Selected Publications

For a more complete and up-to-date list of publications, please refer to the PI’s Google Scholar Profile.

Journal Publications

Liew, M., Xiao, M., Farquharson, L.M., Nicolsky, D., Jensen, A., Romanovsky, V.E., Peirce, J., Alessa, L., McComb, C., Zhang, X., and Jones, B. (2022). Understanding effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure in Arctic coastal villages: A community survey and knowledge co-production. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering10(3), 422. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030422.

Liew, M., Ji, X., Xiao, M., Farquharson, L.M., Nicolsky, D., Romanovsky, V.E., Bray, M., Zhang, X., and McComb, C. (2022). Synthesis of physical processes of permafrost degradation and geophysical and geomechanical properties of permafrost. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 198, 103522. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2022.103522.

Liew, M., Xiao, M., Jones, B.M., Farquharson, L.M., and Romanovsky, V.E. (2020). Prevention and control measures for coastal erosion in northern high-latitude communities: a systematic review based on Alaskan case studies. Environmental Research Letters, 15(9), 093002. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9387.

Conference Publications

Dos Santos, G.R., Czarny, R., Roth, N., Zhu, T., Tourei, A., Martin, E.R., Ji, X., Liew, M., Jensen, A., Nicolsky, D., and Xiao, M. (2022). Identify cryoseismic events in Utqiaġvik, Alaska using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). Abstracts of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting,Chicago, Illinois, USA. 12–16 December 2022.

Tourei, A., Martin, E.R., Dos Santos, G.R., Czarny, R., Roth, N., Zhu, T., Ji, X., Liew, M., Jensen, A., Nicolsky, D., and Xiao, M. (2022). Exploration and quality control of large-scale distributed acoustic sensing data to study permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska. Abstracts of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting,Chicago, Illinois, USA. 12–16 December 2022.

Liew, M., and Xiao, M. (2023). Three-dimensional fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model for thaw consolidation of permafrost. Proceedings of 2023 Geo-Congress, Los Angeles, CA, 26–29 March 2023. Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP).

Farquharson, L.M., Nicolsky, D., Irrgang, A., Romanovsky, V.E., Jones, B.M., Xiao, M., and Liew, M. (2021). Permafrost thaw and coastal erosion between 1950 and 2100 at three coastal communities in Arctic Alaska, past observations and future projections. Abstracts of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 13–17 December 2021.

Paulus, S., Pearl, B., Martin, E.R., Roelens, M., Jensen., A., Ji, X., Liew, M., Nicolsky, D., Roth, N., Zhu, T., and Xiao, M. (2021). Real-time data product streams for permafrost monitoring with distributed acoustic sensing. Abstracts of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 13–17 December 2021.

Liew, M., Ji, X., Xiao, M., Farquharson, L.M., Nicolsky, D., Romanovsky, V.E., Bray, M., Zhang, X., and McComb, C. (2021). Synthesis of geophysical and geomechanical properties of permafrost-affected soils highlights complex processes of permafrost degradation in a geotechnical context. Abstracts of 2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost and 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 24–29 October 2021.

Xiao, M., Zhu, T., Martin, E., Ji, X., Liew, M. (2021). In-situ monitoring of permafrost’s geophysical and geomechanical characteristics using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). Abstracts of 2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost and 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 24–29 October 2021.

Farquharson, L.M., Nicolsky, D., Irrgang, A., Romanovsky, V.E., Jones, B.M., Liew, M., Xiao, M., Gibbs, A., and Tracy, B. (2021). Permafrost thaw and coastal erosion projections for three coastal communities in Arctic Alaska. Abstracts of 2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost and 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 24–29 October 2021.

Xiao, M., Jones, B.M., Romanovsky, V.E., Halvorsen, K., Chi, G., Farquharson, L.M., and Liew, M. (2021). Developing a convergent research coordination network to identify challenges of and solutions to permafrost coastal erosion and its socioecological impacts in the Arctic. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE-10), virtual. 18–21 October 2021. Rice, J., Liu, X., McIlroy, M., Sasanakul, I., and Xiao, M. (Eds).

Liew, M., and Xiao, M. (2020). Engineering challenges and options in remediation and prevention of permafrost coastal erosion. Proceedings of the 2020 GeoCongress, Minneapolis, MN, 25–28 February 2020. Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) 318, 881-889. DOI: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784482810.091.

Theses and Reports

Liew, M. (2022). Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion and Their Potential Impacts on Civil Infrastructure in the Arctic. Ph.D. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, PA.

Media Articles

Xiao, M., Alessa, L., Farquharson, L.M., Nicolsky, D., Jones, B.M., Romanovsky V.E., Jensen, A., McComb, C., Zhang, X., Liew, M., and Ji, X. (2021). Infrastructure and community resilience in the changing Arctic – status, challenges, and research needs. March 23, 2021. The Arctic Institute: Center for Circumpolar Security Studies, Washington D.C., USA. https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/infrastructure-community-resilience-changing-arctic-status-challenges-research-needs/.