Xiao’s research areas include (1) flow and particle transport in porous media, (2) performances of the built environment and infrastructure (such as levees, slurry walls, geosynthetically-reinforced bridge abutments, subgrade, etc.) under in-service conditions and/or extreme events (such as earthquakes), and (3) performances of civil infrastructures and permafrost coastal erosion due to permafrost degradation in the Arctic and their sociodemographic impacts.
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Recent Publications
Soil Freezing Characteristic Surface for Partially Frozen Soils
Dong, A., Zhang, X. & Xiao, M., Jan 1 2026, In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 152, 1, 04025160.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Creep Deformation and Long-Term Strength of Ice-Rich Permafrost in Northern Alaska
Wang, Z., Xiao, M., Bray, M., Nicolsky, D. & Ji, X., Jan 1 2026, In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 152, 1, 04025161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Large strain thaw consolidation model for ice-rich fine-grained permafrost considering adsorptive and capillary unfrozen water and secondary compression
Wang, Z. & Xiao, M., Jan 15 2026, In: Cold Regions Science and Technology. 242, 104714.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Failure Mechanisms of Permafrost Bluff in Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Gou, L., Xiao, M., Hallissey, M., Park, C., Dogan, M., Nicolsky, D., Garland, A. & Wright, C., Nov 1 2025, In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151, 11, 04025140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Middle School STEM Summer Camp for Indigenous Students in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, and STEM Activities in State College, Pennsylvania
Hallissey, M., Rubino, I., Ahearn, A. & Xiao, M., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-March, GSP 367, p. 59-68 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Hysteresis Model of Permafrost Thermal State Variation with Air Temperature in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, Based on Distributed Temperature Sensing
Ji, X., Xiao, M. & Martin, E., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-March, GSP 366, p. 69-78 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Geo-Extreme 2025: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Meehan, C. L., McKelvey, J. A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Pando, M. A., Stark, N. & Xiao, M., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-November, GSP 370, p. III-IVResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Preface
Meehan, C. L., McKelvey, J. A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Pando, M. A., Stark, N. & Xiao, M., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-November, GSP 373, p. III-IVResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Preface
Meehan, C. L., McKelvey, J. A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Pando, M. A., Stark, N. & Xiao, M., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-November, GSP 372, p. III-IVResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Preface
Meehan, C. L., McKelvey, J. A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Pando, M. A., Stark, N. & Xiao, M., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-November, GSP 369, p. III-IVResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Preface
Meehan, C. L., McKelvey, J. A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Pando, M. A., Stark, N. & Xiao, M., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-November, GSP 371, p. III-IVResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Numerical Model for Thaw Consolidation of Ice-Rich Permafrost Using the Finite Volume Approach
Wang, Z. & Xiao, M., 2025, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2025-March, GSP 365, p. 157-166 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Statistical Evaluation of Seismic Velocity Models of Permafrost
Ji, X., Xiao, M., Martin, E. R. & Zhu, T., Sep 1 2024, In: Journal of Cold Regions Engineering - ASCE. 38, 3, 04024021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mapping Permafrost Variability and Degradation Using Seismic Surface Waves, Electrical Resistivity, and Temperature Sensing: A Case Study in Arctic Alaska
Tourei, A., Ji, X., Rocha dos Santos, G., Czarny, R., Rybakov, S., Wang, Z., Hallissey, M., Martin, E. R., Xiao, M., Zhu, T., Nicolsky, D. & Jensen, A., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 129, 3, e2023JF007352.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Soil particle–fluid interaction problems in geotechnical engineering oriented towards sustainability
Yang, J., Yin, Z. Y. & Xiao, M., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A. 25, 12, p. 971-973 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review