
Dr Fang Bin Guo
School of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: F.B.Guo@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 1393
Dr. Fang Bin Guo is a highly qualified and experienced professional in the field of industrial design. Holding a BA, MSc, and PhD in the subject, he demonstrated a deep understanding of the discipline and its applications in real-world scenarios. As a Reader in Industrial Design at Liverpool John Moores University, he is teaching the BSc Product Design Engineering programme and supervising PhD research in areas such as human-centred design, cognitive ergonomics, and urban regeneration.
Dr. Guo is well-known for his expertise in the study of Human Factors and is currently working on several prestigious projects that are funded by the AHRC-Newton Fund, MarRI-UK, EU H2020, and IAMU, where he is leading an international, cross-disciplinary team in his research endeavours.
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Degrees
2010, University of Salford, United Kingdom, PhD Industrial Design Education
2003, University of Salford, United Kingdom, MSc Industrial Design
1991, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, China, BA Industrial Design
Academic appointments
Reader in Industrial Design, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Senior lecturer, BSc Product Design Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010 - 2021
Lecturer/Programme leader, BA Industrial Design, Dalian Polytechnic University, 1999 - 2001
Postgraduate training
PGCert in Higher Education, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, 2012 - 2015
Journal article
Guo FB, Roberts EE, Zhan X, Johnston K. 2023. Driving renovation: A comparative research project in urban regeneration across cities in China Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 17 :172-189 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Zhan X, Guo FB, Roberts E. 2023. Image-Based Research Methods for Mapping Tourist Behaviour: Smart Photos Tourism Recreation Research, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB, Roberts EE, Zhan X, Johnston K. 2021. Consideration of Human-Centered Emotional Design and Cultural Strategy in Urban Regeneration in China Journal of Urban Design, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ge X, Jiao L, Qu J, Guo FB. 2020. Sustainable Urban Regeneration Based on Industrial Heritage Conservation in Dalian, China Test Engineering and Management, 83 :19353-19359 Publisher Url Public Url
Ender J, Wagner JC, Kunert G, Guo FB, Larek R, Pawletta T. 2019. Concept of a Self-Learning Workplace Cell for Worker Assistance While Collaboration with a Robot Within the Self-Adapting-Production-Planning-System Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary W Gospodarce I Ochronie Środowiska,, 9 :4-9 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Zhan X, Shen C, Ji Z, Chen J, Fang H, Guo F, Zhang JF. 2019. A Dual-Point technique for the entire ID-VG characterization into subthreshold region under Random Telegraph Noise condition IEEE Electron Device Letters, 40 :674-677 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zhao Y, Du HB, Guo FB. 2019. Consideration of Human Factors in a Design of Fire-rescue Window Art Work, Public Url
Guo F, Wang Y. Respecting, Retaining, Recreating: The Successful Renovation of Beijing 751D-Park Tallon A. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 18
Conference publication
Mu B, Bin Guo F, Yang Z, Jenkinson I. 2023. Interface And Interaction: The Symbolic Design for Bridge Conning System Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things, 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023) 73 :202-211 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB. 2022. Towards an Ergonomic Interface in Ship Bridges: Identification of the Design Criteria AHFE International: Industrial Cognitive Ergnomics and Engineering Psychology, AHFE 2022 35 :108-117 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB. 2022. Experiencing the History and Cultural Heritage: The Tourist Centred Map Design of Liverpool City AHFE International: Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology, AHFE2022 35 :125-133 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Zhan X, Guo FB, Fairclough SH, Lee D. 2021. Psychological Impact on Design: Empirical Case Studies in City Regeneration of Post-Industrial Sites Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering, AHFE 2021:3rd international conference on Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology (ICEEP) :320-327 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ge X, Qu J, Guo FB. 2020. On Major Issues and Countermeasures of the Regeneration of Former Industrial Sites in China Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Management Science and Engineering (IC-AMSE 2020) 133 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB, Roberts EE, Du H, Wang Y, Chen Y, Ge X. 2019. A Comparative Research of Culture-led Regeneration across Cities in China ICUSP 2019 : International Conference on Urban Studies and Planning, ICUSP 2019 : International Conference on Urban Studies and Planning Publisher Url Public Url
Ender J, Jan C, Kunert G, Larek R, Pawletta R, Guo FB. 2019. Design of an Assisting Workplace Cell for Human-Robot Collaboration IEEE: I2 PhDW 2019 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB. 2018. Shifting Product Design from Technology Driven to User Centre Design Driven 3rd International Conference on Design & Production Engineering 7 DOI Publisher Url
