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Dr. Yiping Guo
B.Sc. (Zhejiang),
M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P. Eng.

 Office JHE 226
Extension 24846
Email address guoy@mcmaster.ca

 Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

Water and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

  • Uncertainty Analysis
  • Watershed Planning and Storm Water Management
  • Analytical Probabilistic Storm Water Models (APSWM)
Specific Research Interests and Activities:

Uncertainty Analysis in Support of Water Resources Decision-Making
Major sources of uncertainties encountered in water resources planning and engineering are identified and quantified for specific projects or conditions. Uncertainty analysis methodologies are applied to problems such as precision estimation of constituent load calculations, evaluation of the accuracy and reliability of modeling results, as well as frequency analysis of hydrologic and environmental extremes. Incorporation of more rigorous and more comprehensive uncertainty analysis into all levels of water resources decision-making is the main objective of this research area.

Modeling and Analysis in Support of Watershed Planning and Storm Water Management
Watershed planning and storm water management require the development of hydrologic models of various spatial and temporal scales. This research area focuses on the modification and proper application of available hydrological models to study specific processes that are of importance for a region or a type of land use activity. Deterministic and stochastic components addressing particular aspects of environmental hydrology are developed and added to large modeling packages and applied to solve practical problems.

Development and Testing of Analytical Probabilistic Storm Water Models (APSWM)
A suite of analytical probabilistic urban storm water models have been developed and preliminarily tested. More testing is underway and more development is required to address some additional aspects of urban storm water management. Also envisioned is the incorporation of these computationally efficient models into conventional deterministic software packages.

The first beta version of the software can be downloaded from APSWM. The Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 has to be installed on your computer in order to run APSWM, if you do not have it, it can be downloaded from here.

Publications

  • O. L. Li, J. S. Chang and Y. Guo. 2010. "Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge Characteristics, Plasma Parameters and optical emission of Sludge-Water." IEEE Electrical Insulation (EI) Magazine (in press).
  • Nishat, S., Y. Guo, B. W. Baetz (2010). "Antecedent soil moisture conditions of different soil types in South-western Ontario, Canada." Hydrological Processes, 24, 2417-2424. doi:10.1002/hyp.7647.
  • Zheng, Q., S. E. Dickson, and Y. Guo (2009). "Differential Transport and Dispersion of Colloids Relative to Solutes in Single Fractures." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vo;. 339, No. 1, pp 140-151. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2009.07.002.
  • Guo, Y., D. Hansen, and C. Li. (2009). "Probabilistic approach to estimating the effects of channel reaches on flood frequencies." Water Resources Research, 45, W08404, doi:10.1029/2008WR007387.
  • Guo, Y. and Quader, A. "Derived Flow-Duration Relationships for Surface Runoff Dominated Small Urban Streams." ASCE J. of Hydrologic Engineering, 14(1), 42-52, 2009.
  • Zheng, Q., S. E. Dickson, and Y. Guo (2009), Influence of aperture field heterogeneity and anisotropy on dispersion regimes and dispersivity in single fractures, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 114, B03205, doi:10.1029/2007JB005161.
  • Guo, Y., and Dai, J. (2009). "Expanded analytical probabilistic stormwater models for use in watershed and master drainage planning." Canadian J. of Civil Engineering, 36, 933-943, doi:10.1139/L09-037.
  • Quader, A. and Y. Guo. (2009). "Relative importance of hydrological and sediment-transport characteristics affecting effective discharge of small urban streams in southern Ontario." ASCE, J. of hydrologic Engineering, 14(7), 698-710.
  • Nishat, S., Y. Guo and B. W. Baetz. "Climate Change and urban Grass Land Soil Moisture Conditions in Southern-western Ontario." J. of Environmental Informatics, 12(2), 105-119, 2008.
  • Quader, A., Y. Guo, J. R. Stedinger. "Analytical estimation of effective discharge for small southern Ontario streams." Canadian J. of Civil Engineering, 35(12), 1414-1426, 2008.
  • Chang, J.-S., O. L. Li and Y. Guo. "Thermal Plasma Treatment of Stormwater Detention Pond Sludge." International J. of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 80(9), 1993-2002, doi:10.1351/pac200880091993, 2008.
  • Thompson, A., Y. Guo, S. Moin. "Uncertainty Analysis of a Two-dimensional Hydrodynamic Model." J. of Great Lakes Research, 34(3): 472-484, 2008.
  • Yantis, S., P. Chow-Fraser, O. L. Li, Y. Guo, J. S. Chang, S. Terui, K. Watanabe, M. Itoh. "Zooplankton Mortality in Lake Water Treated by Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge Plasmas" Int. J. Plasma Environ. Sci. & Tech., 2 (2), 141-148, 2008.
  • Drake, J. and Y. Guo. "Maintenance of Wet Stormwater Ponds in Ontario." Canadian Water Resources J., 33(4), 1-18, 2008.
  • Guo, Y. and Z. Zhuge. "Analytical Probabilistic Flood Routing for Urban Stormwater Management Purposes." Canadian J. of Civil Engineering, 35(5): 487-499, 2008.
  • Palynchuck, B. A. and Y. Guo. "Threshold Analysis of Rainstorm Depth and Duration Statistics at Toronto, Canada." J. of Hydrology, 348, 535-545, 2008.
  • Zheng, Q., S. Dickson, and Y. Guo. "On the appropriate 'equivalent aperture' for the description of solute transport in single fractures: Laboratory-scale experiments." Water Resources Research, 44, W04502, doi:10.1029/2007WR005970. 2008.
  • Nishat, S., Y. Guo and B. W. Baetz. "Development of a Simplified Continuous Simulation Model for Investigating Long-Term Soil Moisture Fluctuations." Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 92, 53-63, 2007.
  • Guo, Y. and B. Baetz. "Sizing of Rainwater Storage Units for Green Building Applications." ASCE J. of Hydrologic Engineering, 12(2), 197-205, 2007.
  • Guo, Y. and M. Senior. "Climate Model Simulation of Point Rainfall Frequency Characteristics." ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 11(6), 547-554, 2006.
  • Guo, Y., "Updating Rainfall IDF Relationships to Maintain Urban Drainage Design Standards." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 11(5), 506-509, 2006.
  • Quader, A. and Y. Guo. "Peak Discharge Estimation Using Analytical Probabilistic and Design Storm Approaches." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 11(1), 46-54, 2006.
  • Quader, A., Y. Guo, and T. Bui. "Discussion of "Analytical Solutions for Estimating Effective Discharge" by Peter Goodwin." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 11(1), 112-114, 2006
  • Guo, Y., M. Markus and M. Demissie, "Uncertainty of nitrate-N load computations for agricultural watersheds." Water Resources Research, Vol. 38, No. 10, 1185-1196, 2002.
  • Guo, Y., "Hydrologic Design of Urban Flood Control Detention Ponds." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 6(6), 472-479, 2001.