Professor Fu Guo earned his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Michigan State University (MSU) in 2001 and served as a postdoctoral research associate at MSU from 2001 to 2003. He joined the BJUT faculty in 2003 and became a full professor in 2004.
As a materials science professor, Dr. Guo serves as PI for several national and municipal level research projects. His main research areas include materials processing engineering, reliability study of electronic packaging materials and structures, and thermoelectric materials for cooling and power generation applications. He has more than 120 publications in many international high-level scientific journals including Science, Nature, Advanced Materials, Journal of American Chemical Society, etc. He has published the first monograph on Lead-free Soldering Technology and Application in China, and the globally invited paper on Composite Electronic Solders in the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, and on Thermoelectric Materials in JOM.
Dr. Guo has won many awards and titles, such as MSU Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Fok Ying-tung Young Teachers Award, MOE New Century Excellent Talent, National Excellent Educator title, Capital Excellent Educator title, Capital May 4th Youth Medal, Capital Labor Medal, First Prize of Beijing Teaching and Education Achievement Award, etc.
Dr. Guo is now the chair of Beijing Industrial Promotion Association for Advanced Carbon Materials and a board member of China Association of Higher Education. He has been serving as member of the 15th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress since 2017. He used to serve as the chair of China Materials Society Youth Committee, chair of Manufacturing Technology Committee of Beijing Electronic Society and chair of TMS Electronic Packaging and Interconnect Materials Committee. Before becoming Vice President, Dr. Guo has served as Director of Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Dean of College of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of Academic Affairs Office, Director of Undergraduate Admissions Office and Dean of Fan Gongxiu Honors College at BJUT.