Qizhong (George) Guo

•    Evaluation of Coefficients Related to Runoff from Roadway Projects, funded by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) via NJDOT
•    Strengthening Marshes Creek through Green and Grey Infrastructure, funded by U.S. Department of Interior via National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
•    At Risk: Healthy Coastal Ecosystem and Resilient Communities & Economies in an Era of Climate Change, New Jersey Sea Grant via NJIT
•    Flood Risk Reduction Strategies for Vulnerable Coastal Populations around Barnegat Bay, Hackensack River, Hudson River, Arthur Kill, and Delaware Bay, funded by NJDEP
•    Protection of Boardwalk, funded by Borough of Seaside Heights, NJ
•    Wet-Weather Flow High-Rate Treatment and Disinfection Demonstration Project, funded by USEPA-NJDEP-Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority via Hatch Mott MacDonald
•    Performance Evaluation of Portable Dewatering Device for Construction Sites and Stormwater Treatment Systems, funded by Aqualete Industries
•    Drainage System Identification and Analysis, funded by NJDOT via NJIT
•    Stormwater System Monitoring and Evaluation, funded by NJDOT
•    Automatic Vacuum Flushing Technology for Combined Sewer Solids, funded by USEPA via WERF
•    High Volume Utilization of Fly Ash Containing Mercury-Impregnated Carbon, funded by USDOE via Ceramatec, Inc.
•    Stormwater Management Rule Implementation Process, funded by NJDOT
•    Correlation of Total Suspended Solids and Suspended Sediment Concentration Test Methods, funded by NJDEP
•    Watershed Modeling to Support Post Brook Regional Stormwater Management Plan Development, funded by USEPA-NJDEP via GSE, LLC
•    Section 319H NPS Pollution Control and Management Implementation Grant Program: Implementation of Stormwater Detention Basin Retrofitting Techniques
•    funded by USEPA via NJDEP
•    Development of a Numerical Model to Assess the Impacts of Raw Water Quality on Conventional Drinking Water Treatment, funded by NJDEP
•    Water Quality Modeling Study of Lower Maurice River Estuary, funded by Commercial Township, NJ

•    Chair, Task Committee on Guidelines for Certification of Stormwater Manufactured Devices, ASCE/EWRI
•    President, Chinese American Water Resources Association
•    Project Steering Committee Member, Stormwater-Borne Solids, Water Environment Research Foundation
•    Member, Aging Water Infrastructure Initiative Research Team, Water Environment Research Foundation
•    Peer Review Panelist, U.S. National Science Foundation
•    Peer Review Panelist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
•    Member, Advisory Council, NJ Water Resources Research Institute
•    Honorary Theme Editor, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Sustainable Development), UNESCO

Dr. Qizhong (George) Guo is a well-recognized water resources engineer. His specialty and research areas are hydraulics and hydrology, urban stormwater and flood management, inland and coastal water environment protection and restoration, and green and sustainable water infrastructure.

Dr. Guo has directed over 40 research projects as the principal investigator. His research achievements include urban coastal flood risk reduction strategies in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, flood mitigation and ecosystem restoration in Linden, New Jersey, green and mobile infrastructure adaptation to climate change and sea level rise, verification and certification of stormwater manufactured treatment devices, retrofit and maintenance of stormwater control measures, automatic vacuum flushing techniques for combined sewer sediments, new method for estimating freshwater input and water residence time in estuaries, criteria for drinking-water-pipe cement-lining quality, modeling and analysis of river ice breakup and jamming process in the Mississippi River, analysis and mitigation of hydraulic surges in Chicago deep tunnels.

Dr. Guo has also actively served the profession. He has chaired the stormwater technology certification guidelines task committee for the American Society of Civil Engineers, served on a project steering committee for the Water Environment Research Foundation, and served as President of the Chinese American Water Resources Association.

Dr. Guo received B.E. degree from Tianjin University (China) and both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Minnesota. He is a licensed civil engineer and a diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers.

•    Member, Working Group on Climate Change Impacts, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
•    Member, Stream Corridors Subcommittee, Delaware River Basin Commission
•    Member, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, National Estuary Program for Barnegat Bay, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
•    Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Whippany Watershed Pilot Project, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
•    Interviewed by local, national, and international media on water resources technical issues (MSNBC, Fox 5, CCTV 4, SinoVision, CCTV America, WNYC, WBGO, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, The Star Ledger, NJN News, The Bergen Record, Asbury Park Press, Atlantic City Press, The Daily Targum, Wired Magazine, Omaha Herald, International Talent, etc.)

•    Member, Presidential Task Force on Raritan River/Eco-Preserve
•    Member, Steering Committee, Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C)
•    Member, University Committee on Environmental Affairs
•    Member, University Liberia Initiative and Program
•    Member, New Brunswick Campus Faculty Advisory Council
•    Advisor, The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
•    Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Rutgers Climate Institute (RCI)
•    Member, Rutgers Energy Institute (REI)
•    Member, Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (IEOAS), formerly Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS)
•    Member, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT)
•    Chair, Courses of Study Committee, School of Engineering
•    Chair, Library Committee, School of Engineering
•    Member, Advisory Committee on Appointments and Promotions, School of Engineering
•    Program Director, Certificate in Green Water Infrastructure, Rutgers Advanced Technology Extension (RATE), School of Engineering
•    Founding Director, Rutgers Hydroinformatics Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
•    Director, Fluid Mechanics/Hydraulics Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

•    Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Civil/Water Resources Engineering
•    M.S., University of Minnesota, Civil/Water Resources Engineering
•    B.E., Tianjin University, China, Hydraulic Engineering