Shawn Kenny
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Clusters:
Climate change
Ottawa, Ontario
Shawn.kenny@carleton.ca
Office:
(613) 520-2600 ext. 8338
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Bio/Research
Kenny is a professor of Geomechanics with more than 35 years of experience in engineering, research, and consulting. His research team studies how climate change is affecting the significance of flooding and permafrost thaw hazards that may impact critical infrastructure, including energy pipelin...
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Bio/Research
Kenny is a professor of Geomechanics with more than 35 years of experience in engineering, research, and consulting. His research team studies how climate change is affecting the significance of flooding and permafrost thaw hazards that may impact critical infrastructure, including energy pipelines, railways, culverts, and iconic national sites such as the Rideau Canal Skateway.
By combining computer modelling with remote sensing, fieldwork, and laboratory testing, his team develops more reliable predictions of risk. Their goal is to provide practical tools, such as hazard maps, engineering practices and design guidelines, that help build safer and more resilient communities.
Current projects include assessing permafrost thaw in partnership with the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (Yukon), evaluating the impacts of thaw and flooding on the Hudson Bay Railway (northern Manitoba), and studying how a warming climate may affect ice conditions and safety on the Rideau Canal Skateway (Ontario).
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By combining computer modelling with remote sensing, fieldwork, and laboratory testing, his team develops more reliable predictions of risk. Their goal is to provide practical tools, such as hazard maps, engineering practices and design guidelines, that help build safer and more resilient communities.
Current projects include assessing permafrost thaw in partnership with the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (Yukon), evaluating the impacts of thaw and flooding on the Hudson Bay Railway (northern Manitoba), and studying how a warming climate may affect ice conditions and safety on the Rideau Canal Skateway (Ontario).
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