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28 February 2019
Stories of Science: Summoning heat from below
Heating our homes is warming up the Earth too. Associate Professor Phil Vardon and PhD candidate Ivaylo Pantev want to warm or cool buildings through their pile foundations, by using the natural temperature of the soil. If done well, this can help residents to save energy, money and problems for generations to come.
26 February 2019
The MOOC Geoscience: the Earth and its Resources starts May 20th
Are you fascinated by Geosciences and willing to take the challenge of predicting the nature and behavior of the Earth subsurface? This is your course!
06 February 2019
Professor Timo Heimovaara is the new Department Chair of Geoscience & Engineering
08 January 2019
Annemarie Muntendam-Bos appointed part-time associate professor
The GSE department appointed Dr. Annemarie Muntendam-Bos part-time associate professor in the area of induced seismicity as per 1 January 2019.
23 December 2018
Vacancies for 15 Phd candidates: Investigating subsurface processes in the Netherlands
NWO awarded more than 4 million euros to 5 innovative research projects from the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) for research into the effect of human interventions deep under the ground. The research programme DeepNL seeks to improve the fundamental understanding of deep subsurface dynamics that occur under the influence of human interventions such as gas production and geological storage of CO2.