Student already contribute a number of years to our projects on fresh and salt groundwater in the coastal area. Sometimes with nice reports, sometimes with great results, article worthy! As such, this made that we are a strong supporter of guiding students through internships or thesises (both MSc and PhD)! We have already had students from Dutch universities (WUR, UU, VU), Universities of Applied Sciences (Zeeland, Larensteijn) and institutions like UNESCO-IHE. Foreign (PhD) students were welcome (Universities of Ghent, Florence, Bologna, Rome (La Sapienza)).

We have quite a few new topics, from numerical modeling to water system analysis using monitoring techniques. Just contact us, or the students below. Till hears!

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New topics:

• Feasibility Study The Coastal Collector
• Vulnerability Study: Upscaling rainwater lenses throughout the Southwestern Delta:
• Research on salinisation processes in the Brabant Delta: causes (deep) hydraulic head decline in North Brabant salinization?
• Modeling of submarine groundwater discharge along an extended coastal stretch
• 3D Modelling salt water intrusion in the Bengal area

info: gualbert dot oudeessink at deltares dot nl

PhD positions:

• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program: Coupling variable density numerical simulations with electrical resistivity techniques to assess coastal aquifer vulnerability to external stressors such as sea-level rise. USGS Menlo Park.

info: pswarzen at usgs dot gov or gualbert dot oudeessink at deltares dot nl

Examples past studies:

2005

• Beatrice Giambastiani, Uni of Bolgona, Italy, Saltwater intrusion and water management in the unconfined coastal aquifer of Ravenna (Italy): a numerical model J. Hydrol. 340, 1-2, 91-104, 2007.

2006

• Elles Bader, VU Amsterdam, Salinisation and freshening processes in the Netherlands, with special attention to the Wieringermeerpolder (in Dutch)
• Piet Maljaars en Runa Wils, Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Rainwater lenses in saline seepage systems (in Dutch)

2007

• Bas de Veen en Sjors Stevens, VU Amsterdam, Monitoring campaign rainwater lenses in the province of Zeeland (in Dutch)
• Corne Prevo, HZ University of Applied Sciences, Aquatische Ecotechnologie: Rainwater lenses in the province of Zeeland (in Dutch)
• Francesco Sergi, La Sapienza, Roma, Italy, Salinisation processes in the Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands
• Marian Koskamp, WUR, Model study of chloride concentration in soil moisture and shallow groundwater in a saline seepage system, draft report
• Valentina Marconi, Uni of Bologna, Italy, Characterization of shallow fresh groundwater lenses in the Province of Zeeland with 2D geo-electrical surveys
• Vesna Tripkovics, UNESCO-IHE, Salt water intrusion in The Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands - water system analysis and numerical modeling

2008

• Tommaso Letterio, Uni of Firenze, Italy

2010

• Bernard Voortman, UU Utrecht, Impact of climate change on the region properties and thickness and form of rainwater lenses in the Province of Zeeland (in Dutch)
• Aileen Mirasol-Robert, UU Utrecht, Analysis of Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Manila Bay - 3D Density Dependent Hydrogeological Modeling of the South-eastern coastal zone of Bataan, Philippines

2012

• Maitri Fischer, UU Utrecht, Managing freshwater lenses in a Dutch coastal setting - increasing freshwater availability by aquifer storage and recovery.
• Martijn Visser, UU Utrecht, Aquifer storage and recovery in a fossil creek bed - managing droughts in a brackish environment
• Irene Lugten, UU Utrecht, The effects of salt water intrusion from the Dintel into the surface and groundwater in the regio
• Kyra Hu-A-Ng, UU Utrecht, Understanding Holocene coastal development and the resulting evolution of groundwater chloride distribution in the North-West coastal region of the Netherlands - a historical modelling approach

2013, in process...

• Marjan Sommeijer, WUR Wageningen, Identifying suitable locations for infiltration of fresh water in creek ridges
• Jan Snel, WUR Wageningen, Oplossingen ten behoeve van zoetwatervoorziening voor de landbouw op Schouwen-Duiveland
• Thomas Boerman, UU Utrecht, Fresh water lenses under creek ridges: a pilot study in Zeeland to increase fresh water supply
• Mieke Hulshof, WUR Wageningen, Spatial scales in salinity modeling, case Waterdunen, Zeeland
• Pieter Winter, Uni Gent, Belgium, Estimating flow patterns to an agricultural ditch by inverse modeling of temperature and salinity measurements