• Associate Professor, Qatar
Bing Guo

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Tsinghua University — 1998
  • M.S., Tsinghua University — 1998
  • B.S., Tsinghua University — 1993

Research Interests

    • Aerosol science and technology
    • Aerosol transmission of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19
    • Agricultural technology in hot, arid desert environments
    • Air quality measurement and pollution source apportionment
    • Combustion property measurement for liquid hydrocarbon fuels, aerosol shock tube
    • Dust control technologies, electrodynamic dust shield (EDS)
    • Impact of dust on aircraft engines and solar energy in desert environments
    • Modeling of solar PV module performance in desert environments
    • Physics- and artificial-intelligence-based image processing, image-based low-cost ambient particulate matter sensor
    • Renewable energy and the environment
    • Advanced monitoring methods of solar photovoltaic (PV) module health and performance, measurement and modeling of solar PV soiling
    • Mechanics of dust particles in dynamic electric field, multi-physics simulation of aerosol behavior in air flow

Awards & Honors

  • Dean’s Fellow for High-Impact Learning and Teaching with Technology, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2014
  • Outstanding Doctorate Dissertation of Tsinghua University, 2000

Selected Publications

  • Guo, B., Figgis, B., Javed, W., Measurement of electrodynamic dust shield efficiency in field conditions. Journal of Electrostatics. DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2018.11.007. Vol. 97, 26-30, 2019
  • Javed, W.*; Iakovides, M.; Stephanou, E. G.; Wolfson, J. M.; Koutrakis, P.; Guo, B., Concentrations of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient PM2.5 and PM10 particulates in Doha, Qatar. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2018.1520754. 2018
  • Guo, B., Javed, W., Pett, C., Wu, C.-Y., Scheffe, J. R., Electrodynamic dust shield performance under simulated operating conditions for solar energy applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.021, Vol. 185, 80-85, 2018.
  • Chen, E. Y.-T.*, Guo, B., Liang. H., Measurement of dust sweeping force for cleaning solar panels. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.12.009, Vol. 179, 247-253, 2018.
  • Guo, B., Javed, W.*, Efficiency of Electrodynamic Dust Shield at Dust Loading Levels Relevant to Solar Energy Applications. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2764890, Vol. 8, 196-202, 2018.