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Dr ir. Astrid Blom studies changes to the river bed caused by the interaction between the flow and sand-gravel mixtures on the river bed. She does so as part of the STW projects WATER2015 “River Bed degradation” and RiverCare.

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.

Looking for a MDP group that is interested in developing coastal adaptation measures to sea level rise.

M.Sc. Thesis: Fluid mechanics of trash clogging hydraulic structures in Indonesia

Within the programme Living Labs in the Dutch Delta researchers of Delft University of Technology will coordinate two projects. They are focused on large-scale nature-based interventions in the coastal and river area: the Sand Motor and the Hedwige-Prosperpolder.

Column by Ties Rijcken.

Master project: Reliability analysis of sea-dikes in Shanghai city, China

Multidisciplinary Project, Additional MSc thesis, or BSc project Topic

BRIGAID is a 4-year EC funded project focussed on the development of methods and on providing practical support to innovators on climate disaster resilience.

For students who just graduated (or will be very soon) and who are interested in supporting a research project for four months.