved around sustainable design and construction of buildings and infrastructures, with particular focus on adopting emerging Artificial Intelligence techniques and human factors knowledge to improve worker’s health and safety in human-centric building and infrastructure networks. In my academic journey, I have contributed to acquiring research fundings from the National Science Foundation, Indiana Department of Transportation, and Local Technical Assistance Program.

Courses Taught:

• CE 4026/5026 - Advanced Project Management (UMD)
• CE 3026 - Project Management (UMD)
• CM 581 - Construction Finance & Company Management (Purdue)
• CM 300 - Advanced Pre-Construction Management (Purdue)
• CM 200 - Intermediate Pre-Construction Management (Purdue)

Select Publications:

• Guo, X., Chen, Y., & Zhang, J. (2024). Automated detection of physical fatigue of transportation maintenance workers through physiological and motion data. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. 
• Guo, X., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., & Hubbard, B. (2024). A new framework for exploration of transportation maintenance-related prevalent work injuries, hazardous activities, and effectiveness of ergonomic solutions in the United States. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. 
• Wu, H., Guo, X., Tian, C., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., & Jenkins, J. L. (2024). Understanding the Causes of Work Zone Crashes from the Color-Related Perspective: Indiana Crash Data Analysis Using Natural Language Processing (No. TRBAM-24-02750). Transportation Research Board 2024, Washington DC, US. 
• Guo, X., Hu, X., & Chen, Y. (2023). Exploration of back exoskeleton’s effectiveness on transportation maintenance workers during lifting activities. 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics 2023, San Francisco, California, US. 
• Guo, X., Wu, H., Chen, Y., Chang, Y., & Ao, Y. (2022). Gauging the impact of personal lifestyle, indoor environmental quality and work-related factors on occupant productivity when working from home. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. 
• Guo, X., Tian, C., Chen, Y., & Zhang, J. (2021). Case study of Building Information Modeling implementation in infrastructure projects. Transportation Research Record.
• Guo, X., & Chen, Y. (2020). Evaluation of occupant comfort and health in indoor home-based work and study environment. HCI International 2020–Late Breaking Papers: Digital Human Modeling and Ergonomics, Mobility and Intelligent Environments: 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Golabchi, A., Guo, X., Liu, M., Han, S., Lee, S., & AbouRizk, S. (2018). An integrated ergonomics framework for evaluation and design of construction operations. Automation in Construction.