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Dr. Xingzhou Guo

  • Assistant Professor - Department of Engineering Technology
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Biography and education

Dr. Guo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology. He received his PhD degree from the Bowen School of Construction at Purdue University. Dr. Guo's research interests have mainly revolved around sustainable design and construction of buildings and infrastructure, with particular focus on adopting human factors and AI to improve worker’s health and safety in human-centric building and infrastructure networks.

I am actively looking for highly motivated graduate students to join my research group. Candidates with research interests in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to contact me at xingzhoug@txstate.edu.
1. Human–AI Interaction
2. Health in Construction
3. Transportation Safety
  • Chen, Yunfeng (Principal), Zhang, Jiansong (Co-Principal), Guo, Xingzhou (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %39, Wu, Hongyue (Co-Principal). Feasibility Study of Deploying Movable Barriers as Permanent Barriers and Temporary Traffic Barriers for Future Roadway Design, Construction, and Maintenance, Indiana Department of Transportation, State, $193926. (Submitted: August 2025, Funded: October 2025 - March 2027). Grant.
  • Guo, X., Hu, X., Chen, Y., & Zhang, J. (2025). Assessing Physical Fatigue in Highway Maintenance Workers through Electromyography: The Impact of Lifting Weights and Heights on Bags Handling.
  • Karim, R., Guo, X., & Wu, H. (2025). Advancing Physical and Mental Fatigue Analysis in Construction Workers: Insights, Technologies, and Future Directions. Developments in the Built Environment.
  • Karim, R., Khan, U., & Guo, X. (2025). A Cross-Sector Framework for Human Factor Technologies: Comparative Analysis of Vertical and Horizontal Construction.
  • Karim, R., Guo, X., Wu, H., & Barman, M. (2025). Advancing Research on Workers’ Fatigue in Construction: A Cluster-Based Review.
  • Hu, X., Guo, X., Chen, Y., & Zhang, J. (2025). Usability of Passive Back Exoskeletons and Ergonomic Handles for Transportation Maintenance Workers: A Field-Based Study in Shoveling.
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: AASHTO High Value Research Award Nomination, Indiana Department of Transportation. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Swenson College of Sci. & Eng. Mini Grant, University of Minnesota. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award, 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics: Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Expert Peer-Reviewer, ASCE Construction Research Congress. 2020
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    Transportation Research Board Annual Conference

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    Journal of Safety Science and Resilience

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    Accreditation Committee

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    Building and Environment

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    Artificial Intelligence Review

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    International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering

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