News & Agenda
14 February 2020
Postdoc (PhD) position
Development of a probabilistic design method for rock groynes
13 February 2020
Master Thesis Opportunity
The inclusion of flood defences in flood hazard maps.
31 January 2020
New staff member: Hassan Niazi
We warmly welcome Hassan in our department! Click here to read his introductory words.
30 January 2020
MSc Thesis proposal
Building with Nature Solutions in Flood Defenses. Looking for a student to start straightaway (early 2020).
17 December 2019
Building offshore wind turbines quickly and gently without disturbing marine life
How can you build foundations for offshore wind turbines creating as little disturbance as possible?
09 December 2019
Waddenacademieprijs Vincent Vuik
Vincent Vuik has been awarded the price of the Wadden Academy for his PhD thesis Building Safety with Nature. Salt Marshes for Flood Risk Reduction.
09 December 2019
Student project opportunity
Fact-finding study for flooding of Venice (Nov 2019) and performance of the MOSE barrier.
03 December 2019
Understanding and predicting sandy beaches
Sand is the second most widely used raw material in the world, after water. Sand dunes keep our country safe from flooding.
08 November 2019
Guaranteeing freshwater with a virtual delta
Freshwater is vital for drinking water, nature, agriculture and industry. However, the availability of freshwater is under pressure in deltas throughout the world. Salty seawater is penetrating further up the rivers due to human intervention, such as the deepening of waterways, as equally climate change.
06 October 2019
Multidisciplinary Project Opportunity in Vancouver, Canada
Looking for a MDP group that is interested in developing coastal adaptation measures to sea level rise.