2026

Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q.*, Yan, W., Wang, Y., Ni, J., Shi, J., Qu, C., Chen, H., Zhang, R. and Wang, Y. (2026). From unsaturated soil mechanics to eco-geotechnics: A review of recent advances. Environmental, Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, Accepted.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egge.2026.100006

Zhang, Q., Ni, J., Chen, Y., Zhong, H.* and Wang, Y. (2026). Roles of desiccation crack depth and surface intensity in affecting clay slope failures during extreme drought-rainfall events. Engineering Geology, 372, 108957.

Ng, C. W. W., Pan, T.*, Zhang, Q., Zhou, Q., Ma, P., & Lu, X. (2026). A vegetation-aware deep learning model for landslide prediction with antecedent rainfall. Géotechnique, 76(6), 856-873.

Zhang, Q., Archer, A., Ng, C. W. W.* and Zhang, S. (2026). Effects of extreme temperature cycles on deterioration of unsaturated embankment: centrifuge and THM modelling. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 63, 1-25.

Ng, C. W. W., Le, Y.*, Zhang, S., & Zhang, Q. (2026). Centrifuge modelling of steel catenary riser–seabed interactions under three-dimensional cyclic motions. Géotechnique, 76(4), 565-578.

Pan, J., Chen, Y., Cheng, Z., Zhao, W., Zhao, X., Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Xu, H., Zuo, Yand Zhang, Q.* (2026). State‑equivalent compaction technique of dam rockfill: experimental method, constitutive formulation and numerical case study. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 50(10), 4268-4283.

2025

Zhang, Q., Zhong, H., Guo, H.*, Ng, C. W. W. and Rahimi, A. (2025). Analytical solutions for calculating pore‐water pressure and stability of infinite slope with cracks and vegetation under rainfall. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 49(13), 2927-2936. (Received Wiley China Excellent Author Award)

Zhang, Q., Ni, J. and Guo, H.* (2025). Effects of mixed planting on stability of three-dimensional vegetated slope under extreme rainfall. Computers and Geotechnics, 184, 107287.

Zhang, Q., Zhong, H., Guo, H.* and Ni, J. (2025). Climate impacts on deformation and instability of vegetated slopes. Biogeotechnics,3(2), 100139.

Ng, C. W. W., Liu, Y., Kwan, J. S. H., Cheung, R. and Zhang, Q.* (2025) An improved method to predict man-made slope failure using machine learning tools. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 62, 1-16. 

Guo, H., Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q.* and Lu, B. (2025). Analysis of water migration in a novel earthen landfill cover with recycling of construction waste. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 62, 1-10.

2024

Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q.*, Zhang, S., Lau, S. Y., Guo, H. and Li, Z. (2024). A new state-dependent constitutive model for cyclic thermo-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated vegetated soil. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 61(10), 2155-2179. 

Guo, H., Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q.* and Qu, C. (2024). Modelling the water diversion of a sustainable cover system under humid climates. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 16(7), 2429-2440. 

Guo, H., Ng, C. W. W. and Zhang, Q.* (2024). Three-dimensional numerical analyse of plant-soil hydraulic interactions on pore water pressure of vegetated slope under different rainfall patterns. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 16(9), 3696-3706.

Zhang, S., Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q.* and Zhao, X. (2024). A thermal state-dependent bounding surface model for volume change of clay. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 48(5), 1111-1122. 

Guo, H., Zhang, Q.*, Lu, Z., Wei, W., Lu, H. and Chen, H. (2024). Investigation on the hydraulic response of a bioengineered landfill cover system subjected to extreme drying-wetting cycle. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment,83(1), 14. 

Zhong, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, S., Zhang, Q.* and Ng, C. W. W. (2024). Effects of extreme drought-rainfall on slope failure mechanisms: centrifuge modelling. Canadian Geotechnical Journal,61(4), 820-826.

Ng, C. W. W., Guo, H.*, Ni, J., Chen, R., Xue, Q., Zhang, Y., Feng, Y., Chen, Z., Feng, S. and Zhang, Q. (2024). Long-term field performance of non-vegetated and vegetated three-layer landfill cover systems using construction waste without geomembrane. Géotechnique, 74(2), 155-173.

Before 2023

Ng, C. W. W., Guo, H.*, Ni, J., Zhang, Q., Chen, R., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Effects of plant-biochar interaction on the performance of a landfill cover system: field monitoring and numerical modelling. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 60(11), 1663-1680. (Recieved Donald Stanley Award)

Ng, C. W. W., Lau, S. Y.*, Zhang, Q., Zhang, S., San So, P., & Sanchez, M. (2023). A state-dependent constitutive model for gas hydrate-bearing sediment incorporating phase change. Gas Science and Engineering, 119, 205102.

Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q., Zhou, C. and Ni, J.* (2022). Eco-geotechnics for human sustainability. Science China Technological Sciences, 65, 2809-2845. (Recieved Highly Impact Paper Award)

Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q.*, Ni, J. and Li, Z. (2021). A new three-dimensional theoretical model for analysing the stability of vegetated slopes with different root architectures and planting patterns. Computers and Geotechnics, 130, 103912.