Zhao Y, Guo FB, Du HB. 2018. A Pedagogical Study of Industrial Design Education for Industry 4.0 3rd International Conference on Design & Production Engineering 7
Guo FB. 2017. Capturing Imagination: A Shift from Teaching to Learning ICERI2017, 10th International Coference of Education and Research and Innovation Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB. 2016. Switching From Lecture to Design Workshop 10th International Technology Education and Development Conference, 2016. Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB, Finlay PJ. 2015. Educating Design Professionals In The 21st Century The 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education Public Url
Guo FB, Finlay PJ. 2015. Aligning teaching and learning approach and assessment method to enhance the quality of higher design education INTED2015 Proceedings 2015, 9th International Technology Education and Development Conference,2015 :1859-1866 Publisher Url Public Url
Guo FB, Williams A. 2006. A comparative study of Industrial Design Education across HE Institutions within the UK and China D2B -IDM 2006, D2B - The 1st International Design Management Symposium: Shanghai 2006 Publisher Url
Guo F, Yang Z, Jenkinson I, Ender J. Changing the Role of Design AHFE 2019_Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (Spring.com), 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Guo FB, Yang Z, Blanco Davis E, Khalique A, Bury A. Does being Human cause human Errors? Consideration of Human-Centred Design in Ship bridge design 12th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2021) DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Qu Z, Abujaafar M, Wang J, Nazir S, Mallam S, Blanco-Davis E, Guo FB, Sivori H, Symes S, Yang Z. Advanced Bayesian model to quantify the adequacy of organisation for human reliability: A maritime case. DOI Publisher Url
Books (authored)
Guo F, Roberts E, Johnston K, Zhan X. 2023. Industrial Regeneration in China: A Project Journey 978-1-3999-3935-5
Guo FB. 2021. Design Principle LJMU Public Url
Guo FB. 2021. Product Design and Presentation LJMU Public Url
Guo FB. 2011. Industrial Design Education Lambert Academic Publishing 9783844383256 Author Url Publisher Url
Design
Guo FB. 2019. Web Design Author Url
Guo FB. 2019. Logo Design Publisher Url Public Url
Highlighted activities
Research Grants Awarded:
Duration of research project: 12 months, Grant value (£): $60,000, IAMU, Addressing Human Error and Enhancing Performance through Human Factors. 2021
Duration of research project: 24 months, Grant value (£): 170,000, MarRI-UK, LADDER –‘ Lookout Awareness of Distractions: the creation of a Distraction Evaluation Ratio’. 2020
Duration of research project: 4 yrs, Grant value (£): €173,000, EU H2020, ENHANCE – Human Reliability and Training Network. 2019
Duration of research project: 36 months, Grant value (£): 250,000, AHRC - Newton Fund, Fang Guo; Jon Spruce, What Aspects of Participatory Design Can Help Urban Revitalisation; in Particular in the Restructuring of Former Industrial Zones in China.. 2018
Professional activities
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, Batumi, Georgia, International Association of Maritime University (IAMU) Conference AGA 22, ADDRESSING HUMAN ERROR AND ENHANCING PERFORMANCE THROUGH HUMAN FACTORS. 2022
Oral presentation, New York, 'Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology Conference (ICEEP) 2022 @ AHFE 2022, Towards an Ergonomic Interface in Ship Bridges: Identification of the Design Criteria. 2022
Poster presentation, New York, 'Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology Conference (ICEEP) 2022 @ AHFE 2022, Experiencing the History and Cultural Heritage: The Tourist Centred Map Design of Liverpool City. 2022
Oral presentation, London, Space Studies of Planning and Architecture. 2022, A Comparative Case Study of Post-Industrial Regeneration Project Through Digital Footprint.. 2022
Oral presentation, Sino British Community Regeneration Symposium, Driving the Renovation: A Comparative Research in Urban Regeneration across Cities in China. 2021
Oral presentation, AHFE 2021 /3rd international conference on Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology (ICEEP)., Does Being Human Cause Human Errors? Consideration of Human-Centred Design in Ship Bridge Design. 2021
Oral presentation, International Conference on Urban Studies and Planning (ICUSP). London, Comparative Research on Culture-Led Regeneration Across Cities in China. 2019
Oral presentation, Washington, 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), Changing the Role of Design. 2019
Oral presentation, Valencia, Design & Production Engineering, Shifting Product Design from Technology Driven to User Centre Design Driven. 2018
Poster presentation, Valencia, 10th International Technology Education and Development Conference’ (INTED), Switching from Lectures to Design Workshop. 2016
Poster presentation, Loughborough, 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Educating Design Professionals in the 21st Century. 2015
Poster presentation, Madrid, 9th International Technology Education and Development Conference’ (INTED), Aligning Teaching and Learning Approach and Assessment Method to Enhance the Quality of Higher Design Education. 2015
Poster presentation, Seville, 10th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation’ (ICERI), Capturing Imagination: A Shift from Teaching to Learning.
