Completed MSc theses

Student

Thesis

Year

Dorius Le Poole

Rapid hydraulic assessment tool for river floods using hydraulic geometry relations in data scarce areas

2024

Pepijn van Sabben

An assessment of groundwater resources in the Banke district of Nepal

2024

Floor Cornielje

The impact of hydropower development on silt and clay loads in the Mekong Delta

2024

Daniel Ernste

Assessing the Impact of Agriculture on Water Quality in the Brantas Catchment

2024

Valeria Martinez Rodriguez

Exploring Stakeholder Priorities Regarding DEWATS in the Brantas River Basin Using Q-Methodology

2024

Daan Idsinga

Safely Building New Houses in the Geul Catchment

2024

Jonathan Schieren

Hybrid Modelling in Hydrology Using a Neural Ordinary Differential Equations Approach

2024

Jordy van Vliet

Improving culvert performance

2024

Lisanne Middelbeek

Assessing the cooling potential of (modified) ground coverage on the drinking water temperature

2024

Marchien Boonstra

Delft Measures Rain

2024

Peter Nelemans

Towards a fully distributed multivariable hydrological deep learning model with graph neural networks

2024

Linnaea Cahill

Design, Construction and Modeling of an Experimental Setup for the long term Eco-hydrological behavior of a Live Pole Drain

2024

2023 - 2024

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Max de Boer

Choosing Nature-based solutions - Development of a multi-criteria framework for selecting nature-based solutions in the urban context

2023

Coen Kramer

A climate proof water buffer for South Holland

2023

Anika Vroom

Chaos in the Canopy

2023

Felipe García Grez

Water Resources Optimization using Receding Horizon Control and a Weather Generator: A Case Study of the Elqui Basin, Chile

2023

Kai Feberwee

Sustaining peri-urban agriculture in rapidly urbanising cities in sub-Saharan Africa

2023

Charlie Jurjus

Spatial Adaptive Policy Pathways for rainwater resilient spatial redesign for urban areas

2023

Niels Hoogendoorn

3D River Discharge Modelling using UAV photogrammetry

2023

Anja Šaponjić

Understanding farmers’ micro irrigation adoption behavior: a case study in Maharashtra, India

2023

Caroline Gasten

Climate-induced conflict? The role of meteorological drought indicators for communal conflict prediction in North-Western Kenya

2023

Mo de Jong

Water Level Monitoring in the Karnali River, Nepal

2023

Gerard Vos

The River Rotte Fish Migration Project

2023

Emma Koole

Potential sources of predictive skill of seasonal precipitation forecasts for Suriname

2023

Laura van der Hucht

Interaction between a sustainable water management strategy and Build Back Better

2023

Dylan Dirks

Improving the recovery efficiency of the Aquifer Storage and Recovery system in Hoorn

2023

Mark van den Brink

Long-term water balance of a combined capillary barrier-methane oxidising landfill cover system

2023

Wenyu Zhou

Evaluation of CMIP6 models performing on rainfall seasons and moisture tracking simulation in Yangtze River Basin

2023

Naomi Dommerholt

Testing linear regression to predict the influence of macro-scale parameters on micr-scale water quality parameters

2023

Clara Zeh

Developments in Heat and Water Balance Coupling for Micro-Climate Modelling of Urban Squares under the Influence of Greening - A Review and Case Study

2023

Alexandraki Akrivi

Trend analysis of the runoff patterns in Central and Northern Europe: Identification of changes in magnitude and timing

2023

Erik van Welsenes

Modelling reservoir dynamics in a data scarce semi-arid region

2023

Kaj Kreijen

Creating space for climate adaptation through shifting to green mobility

2023

Job Knoop

Building Resilience: Analyzing Beira’s Drainage Network and Flood Management

2023

Chantal Muishout

The Hydrological Effect of Urban Nature-based Solutions on Catchment Scale

2023

Jacob Smit

Impact of climate change on precipitation in Suriname

2023

Widana Bayu Nugraha

Single Reservoir Pumped Hydro Storage with Seawater

2023

Pepijn den Blaauwen

The performance of Earth System Models in simulating droughts 

2023

Emma Poppelier

The impact of evaporation data calibration on regional hydrological model performance

2023

Emie Klein Holkenborg

Towards Water Availability Predictions with Earth-Observed Open Data in Man-Made Reservoirs Worldwide

2023

Irene de Vries

Separation of fresh and brackish water in polder water canals

2023

Nienke Tempel

The Effect of Climate Variability on the Root Zone Storage Capacity

2023

Noortje Romeijn

Design of a groundwater-based Model Predictive Control algorithm for the operation of water table control systems

