P.P.J. (Paul) van Wiechen
P.P.J. (Paul) van Wiechen
Profile
Biography
Paul graduated in 2020 with an MSc. Degree in Hydraulic Engineering at the faculty of Civil Engineering of Delft University of Technology. His Master Thesis involved an experimental study on the dissipation of wave energy due to complex coral reefs. These experiments were conducted in the wave flume of the fluid mechanics laboratory of Delft University of Technology. After graduating, Paul commenced a PhD in Coastal Engineering. He is studying dune erosion during storm surges. This study includes a large-scale fieldwork experiment in which two 1:1 scale dunes were constructed along the Dutch coast. These dunes were observed and monitored during storms to obtain more knowledge about dune erosion. The topic of his research is: “RealDune – Dune erosion during storm surges”.
Academic background
Paul graduated in 2020 with an MSc. Degree in Hydraulic Engineering at the faculty of Civil Engineering of Delft University of Technology. His Master Thesis involved an experimental study on the dissipation of wave energy due to complex coral reefs. These experiments were conducted in the wave flume of the fluid mechanics laboratory of Delft University of Technology.
After graduating, Paul commenced a PhD in Coastal Engineering. He is studying dune erosion during storm surges. This study includes a large-scale fieldwork experiment in which two 1:1 scale dunes were constructed along the Dutch coast. These dunes were observed and monitored during storms to obtain more knowledge about dune erosion.
The topic of his research is: “RealDune – Dune erosion during storm surges”.
Publications
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2023
Avalanching of the dune face
field observations and equilibrium theory
Paul van Wiechen / Jantien Rutten / Ryan Mieras / Katherine Anarde / Marion Tissier / Sierd de Vries -
2023
Cross-shore transformation of bound and free infragravity waves off the Dutch coast
Jantien Rutten / Marion Tissier / Xinyi Zhang / Ad Reniers / Paul van Wiechen / Sierd de Vries / Dirk Rijnsdorp / Jan Willem Mol / Rinse Wilmink
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2023
Dune erosion during storm surges
A review of the observations, physics and modelling of the collision regime
P.P.J. van Wiechen / S. de Vries / A.J.H.M. Reniers / S.G.J. Aarninkhof -
2023
The effect of wave obliquity on dune erosion
A field experiment
Paul van Wiechen / Jantien Rutten / Marion Tissier / Sierd de Vries / Ryan Mieras / Katherine Anarde / Stefan Aarninkhof -
2022
Dune erosion during storm surges
The realdune/reflex experiment at the sand engine
Paul van Wiechen / Jantien Rutten / Ryan Mieras / Katherine Anarde / Magda Wrobel / Marion Tissier / Sierd de Vries -
Media
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2022-01-24
Duinerosie meten voor verbeteren hoogwaterveiligheid
Appeared in: Stowa
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2022-01-26
Is de kustlijn klaar voor een nieuwe superstorm?
Appeared in: Atlas
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2021-11-18
De Kennis van Nu: Wetenschapsspecial ‘De dreigende zee’
Appeared in: De Volkskrant
Ancillary activities
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2023-06-02 - 2024-09-16