News

ICCE 2024

The International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2024) took place on 8-14 September in Rome, Italy. Johan gave an oral presentation about sand-wave induced form roughness.

MSc Thesis graduation

On 5 July 2024, Carlos Bedon Pineda successfully presented his Master Thesis, which was carried out within the MELODY project!

Fourth User meeting at Rijkswaterstaat

The fourth User meeting was hosted by Rijkswaterstaat in Utrecht, on 24 May 2024. Philippe, Laura and Maarten presented their work within the framework of Melody.

New research publication!

Laura, Pieter, Johan and Suzanne have published a research article on sand wave-induced form roughness. We extend the concept of form roughness to a tidal setting and study how sand wave-induced form roughness depends on bedform characteristics.

NCK Days 2024

The NCK Days 2024 took place on 13-15 March in Amersfoort. Laura and Carlos presented their current work and engaged in many insightful discussions!

Third User meeting at Deltares

The third User meeting was hosted by Deltares in Delft, on 24 November 2023.
Carlos Bedon Pineda and Maarten Verboom

Two new MSc projects

In November 2023, two UT-students have started their MSc projects: Carlos Bedon Pineda on modelling sand wave roughness (at UT) and Maarten Verboom on bathymetric data near power cable routes (with TenneT).

Second User meeting at TenneT

The second User meeting was hosted by TenneT in Arnhem, on 11 May 2023.

Kick-off at University of Twente

The first User meeting, serving as the kick-off of the MELODY-project, was held at the University of Twente, on 11 November 2022.

Climate proof sandy coasts

This news item directly links to an article by Deltares about the awarded NWO grant for the MELODY research proposal (September 2021).

NWO award for research into a climate-proof coast

This news item directly links to an article by the University of Twente about the awarded NWO grant for the MELODY research proposal (September 2021).

User Meetings

  • 24 November 2023 at Deltares

  • 11 May 2023 at TenneT

  • 11 November 2022 at University of Twente