Frozen Ground & Permafrost
Permafrost, ground ice, active layer, frost processes, thermal disturbance and thaw response.
Discuss this expertise →Expertise
Knowledge shaped by the North.
Our work sits at the intersection of ground, water, ice, infrastructure, sensing and climate.
Ice Engineering
Floating ice, ice roads, river ice, bearing capacity, plate mechanics and ice-covered hydraulics.
Discuss this expertise →Geotechnical Engineering
Soil and ground response, bearing, settlement, embankments and ground–structure interaction.
Discuss this expertise →Hydrology & Hydrogeology
Surface water, groundwater, drainage, river processes and freeze–thaw hydrology.
Discuss this expertise →Linear Infrastructure
Rail, roads and long-corridor assets exposed to terrain, water, climate and ground hazards.
Discuss this expertise →Sensing, Data & Interpretation
Program design, third-party field data, ERT/A-ERT, GPR, distributed sensing and engineering interpretation.
Discuss this expertise →Mapping & Spatial Intelligence
GIS, remote sensing, terrain analysis, hazard mapping, spatial interpolation and decision-support visualization.
Discuss this expertise →Numerical Engineering
FEA, finite difference, heat transfer, THM, hydraulics, plate mechanics and inverse/model-data methods.
Discuss this expertise →Climate Adaptation
Infrastructure vulnerability, changing hazards, adaptation pathways and resilience planning.
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Leadership
Perry Godse, MSc
President / Principal Scientist
Cold-regions engineering and applied-science specialist working at the intersection of linear infrastructure, frozen ground, water, ice, mapping and numerical modeling.
ShearLine’s expertise is built to support asset owners directly or to strengthen larger engineering teams with targeted interpretation, analysis and infrastructure-focused scientific insight.