2023

Guus Wiersma

Rainwater harvesting for smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana

2023

2022 - 2023

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Ellis van Noppen

Climate-analogy mapping as a tool to develop a temporally-adaptive hydrological model of the Meuse basin for more reliable predictions under change

2022

Jan van Engelenhoven

Taking smallholder farming to the next level

2022

Jon Arends

Exploring sustainable sand-winning in the White Volta

2022

Menno Tiesma

Influence of Hydrological Processes on Phosphate Leaching in Tile Drained Sandy Soils

2022

Irene van der Veer

Precipitation and its extremes: a study into the hydro-climatological controls of extreme precipitation

2022

Alexandra Vyrini

Developing a monitoring network for Waterstreet’s living lab

2022

Antonella van Osnabrugge

Strategies to decrease water shortage in South-East Brabant

2022

Dorus Vlierboom

Standards Promoting Climate Adaptation in Dutch Urban Environments

2022

 

Liselotte Wisman

Consolidating Gauge, Weather Radar and GPM DPR Level 2A Observations of High-intensity Rainfall Events in the Netherlands

2022

Angela Klein

Hydrological Response of the Geul Catchment to the Rainfall in July 2021

2022

Ahmed Ahmed Adil el Tayeb Abdelnour

Bias Correction of Climate Simulations to assess Climate Change Impacts on Low Flows in the Rhine River

2022

Athanasios Tsiokanos

Investigation of the Impacts of Climate Variability and Land Use Changes on the Hydrology of the Geul River Catchment

2022

Karlijn Schoenmaker

Nowcasting Rainfall in Sri Lanka using Commercial Microwave Links

2022

Xinyue Yang

Water Balance Data Fusion Applied to River Basins in China

2022

Tijmen Willard

Water Quality Measurements in the Brantas, Indonesia: Constructing Different Perspectives with Principal Component Analysis

2022

Rogier de Wildt

Assessing the impact of deforestation on observed runoff and an analysis on simulated runoff by WFLOW in the Amazon

2022

Francisco Contreras Navarro

Managing Water and Energy on Small Touristic Islands: study case Caye Chapel

2022

Daniele Bonavita

Circularity and adaptability as possible approaches to mitigate urban drought

2022

Charlotte van Strien

Climate Adaptation under Uncertainty

2022

Konstantinos Glynis

Development of an LSTM-based methodology for burst detection in water distribution systems

2022

Koen Harms

An analysis of four different models for quantifying tomato transpiration in a soilless greenhouse

2022

Antonella van Osnabrugge

Strategies to decrease water shortage in South-East Brabant

2022

Alexandra Vyrini

Developing a monitoring network for Waterstreet’s living lab

2022

Irene van der Veer

Precipitation and its extremes: a study into the hydro-climatological controls of extreme precipitation

2022

Menno Tiesma

Influence of Hydrological Processes on Phosphate Leaching in Tile Drained Sandy Soils

2022

Jon Arends

Exploring sustainable sand-winning in the White Volta

2022

Jan van Engelenhoven

Taking smallholder farming to the next level

2022

Ellis van Noppen

Climate-analogy mapping as a tool to develop a temporally-adaptive hydrological model of the Meuse basin for more reliable predictions under change

2022

Rebecca Geurts

Verdeling en verdeeldheid in het afvalwatertransportsysteem 

2022

Thirza van Noppen

Automatic Extraction of Ridge Lines from Digital Elevation Models

2022

Lisa Goossens

Effects of flexible water level management on flood risk in areas outside primary levees around the IJsselmeer and Markermeer

2022

Magali Ponds 

The effects of future climate-induced adaptation of root zone storage capacity on modelled streamflow dynamics

2022

Brahmanand Goerdat 

The adoption of suds: A comparative study on the mainstreaming in mid-sized and large municipalities

2022

Ruiyun Jiang 

Reducing data and model errors in monthly water balance modeling based on remote sensing data

2022

Jip Gravenberch 

Vegetated Permeable Pavement Systems

2022

Piet Storm 

Water balance-based approach to improve understanding of Drought Development

2022

2021 - 2022

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Lisa Lieftink 

Lisa Lieftink (2021)
Pathways for Climate-Adaptive Haven-Stad

2021

Lisa Schallwig 

Hydraulic Modelling of the Irrigation System of Medieval Basrah

2021

Timo Eijkelkamp 

Values of the Blue Nile

2021

Yang Zhao 

Do multi-year droughts increase floods?

