Selected Work

  1. Gou, L.*, and W. J. Likos. 2026. δHT4P: A Differentiable Physical Modeling Framework for Thermal Evolution of Permafrost. Computers and Geotechnics. 196.
  2. Gou, L., W. J. Likos*, and N. Lu. 2026. Water Potential in Frozen Soil. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 152(8).
  3. Gou, L., M. Xiao*, T. Zhu, E. Martin, Z. Wang, G. Santos, D. Nicolsky, and X. Ji. 2026. Physics-Informed Digital Twin for Predicting Permafrost Thermodynamic Characteristics Under an Embankment Road in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 131(4).
  4. Ren Y., L. Gou*, M. Xiao, Z. Liu and C. Shen. 2026. DMFS: Differentiable Modeling for Frozen Soil Thermodynamic Characteristics. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 63.
  5. Yi, X., C. Zhang, L. Gou*, Q. Huang*, P. Zhou, and R. Chen. 2026. Synchrotron Small Angle X-Ray Scattering of Nanoscale Porosity Evolution in Kaolinite and Montmorillonite. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. In Press.
  6. Gou, L*, M. Xiao, M. Hallissey, C. Park, M. Dogan, D. Nicolsky, A. Garland, and C. Wright. 2025. Failure Mechanisms of Permafrost Bluff in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151(11).
  7. Gou, L., N. Lu, S. Hu, A. R. A. Calderon, and C. Zhang*. 2024. Suction Stress of Soil in Slurry State. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151(2).
  8. Gou, L., and C. Zhang*. 2024. A Closed-Form Solution for Film Flow in Nanoscale Pores with Spatially Varying Viscosity. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 150(9).
  9. Zhang, Y., L. Gou*, C. Zhang*, Z. Qiu, and R. Chen. 2024. Role of Iron Oxide Cementation on the Mechanical Properties of Granite Residual Soil in the Full Suction Range. Acta Geotechnica. 19, 3199-3211.
  10. Gou, L., C. Zhang*, N. Lu+, and S. Hu. 2023. A Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Equation Incorporating Adsorption and Capillarity. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(8).
  11. Gou, L., C. Zhang*, S. Hu, R. Chen, and Y. Dong. 2023. Semi-Analytical Solutions for Soil Consolidation Induced by Drying. Acta Geotechnica, 18(2), 739-755.
  12. Zhang, C., L. Gou, S. Hu*, and N. Lu. 2022. A Thermodynamic Formulation of Water Potential in Soil. Water Resources Research, 58(9), 1-20.