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Water managers are facing
an enormous challenge:
major investments are needed
to provide flood protection
while safeguarding water
supplies and water quality
in their regions. But how
can the funds be spent as
efficiently and effectively as
possible and what innova-
tions make the difference?
Working together with water
management agencies and
other research institutes,
Deltares is developing inno-
vative concepts with the aims
of improving efficiency and
quality, and cutting costs. We
will be sharing our knowledge
at our Knowledge Tasting
on 26 November. The event
has been organised for water
authorities, provincial autho-
rities and municipalities.
At the request of the World
Bank, climate adaptation
expert Ad Jeuken recently
gave a presentation at a
meeting in Washington about
possible extreme changes in
the climate and how water
management can take this
development into account.
The World Bank organised
the meeting to see how their
procedures for the approval
of financing applications
can take a better approach
to factoring in the risks
of climate change in the
projects.
KNOWLEDGE TASTING:
INSPIRATION, INNOVA­
TION AND CO-CREATION
WORLD BANK
DRAWS ON DELTARES
EXPERTISE
Deltares has a wide range of courses
on offer. We can also organise them
to cater to your specific requirements
and on location. During the course of
the year and specifically during large
conferences, courses are arranged in
clusters. For a full overview, see the
Deltares Academy web page. A selection
of our courses in 2015:
WANDA | Pumps and Pump Cellars
MWell | Modelling well-point dewatering
D-Geo Stability | Stability of earth bodies
D-Sheet Piling | Designing sheet piling
WANDA | Control valves in piping
systems
SOBEK 3 | Hydrodynamics in Rivers
Delft-FEWS | Configuration Course
Delft3D 4 | Hydrodynamic modelling
Delft3D 4 | Environmental modelling
Delft3D 4 | Sediment transport and bed
dynamics
Delft3D Flexible Mesh | Python scripting
course
Data Science in Delta Technology
WANDA | Modelling & Analysis
WANDA | Real-Time Control
For more information:
academy/cursusagenda
JAN VERKADE
received his doctorate on 1 June 2015
at Delft University of Technology.
Subject: Estimating real-time predictive
hydrological uncertainty
Supervisors: Professor J.K. Vrijling,
Professor P.H.A.J.M. Han Gelder and
Professor P. Reggiani
WIJBRAND SOMMER
received his doctorate on 4 June at
Wageningen University
Subject: Modelling and monitoring of
aquifer thermal energy storage, impacts
of heterogeneity, thermal interference and
bioremediation
Supervisor: Professor H.H.M. Rijnaarts
Co-supervisors: Dr. J.T.C. Grotenhuis
and Dr. J.R. Valstar
JOOST DELSMAN
received his doctorate on 15 June at
the VU University of Amsterdam
Subject: Saline groundwater- surface
water interaction in coastal lowlands
Supervisor: Professor P.J. Stuijfzand
Co-supervisor: Dr. G.P.H. Oude Essink
PETER VOS
received his doctorate on 10 June at
Utrecht University
Subject: Origin of the Dutch coastal
landscape. Long-term landscape evolution
of the Netherlands during the Holocene,
described and visualized in national, regional
and local palaeogeographical map series
Supervisor: Professor P.L. De Boer
SUZANNE VAN EEKELEN
received her doctorate on 1 July at Delft
University of Technology
Subject: Basal Reinforced Piled
Embankments. Experiments, field studies
and the development and validation of a
new analytical design model
Supervisors: Professor A.F. van Tol and
Professor A. Bezuijen
Formore information:
DOCTORATES