2021

Martin Vonk 

Performance of nonlinear time series models to simulate synthetic groundwater table time series from an unsaturated zone model

2021

Estela Fernandes Potter 

Sustainability of groundwater resources in Kumasi, Ghana

2021

Laura de Vries

Retention of Rhine water in the Rijnstrangen to mitigate drought

2021

Floor Crispijn

What is the potential of using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data to map farmer-led irrigated agriculture with machine learning?

2021

Petri Krijnen

Climate adaptation measures for local flooding of the Dutch national highway network

2021

Charlotte Braat

The effects of deforestation on downwind precipitation

2021

Alexis Stampoultzidis

Hydro-Archeological Modeling of Neo-Assyrian Watercourses

2021

Mizzi van der Ven

Matching streamflow river gauges with hydrologic models

2021

Thierry van ’t Westende

Thermal Energy from Surface Waters

2021

Thijs Kool

Linking cooling by nature and urban drought reduction to irrigation measures

2021

Daan te Witt

Improving the performance of distributed conceptual hydrological models using the spatio-temporal patterns of RS observations

2021

Ian Mullens

Comparing flood susceptibility estimation methodologies

2021

Fay van Rhijn

The Potential of DNA-tagged Magnetic Silica Microparticle Tracers for Surface Water Tracer Hydrology - file emabrgo until 2022-07-09

2021

Judith Claassen

Parametric Precipitation Model for Tropical Cyclone Radial Rainfall Profiles

2021

Sanne de Smet

The Effect of Brackish Water Extraction on the Brackish Upconing Below the Horstermeer Polder

2021

Diederik Spaans

Possibilities And Requirements For A Water Quality Monitoring System In The Ayeyarwady Basin

2021

Okay Mert

The Impact of Vegetation on the Partitioning of Evaporation in Conceptual Hydrological Models

2021

Athina Pappa

Ilissos and Kifissos rivers – Greece: Influence of human factors on basins’ evolution

2021

Sander Geertzen

Determining drought-induced subsidence in urban areas

2021

Rik Verboeket

Buffering fresh water at the Volkerak-Zoommeer to mitigate drought

2021

Robbert de Lange

Defining the effectiveness of urban runoff measures

2021

Stijn Muntjewerff

Private homeowners climate adaptive: An exploration on how private homeowners can be stimulated to adopt small scale climate adaptive measures

2021

Milan Kant

Van Hondsbossche dijk naar Hondsbossche duinen

2021

Haouye Liu

Assessment of the usability of OpenGeoSys tools for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) simulations

2021

Juliette Kool

What Wets the Wetlands?

2021

Pau Wiersma

Evaluation of global glacio-hydrological model coupling for runoff prediction: PCR-GLOBWB 2 and GloGEM

2021

Nathan Hatch

Seawater Intrusion Modeling with Single Density Codes

2021

Floris van ‘t Klooster

Estimating hydraulic aquifer parameters from tide-induced groundwater fluctuations

2021

Niels Maltha

Advancing Adoption of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage: a New Evaluation Method to Support Local Decision-Makers: Assessment of the Technical and Commercial Potential of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in New York State Considering the Requirements and Interests of Key Stakeholders

2021

Bas Walraven

Monitoring the impact of droughts on vegetation in Australia using MetOp ASCAT Dynamic Vegetation Parameters

2021

Ludo Schuurman

The climate adaptive behaviour of smallholder farmers in the Gumera sub-basin, Ethiopia: A socio-hydrological approach

2021

Nathan Hatch

Seawater Intrusion Modeling with Single Density Codes

2021

Matthijs Buijs

Optimizing the use of Delta21 for flood prone areas not protected by flood defenses at Dordrecht: A study on the operation strategy and reliability of a new flood protection system

2021

Huck de Haas

Dynamic Morphology of the Sittaung Estuary, Myanmar: A detailed investigation and modelling of rapid bank erosion

2021

2020 - 2021

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Martin Vonk

Groundwater Head Time Series Analysis with Non-Linear Recharge Models Using Pastas

2020

Bor van der Scheer

Determining groundwater velocity with DTS at the Máximakanaal and in the Horstermeerpolder

2020

Loulou Zaat

Below the surface: A laboratorial research to the vertical distribution of buoyant plastics in rivers

2020

Camille Fong

Leveraging decentralized rooftop rainwater harvesting system to mitigate Chennai's water challenges using a multi-purpose approach

2020

Judith Brummelkamp

Sand storage dams in Kitui – Kenya: community perspective on access to water: An evaluation using Q-methodology

2020

David Tervel Cano

Understanding the relationship between extreme rainfall scaling and dew point temperature

2020

Sophie Broere

The sound of plastic: A proof-of-concept for detecting suspended riverine macroplastics with echo sounding