Conference organisation:
Session Chair & Scientific board member, Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology Conference (ICEEP) 2022 @ AHFE 2022, https://ahfe.org/. 2022
Committee Member & Invited Speaker. INDUSTRIALMEET2022. International Meet on Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering. 2022
Keynote speaker, Pan Tongji Design Week 2021: Sino British Community Regeneration Symposium. 2021
Keynote speaker. 2021 International Forum on User Experience Development. 2021
Session chair & scientific advisory board member. Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology Conference (ICEEP). 2019
Session Chair. ICUSP 2019: International Conference on Urban Studies and Planning. London. 2019
Session Chair & Board of Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology at AHFE. 2019
Committee Member & invited speaker. Design and Production Engineering. 2018
Research Grants Awarded:
Duration of research project: 12 months, Grant value (£): $60,000, IAMU, Addressing Human Error and Enhancing Performance through Human Factors. 2021
Duration of research project: 24 months, Grant value (£): 170,000, MarRI-UK, LADDER –‘ Lookout Awareness of Distractions: the creation of a Distraction Evaluation Ratio’. 2020
Duration of research project: 12 months, Grant value (£): 5,000, The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), LCR 4.0. 2019
Duration of research project: 4 yrs, Grant value (£): €173,000, EU H2020, ENHANCE – Human Reliability and Training Network. 2019
Duration of research project: 12 months, Grant value (£): 3,000, LJMU, RFID-based Industrial Design for the IoHT Industry. 2018
Duration of research project: 36 months, Grant value (£): 250,000, AHRC - Newton Fund, Fang Guo; Jon Spruce, What Aspects of Participatory Design Can Help Urban Revitalisation; in Particular in the Restructuring of Former Industrial Zones in China.. 2018
Duration of research project: 6 months, Grant value (£): 132,843, Innovate UK, A True Random Number Generator (TRNG) MVP for RFID Tags in Healthcare. 2018
Industrial connections:
Lloyd’s Register Classification Society (North Asia), Industrial partner of MarRI-UK project. 2020
Idea Latitude/Urban Planning and Design Institute, Creative industrial partner of AHRC-Newton Fund project.. 2018
Other invited event:
China, College of Design & Innovation in Aug-Sep, Lecturing at Tongji University. 2019
China, School of Industrial Design, Lecturing in Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. 2015
China, at Dalian University between 2014-2017, Visiting Professor. 2014
External collaboration:
School of Industrial Design, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts (LAFA). 2018
College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University (TJU).
Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences, The South-eastern University of Norway (USN).
Maritime Faculty, Istanbul Technical University (ITU).
Merchant Marine College, Shanghai Maritime University (SMU).
Public Art Committee, China National Association of Painting (CNAP).
School of Art & Design, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT).
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).
Southampton International College, Dalian Polytechnic University (DPU).
Fellowships:
The Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the High Education Academy (FHEA). 2015
Teaching qualification:
PGCert in Higher Education. 2015
Membership of professional bodies:
British Industrial Design Association (BIDA), Member.
The Institution of Engineering Designers (IED), Member.