Research | Current research | Department of Civil Engineering

Period	Research titles and researchers
2023-2027	SEDIMARE Project: Sand-mud mixtures transport Nguyen (PhD), Roos (Promotor), v.d. Werf
2023-2027	SEDIMARE: Morphodynamics of tidal basins using subgrid modelling: role of bank erosion Wang, S. (PhD), Roos (Promotor), Soares-Frazao, Volp
2023-2027	OR ELSE project: effect of large-scale sand extractions on sand waves Ploeg (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Borsje, Roos
2023-2027	Global coastal vulnerability index (CVI) assessment for present and future Basnayake (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Duong, Ranasinghe, Almar
2023-2027	INREEF: Interdisciplinary program to build the resilience of marine protected areas in tourism destinations Faizal (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Ranasinghe (Promotor), Horstman, Vermeulen, Kujawa
2022-2026	MELODY project: physical sand transport processes in the lower shoreface Frankemölle (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), van der Werf
2022-2026	Development of Machine Learning Applications for Real-Time River Flood Forecasting Besseling (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Bomers, Warmink
2022-2026	Living on the edge: Biogeomorphic evolution of salt marshes under wave and tidal forcing Dzimballa (PhD), Augustijn (Promotor), Borsje, Kitsikoudis
2022-2026	MELODY project: Scale interactions of sand waves on the lower shoreface Portos Amill (PhD), Roos (Promotor), Hulscher (Promotor), Damveld
2022-2026	Nature-based flood protection by Living Dikes: modelling salt marsh dynamics and coastal safety Sipma (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Warmink (Daily Supervisor), Duong (Co-Supervisor)
2022-2026	Wave damping, sediment trapping and salt-intrusion mitigation by estuarine ecosystem engineering species Bootsma (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), van der Wal (Promotor), Borsje (Co-Promotor)
2022-2024	FutureDikes: Realizing strong, biodiverse grass covers for river dikes van der Meijden (EngD), Augustijn, Warmink
2022-2026	Living Dikes: Stability of saltmarshes under extreme hydrodynamic forcing Muller (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Borsje, van der Werf
2021-2025	From micro to macro scale: from sand grain behaviour to emergent coastal dune properties Wang (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Campmans, Weinhart, Luding, Thornton
2021-2026	Seacode project: Efficient modelling of sand wave field dynamics for engineering purposes Overes (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Borsje, Luijendijk
2021-2025	Hydraulic river modelling approaches to link high flow and low flow conditions Khorsandi Kuhanestani (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Booij, Warmink, Bomers
2021-2025	Salt accumulation at floodgates and salt-water intrusion in rivers Ebrahimierami (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Vermeulen (Co-promotor), Kitsikoudis
2020-2024	ReAShore:Resilient Anthropogenic Shores Bakhshianlamouki (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Voinov (Promotor), Augustijn, Brugnach
2020-2024	Modelling socio-biophysical dynamics of anthropogenic sandy shores Teixeira (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Horstman
2020-2024	Efficient modelling of ecomorphodynamcis in estuaries to evaluate salt-intrusion solutions Siemes (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Duong, Borsje
2020-2024	River dune dynamics under high and low flows Lokin (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Warmink, Bomers
2019-2024	Water and Land Footprint of Food and energy Karandish (Postdoc), Hogeboom, Schyns
2019-2023	Biogeomorphological responses of mangrove forests to variations in hydrodynamic forcing Gijsman (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Horstman
2019-2023	Past synergies & trade-offs between sustainability-efficiency-equity-resilience Su (PhD), Krol (Promotor), Hogeboom
2019-2023	Idealized modeling of estuarine sand dunes Van der Sande (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Roos
2019-2023	Water and Land Footprint of food production Mialyk (PhD), (Promotor tbd), Booij, Schyns
2018-2022	Sand transport in the swash zone Dionisio Antonio (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), van der Werf, Vermeulen, Horstman