Dr. Zijian Guo is a professor of the State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering at Dalian University of Technology (DUT). He also serves as director for Institute of Harbor and Offshore Engineering and Research Center for Port Development of DUT. He has a Ph. D. in Traffic and Civil Engineering from Nihon University (1995), a Master degree in Traffic and Civil Engineering from Nihon University (1992), a Bachelor degree in Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering from DUT (1987). He is the current member of Education Steering Committee of water conservancy major in Colleges and Universities of Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Vice-Chairman of Professional Committee on port waterway and coastal engineering major of China Association of Hydraulic Engineering Education, and Vice-Chairman of Education Steering Committee of water conservancy major in Colleges and Universities of Liaoning Province. Additionally, he is also the Executive Director of China Research Society of Transportation and Logistics, and serves as the evaluation expert of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology, the Water Transport Engineering and Traffic Support System Engineering Design of Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China, and the Navigation Safety Expert of the People’s Republic of China. He is also the member of the Safety Production Expert Group of Liaoning Province, the Liaoning Provincial Government Consultative Committee, the Consultative Committee of Dalian Municipal Government, the Dalian Society for Oceanography, the Dalian Society of Logistics and Superintendent of grant program, and the Director of Motions Committee of Dalian Municipal Government of Jiusan Society.

Dr. Guo’s active research fields include smart port development, port planning, infrastructure planning, basic theory of port planning, comprehensive transportation planning, logistics system planning tec. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and delivered more than 40 invited talks and nearly 80 other academic presentations. He is the leader of the "Strategic International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation" Key Special Project, called “Joint R&D and Demonstration of Intelligent Construction of Large Port", under the National Key R&D program of China. He is the owner of a third prize of Liaoning Province Natural Science Scholastic Attainment, a second prize of Liaoning Province Natural Science Scholastic Attainment, a special award of Scientific and Technical Academy Awards of China Water Transportation Construction Association, a first prize of Scientific and Technical Academy Awards of China Water Transportation Construction Association, a third prize of Liaoning Province Natural Science Scholastic Attainment, and a third prize of The Tech Awards of China Institute of Navigation.

l   Theory of smart port spatial planning 

Focusing on the top-level design and construction requirements of smart port, the research team proposes a series of smart port spatial planning theories based on Big data, AI, and other modern technological means. To realize the coordination and compatibility between port development and both internal and external environments in space and function perspectives. Relevant researches have been applied to 9 practical port planning projects in the Panjin Port, Algeria Port, Qingdao Port, etc.

l   Intelligent port construction theory and key technologies

From the perspective of smart port operation, the research team has conducted innovative research on the method of intelligent port collaborative scheduling, so as to realize the efficient, safe production, and multi-functional cooperative operation between subjects in ports. Relevant effects have been applied in actual projects of Yidu container yard of Dalian Port and production vulnerability assessment of Huanghua Port.

l   Basic theory of port planning

The research team has devoted more than 15 years’ efforts on the investigation of basic theory of port planning. Achievements including the proposal of quantitative analysis method of the coastal waterway capacity, the optimization method of routing scheme fairway, spatial scale of port collection and distribution channels and corresponding impacts on urban traffic, etc. Efforts of relevant research have been successfully applied in the projects of Jingtang Port Area and Caofeidian Port Area.