The Geotechnical Society of Edmonton is pleased to present Dr. Ryley Beddoe, Royal Military College, as the keynote speaker for our Annual General Meeting.
Date: May 27, 2025
Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Glenrose Room, Royal Glenora Club, 11160 River Valley Road NW, Edmonton
Cost: $20 Students, $40 Members, $50 Non-members
Title Sponsor: Paradox
Venue Sponsors: Rice Earth Sciences and ConeTec
Table Wine Sponsor: Mobile Augers and Research Ltd.
AV Sponsor: Shelby Engineering
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Registration 5:00pm – 6:00pm, Plated Dinner 6:00 – 7:00pm, AGM 7:00pm, Presentation 7:30pm – 8:30pm, Networking 8:30pm – 9:00pm
Business affairs of the Geotechnical Society of Edmonton will occur at this meeting. GSE Members may also put forth a motion to be discussed. AGM documents will be made available via EventBrite and in hard-copy at the venue.
Abstract
As permafrost in the Canadian Arctic undergoes climate driven thaw and degradation, the stress and impact it will have on current and future linear infrastructure networks will be significant. Now more than ever it is critical to work towards an understanding of not only why but also how. How will we learn from today to plan and design adaptation and mitigation techniques for resilient infrastructure in the future? How can we develop models that will allow us to ‘dig deeper’ in our understanding? In her current research in this field, Dr. Beddoe is exploring questions like these, including: How can numerical modelling techniques allow us to predict future infrastructure risk? What adaptation techniques will limit the impact of permafrost degradation for infrastructure networks? How do these techniques change if the network is a railway? An ice road? A highway? In this presentation, Dr. Beddoe will present her and her team’s most recent research results aimed at answering these, and other related arctic geotechnical engineering questions.
Bio
Ryley Beddoe is an Associate Professor at the Royal Military College in Canada, with a research program focused on understanding the overarching impact on geotechnical design driven by climate change in Canada’s Arctic. Her research uses both physical modelling techniques as well as numerical model simulations to investigate the influence of climate on infrastructure, roads, and railways.
Ryley co-leads the GeoCORE Research group at RMC, and her research supported by the Department of National Defence, Transport Canada, NSERC, Government of Northwest Territories, Alietum Ice, and the National Research Council. This lecture is from Dr. Beddoe’s 2024 CGS Colloquium Award that she received at GeoMontreal 2024.