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Last week, a hundred-metre-long test dune rose on the coast near Monster. A hybrid dune, consisting of a combination of sand and hard elements. Researchers from TU Delft are monitoring how different configurations erode during stormy weather conditions. This will allow hybrid dyke-dune structures to be designed more efficiently and safely in the future.

Historical observations and model computations point to the Rhine system having crossed a tipping point. Since extreme peak flows in the 1990s, the Waal has gradually attracted more water at the Pannerdense Kop bifurcation. This is shown in research by TU Delft, Leiden University, Utrecht University, and Rijkswaterstaat.

Oded Cats receives an ERC Consolidator grant for a new research programme on long-distance passenger transport systems. The outcomes can boost the design of an integrated international network of transport services that is attractive, sustainable, resilient and equitable.

More efficient port calls can make maritime transport faster and greener. To achieve this ambition, the PortCall.Zero project has been awarded 4 million euros through the NWO Perspectief programme. Led by TU Delft, and with contributions from 16 partners, the project aims to significantly reduce the CO2 emissions of port activities by making use of AI and electric shore power.

The board of NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences awards funding to six research projects through the Open Technology Programme. Three of the these six proposals have been awarded to Delft researchers. In total, NWO is funding the projects with 4.5 million euros, companies involved and other organisations are investing 760 thousand euros.

Xueyan Liu, Associate Professor in pavement engineering at CEG, receives the funding to develop a novel approach to create climate-resilient asphalt materials. He will do this together with Marc Schleiss from TU Delft and Yangming Gao from Liverpool John Moores University. The project is called Mechanics and Data-Driven Approach for Developing Resilient Asphalt Materials (MEDAS).

Various groups at TU Delft have joined forces to get the most out of a field test on a historical quay wall in the city centre of Amsterdam.