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Selected Works of Guiping Hu

Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Dr. Hu’s research interests lie in operations research and mathematical decision support system design. Her recent projects have focused on supply chain design and operational planning, data-driven real time decision making under uncertainty, renewable energy production system analysis, and sustainable production systems.

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Dr. Hu’s research interests lie in operations research and mathematical decision support system design. Her recent projects have focused on supply chain design and operational planning, data-driven real time decision making under uncertainty, renewable energy production system analysis, and sustainable production systems.

Present	Assistant Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
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Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Biotechnology

IE 514 (Production Scheduling)

3014 Black Engineering

Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011

Phone: 515-294-8638

Fax: 515-294-3524

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Peer-Reviewed Articles (53)

Optimization Model for a Thermochemical Biofuels Supply Network Desig n

Journal of Energy Engineering (2014)

Yihua Li, Tristan Brown and Guiping Hu

This research focuses on the supply chain network design of a fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing production pathway by utilizing corn ...

Supply chain design under uncertainty for advanced biofuel production based ...

Qi Li and Guiping Hu

An advanced biofuels supply chain is proposed to reduce biomass transportation costs and take advantage of the economics of scale ...

Life cycle assessment of the production of hydrogen and transportation ...

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2014)

Yanan Zhang, Guiping Hu and Robert C. Brown

This life cycle assessment (LCA) evaluates and quantifies the environmental impacts of the production of hydrogen and transportation fuels from ...

Integrated supply chain design for commodity chemicals production via woody ...

Bioresource Technology (2014)

Yanan Zhang, Guiping Hu and Robert C. Brown

This study investigates the optimal supply chain design for commodity chemicals (BTX, etc.) production via woody biomass fast pyrolysis and ...

Potential competition for biomass between biopower and biofuel under RPS ...

Applied Energy (2014)

Mohammad Rahdar, Lizhi Wang and Guiping Hu

Driven by Renewable Portfolio Standards and Renewable Fuel Standard, biopower generation and biofuel production will increasingly compete for the same ...

Mild Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass for Production of Transportation Fuels ...

Green Chemistry (2014)

Rajeeva Thilakaratne, Tristan Brown, Yihua Li, Guiping Hu, et al.

A techno-economic analysis of mild catalytic pyrolysis (CP) of woody biomass followed by upgrading of the partially deoxygenated pyrolysis liquid ...

Techno-economic Analysis of Co-located Corn Grain and Corn Stover Ethanol ...

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2014)

Longwen Ou, Tristan Brown, Rajeeva Thilakaratne, Guiping Hu, et al.

The goal of this paper is to evaluate the economic performance of co-located corn grain ethanol (Gen 1) and cellulosic ...

Supply chain design and operational planning models for biomass to ...

Biomass and Bioenergy (2013)

Leilei Zhang and Guiping Hu

Renewable fuel is playing an increasingly important role as a substitute for fossil based energy. The US Department of Energy ...

Regional Differences in the Economic Feasibility of Advanced Biorefineries: Fast ...

Energy Policy (2013)

Tristan Brown, Rajeeva Thilakaratne, Robert C. Brown and Guiping Hu

This analysis identifies the sensitivity of the fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing pathway to facility location. The economic feasibility of a ...

Techno-economic analysis of fast pyrolysis and upgrading facilities employing two ...

Chemical Engineering Journal (2013)

Yanan Zhang, Tristan Brown, Guiping Hu and Robert C. Brown

We evaluate the economic feasibility of fast pyrolysis and upgrading facilities 11 employing either of two depolymerization pathways: two-stage hydrotreating ...

Comparative techno-economic analysis of biohydrogen production via bio-oil gasification and ...

Biomass and Bioenergy (2013)

Yanan Zhang, Tristan Brown, Guiping Hu and Robert C. Brown

This paper evaluates the economic feasibility of biohydrogen production via two bio-oil processing pathways: bio-oil gasification and bio-oil reforming. Both ...

Techno-economic analysis of biomass to transportation fuels and electricity via ...

Tristan Brown and Guiping Hu

A previous Iowa State University (ISU) analysis published in 2010 investigated the technical and economic feasibility of the fast pyrolysis ...

Life cycle assessment of the production of hydrogen and transportation ...

Environmental Research Letters (2013)

Yanan Zhang, Guiping Hu and Robert C. Brown

This life cycle assessment evaluates and quantifies the environmental impacts of the production of hydrogen and transportation fuels from the ...

Market Competition and Social Welfare Analysis for E10 and E85 ...

International Journal of Sustainable Economy (2013)

Minwen Yang and Guiping Hu

With the increasing concerns about the petroleum reserve, and the global warming, people have been looking for renewable and environmental ...

Optimization models for biorefinery supply chain network design under uncertainty

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (2013)

Narges Kazemzadeh and Guiping Hu

Biofuel industry has attracted much attention due to its potential to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and contribute to the ...

Techno-economic Analysis of Monosaccharide Production via Biomass Fast Pyrolysis

Bioresource Technology (2013)

Yanan Zhang, Tristan Brown, Guiping Hu and Robert C. Brown

The economic feasibility of a facility producing monosaccharides, hydrogen and transportation fuels via fast pyrolysis and upgrading pathway was evaluated ...

Technoeconomic Sensitivity of Biobased Hydrocarbon Production via Fast Pyrolysis to ...

Journal of Energy Engineering (2012)

Tristan Brown and Guiping Hu

Fast pyrolysis and upgrading is a promising thermochemical pathway that produces pyrolysis oil that can be upgraded via hydroprocessing into ...

Techno-economic analysis of biobased chemicals production via integrated catalytic processing

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2012)

Tristan Brown, Yanan Zhang, Guiping Hu and Robert C. Brown

We evaluate the economic feasibility of a fast pyrolysis facility producing biobased commodity chemicals based on various manifestations of Integrated ...

An Optimization Approach To Assessing the Self-Sustainability Potential of Food ...

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (2011)

Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Susan W. Arendt and Randy Boeckenstedt

Conventional agriculture faces significant challenges as world population grows, food demand increases, and mobility becomes increasingly constrained. Reducing the distance ...

Analyzing Sustainable, Localized Food Production Systems With a Systematic Optimization ...

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (2011)

Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Susan W. Arendt and Randy Boeckenstedt

Localized food production and sourcing is drawing increasing attention due to environmental and health considerations. In this study, we used ...

Localizing Food Production and Purchasing for Schools

Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2011)

Susan W. Arendt, Guiping Hu, L. Wang and Randy Boeckenstedt

Participants will be able to compare dietary requirements and consumption of school-aged children with respect to local food production capabilities ...

Toward a More Sustainable, Local Food Production System—From a ...

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (2011)

Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Susan W. Arendt and Randy Boeckenstedt

Localized food production and sourcing is drawing increasing attention due to environmental and health considerations. In this study, we used ...

A Market Analysis on Green Production Lines Penetrating into Original ...

Rio's International Journal on Sciences of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Management (2009)

Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang and Bopaya Bidanda

Fierce market competition has been big obstacle in the growth process of sustainable/green production industry. Sustainable production lines often come ...

A Game Theoretic Model of the Market Competition between Green ...

IIE Annual Conference (2007)

Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang and Bopaya Bidanda

Two groups of “ordinary” and “green” companies produce a same type of product with different materials andtechniques. A game theoretic ...

A new model for closed-loop product lifecycle systems

IIE Annual Conference (2007)

Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Bopaya Bidanda and Yan Wang

Closed-loop supply chain systems are increasingly attracting attention because of cost competition, resourceconstraints and environmental issues. Electronic products are of ...