GeoCORE Primary Investigators
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Dr. Greg Siemens, PhD, PEng
Professor & Department Head
Department of Civil Engineering
Royal Military College of Canada
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Dr. Ryley Beddoe, PhD, PEng
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Royal Military College of Canada
Current Students
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Natalie Arpin
PhD Candidate, Queens University
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Robyn Starycki
PhD Candidate, Royal Military College
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Chelsey Litjens
M.Sc. Candidate, Royal Military College
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Amirali Alavi
M.Sc. Candidate, Queens University
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Azin Mardani
Ph.D Candidate, Queens University
Former Students
Ji Woo Kim, M.Sc. - Ji Woo, K. (2025). Utilising Track Geometry to Enhance Predictive Maintenance and Mitigation Techniques along the Hudson Bay Railway [Thesis, Royal Military College].
Cedric Rugwizangoga, M.Sc. - Rugwinzangoga, C. (2025). Characterizing the moisture content, temperature, and shear strength
relationship for thaw slump physical models [Thesis, Royal Military College].
Jonathan G. Gallagher, M.Sc. - Gallagher, J. (2023). Monitoring climate-induced changes in northern railway infrastructure: an innovative approach using track geometry data [Thesis, Queens University].
Ollie Take - Civil Engineering Undergraduate Student, McMaster University, 2022-2023
Colin Cooper - Mechanical Engineering student, Queens University, 2022
Nicholas Kozachuk - Civil Engineering student, Queens University, 2022
Chris Clarkson, M.Sc. - Clarkson, C. (2022). Centrifuge Modelling of Axially Loaded Steel Piles in Cold and Warming Permafrost [Thesis, Royal Military College].
Balaussa Kameledenova, M.Sc. - Kameledenova, B. (2021). Modeling the Impact of Permafrost Degradation on the ITH - A Gunghi Creek Arch Bridge Case Study [Thesis, Royal Military College].
Alex L. Lefebvre, M.Sc. - Lefebvre, A. (2022). Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Migration in Frozen Heterogeneous Porous Media [Thesis, Royal Military College].
Jay Cumming, M.Sc. - Cummin, J. (2023). Snow compaction as a mitigation technique to reduce permafrost thaw along highways in the Canadian Arctic [Thesis, Royal Military College].