News
05 February 2018
Dutch research in the Caribbean
From Feb 5th to Feb 11th, a unique research cruise initiated by Environmental Fluidmechanics will take place in the Caribbean. During this week, the Dutch research vessel Pelagia will sail from Aruba to St Maarten to perform the first hydrographic survey of an ocean eddy in the region.
04 February 2018
Hurricane Harvey's rainfall partly caused by climate change
Global warming made the extreme rainfall of Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in August 2017, three times more likely and fifteen percent more intense than it could have been, scientists, one of whom from TU Delft, found.
01 February 2018
Timelapse of the 1953 great Dutch flood
25 January 2018
Outstanding academic titles 2017: Unsteady Flow in Open Channels
Het boek "Unsteady Flow in Open Channels' door Prof. Em. Jurjen Battjes en Robert Jan Labeur is geselecteerd voor de prestigieuze Choice magazine lijst "outstanding academic titles 2017".
21 January 2018
New staff member: PhD student Anne Ton
A new PhD student has started at the department of Hydraulic Engineering. Anne Ton will study the behaviour of the sandy foreshore in front of the Houtribdijk at the section of Coastal Engineering. In this news article she introduces herself.
02 January 2018
Physical modelling of damage progression on breakwaters
In October/November 2017 Jeroen van den Bos and Bas Hofland joined a team of European researchers in an investigation of physical modelling techniques in a laboratory wave basin in Hannover. The tests were aimed at the application of novel measurement techniques to obtain a better representation of the damage progression of breakwaters.
02 January 2018
New staff member: Arne van der Hout
A new lecturer has started at the department of Hydraulic Engineering. Arne van der Hout will work part time at the section of Ports and Waterways. In this news article he introduces himself.