• Offshore Geotechnical Engineering;   

• Structural Health Monitoring;   

• Geotechnical Reliability Analysis;   

• Big Data and Machine Learning in Geotechnics

Education Experience:

• 11/2016 - 03/2020, PhD in Geotechnical Engineering, Grenoble Alpes University, France     

• 09/2013 - 09/2016, ME in Geotechnical Engineering, Grenoble Alpes University, France     

• 09/2009 - 06/2013, BE in Engineering Mechancis, Wuhan University, China

Work Experience:

• 08/2023 - Present, Associate Professor, South China University of Technology, China     

• 02/2022 - 07/2023, Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore     

• 04/2020 - 09/2021, Postdoc, 3SR lab, CNRS, France

Dr. Guo’s research focuses on leveraging the value of data, including site investigation and structural monitoring data, combined with physical insights derived from numerical simulations and model experiments, to advance the design, evaluation, and monitoring of geotechnical structures, including offshore wind turbine foundations (e.g., monopiles and suction caissons), dams, slopes, tunnels, and excavations. Dr. Guo has published over 30 papers in internationally recognized journals and is currently leading two national-level research projects.

Some selected projects:

• 01/2024 - 12/2026, Ministry of Education's Overseas Talent Introduction Program: Smart monitoring of ocean engineering foundations, PI

• 01/2025 - 12/2027, National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on the Long-Term Evolution Mechanism of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundation Performance Based on Vibration Data Inversion, PI  

Some slected papers:

• Siacara A T, Guo X*, Beck A T. Probabilistic analysis of shallow foundation on earth slope using an active learning surrogate-centered procedure[J]. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024, 175: 106659;

• Hu, Y., Wang, Z. Z., Guo, X.*, Kek, H. Y., Ku, T., Goh, S. H., ... & Zhang, Y. (2024). Three-dimensional reconstruction of subsurface stratigraphy using machine learning with neighborhood aggregation. Engineering Geology, 107588.

• Guo, X., Pham, T. A., & Dias, D. (2023). Multi-objective optimization of geosynthetic-reinforced and pile-supported embankments. Acta Geotechnica, 1-16.

• Guo, X., Dufour, F., & Humbert, N. (2022). Modal analysis of an arch dam combining ambient vibration measurements, advanced fluid‐element method and modified engineering approach. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 51(6), 1321-1342.

• Guo, X., Dias, D., Carvajal, C., Peyras, L., & Breul, P. (2019). A comparative study of different reliability methods for high dimensional stochastic problems related to earth dam stability analyses. Engineering Structures, 188, 591-602.