2020

Amber van Hamel

Towards climate resilient green-blue roofs: Defining the strengths and weaknesses of green-blue roofs regarding temperature management and water storage

2020

Janieke Scholten

Climate resilience of railway stations in The Netherlands

2020

Thies Blokhuijsen

Hind-casting Ungauged Reservoir Dynamics

2020

Maurice Shorachi

Investigating the influence of drought on Sentinel-1 C-band SAR data over agricultural crops - file embargo until 2022-01-15

2020

Saket Keshav

Benefits of using remotely sensed time series data in optimizing water management decisions

2020

Ilias Machairas

Vulnerability of cities to soil moisture and groundwater droughts

2020

Jente Jansen

Estimating new reservoir locations with the use of a hydrological model for small holder cotton farmers in Maharashtra, India

2020

David Koenders

Interaction between UTES systems: A simulation study to asses the effect of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems on the efficiency of Borehole Heat Exchangers

2020

Tatiana Andrikopoulou

Nature based solutions for fluvial flood mitigation: an integrated assessment framework

2020

Isabelle Goess-Enzenberg

Determination of the removal efficiency of a decentralized stormwater treatment system: A theoretical approach to assess a modified SediSubtrator L

2020

Vita Sandu

Quantifying Agricultural Intensification in the US: Trends in Yield & Microwave Remote Sensing in the Midwest

2020

Suzanne de Groot

Assessing resilience of river systems: Applied to the Meuse river system for shipping and drinking water production

2020

Xinzhu Yang

Application and comparison of different methods for aquifer test analysis using TTim

2020

Vincent van Roon

Government Attitudes to the Central Asian Water Crisis and Third-Party Water Diplomacy: Crafting the message to the listener

2020

Sarah Hanus

Effects of Climate Change on Runoff Dynamics of Alpine Catchments  - file embargo until 2021-10-31

2020

Shu-Chen Hsu

Hex-Urban: Investigating the adoption of hexagonal grids to represent the total urban water cycle within a distributed water balance model

2020

Mohammed Yasir Abbas Mohammed Ali

The Canals Never Lie

2020

Yuhun Lin

Improving hydrological model performance using storm- dependent parameters

2020

Jeroen Verhagen

Spatially explicit WEF modelling in transboundary river basins

2020

Sten Schurer

River discharge modelling based on surface flow velocity estimations: A combination of Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry and three dimensional discharge modelling

2020

David Teruel

Understanding the relationship between extreme rainfall scaling and dew point temperature

2020

Charlotte Mekel

Hidden Danger: Mapping consequences of underground water infrastructure failure to guide asset management

2020

Bas van Haaren

Assessment of flood early warning and response in an urbanized catchment: A case study of the Tub Ma basin in Thailand

2020

Geerten van der Zalm

Analysing the development of meltwater networks on Antarctica: A casestudy on the Nivlisen ice shelf

2020

Sjoerd Gnodde

A Non-Parametric Bayesian Network Hydrologic Model: A Case Study of a Lowland Catchment

2020

Reinier Frolke

Low polders and high waters: Dealing with uncertainties of climate change in future polder management

2020

Katrice Krijnen

Increasing the resilience of urban areas to extreme precipitation: Are the residents ready?: The receptivity for effective rainproof measures on private terrain in the neighbourhood De Baarsjes, Amsterdam

2020

Rutger Weijers

Drought indicators in The Netherlands: a case study to support anticipative drought management

2020

Leon van Voorst

Descriptor variables of the root zone storage capacity in Canada

2020

Oscar Keunen

Flood Forecasting Using Passive Microwave Radiometry in the Zambezi River, Zambia

2020

Ruben van Dijk

Unraveling decision-making in irrigated farming in Malawi: Using Q methodology to develop typologies on water transport technology adoption

2020

Christianne Luger

From risk assessment to adaptation pathways: an improvement of the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis for the Limari basin in Chile

2020

Jacintha Tjia

Assessing the impact of plastic waste accumulation on flood events with citizen observations: A case study in Kumasi, Ghana

2020

Bart Veenings

The variability of the rootzone storage capacity in Austria: An exploration of its controls

2020

Gerben Gerritsen

Flood Wave Monitoring using LSPIV: A methodology for monitoring flood waves in an equatorial urban stream with fast response time

2020

Bart Magura

Early Warning model for Thunderstorms around Lake Victoria

2020

Joris Wiggins

Estimating Total Suspended Matter in Low to Extremely High Level Turbid River Surface Waters using a WISP-3 Hyperspectral Radiometer and Sentinel-2 Optical Imagery: A case study conducted on the Brantas River Basin, East-Java, Indonesia

2020