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03 December 2019

Understanding and predicting sandy beaches

Understanding and predicting sandy beaches

Sand is the second most widely used raw material in the world, after water. Sand dunes keep our country safe from flooding.

08 November 2019

Guaranteeing freshwater with a virtual delta

Guaranteeing freshwater with a virtual delta

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.

06 October 2019

Multidisciplinary Project Opportunity in Vancouver, Canada

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

02 October 2019

Jakarta Plastics

Jakarta Plastics

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

30 September 2019

Living Labs: the Sand Motor, Hondsbossche Duinen and the Hedwige-Prosperpolder

Living Labs: the Sand Motor, Hondsbossche Duinen and the Hedwige-Prosperpolder

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.

19 September 2019

Delta21 verdient een D.O.H.O.

Column by Ties Rijcken.

28 August 2019

Call for Master student

Call for Master student

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

22 August 2019

Flood barrier testing in Romania

Flood barrier testing in Romania

Multidisciplinary Project, Additional MSc thesis, or BSc project Topic

25 July 2019

BRIGAID Vacancy for student assistant

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.

23 July 2019

Vacancy: 2 junior researchers (from 1st of October 2019, 4 months)

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