Dr. Beddoe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Royal Military College, in Kingston Ontario.  Ryley received her B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, as well as her B.Ed., M.Sc., and Ph.D. at Queen’s University.  Dr. Beddoe is a member of the Canadian Geotechnical Society, the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and the International Permafrost Association.

Dr. Beddoe’s time at RMC is focused on teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and conducting research.  Her overall research focus is the overarching geotechnical impact of climate change in Canada’s Arctic, including understanding permafrost degradation and its impact on infrastructure, triggering and mobility of thaw slumps and landslides, geotechnical hazard and susceptibility mapping, and in-situ and remote sensing techniques and technologies.  Dr. Beddoe most loves being in remote and northern locations, most recently examining the bearing capacity of ice roads in the Northwest Territories, and on thaw and slope deformations using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.