Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research
The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) is a nonprofit company in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science. Established by law in 1932, TNO is a knowledge organisation supporting companies, government bodies and public organisations with innovative, practicable knowledge. With 3,800 employees, it is the largest research institute in the Netherlands. TNO has an independent position ensuring objective, scientifically founded advice.
Geological Survey of the Netherlands
TNO acts (internationally) as the Geological Survey of the Netherlands, which manages and models publicly available geological data and information. Its 150 employees have the legal task of making information on the Dutch subsurface available to Dutch society so as to enable its sustainable use and management. The Geomodelling Department employs some 50 scientific staff. Its core expertise is the construction of layer- and voxel-based subsurface models for onshore and offshore areas that are highly suitable as input for decision-support systems.
More information
https://www.tno.nl/en/focus-areas/energy/geological-survey-of-the-netherlands/
Representatives
Representative in the NCK Board of Supervisors: D. Maljers MSc
Representative in the NCK Programme Committee: S. van Heteren PhD
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU) is hosted partly at the Faculty of Science and partly at the Faculty of Geosciences. The Institute's main objective is to offer an optimal, stimulating and internationally oriented environment for top quality fundamental research in Climate Dynamics and Physical Geography and Oceanography of the coastal zone, by integrating theoretical studies and extensive field studies. IMAU focuses on the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of beaches and surf zones, shoreface and shelf, as well as on the dynamics of river deltas, estuarine systems and barrier islands.
More information
http://www.uu.nl/faculty/geosciences/EN/Pages/default.aspx
Representatives
Representative in the NCK Board of Supervisors: prof. G. Ruessink PhD
Representative in the NCK Programme Committee: M. van der Vegt PhD, V.C. Reijers PhD.
Since 1992, the University of Twente has an educational and research programme in Civil Engineering, which aims at embedding (geo)physical and technical knowledge related to infrastructural systems into its societal and environmental context. The combination of engineering and societal faculties makes this university particularly well equipped to run this programme. Research of the section Water Engineering and Management (WEM) focuses on i) physics of large, natural, surface water systems, such as rivers, estuaries and seas and ii) analysis the management of these systems. Within the first research line WEM aims to improve the understanding of physical processes and to model their behaviour appropriately, which means as simple as possible but accurate enough for the water management problems that are considered. Dealing with uncertainty plays an important role here. An integrated approach is central to the water management analysis, in which not only (bio)physical aspects of water systems are considered, but also the variety of functions these systems have for the users, the way in which decisions on their management are taken, and how these are turned into practical applications. Various national and international research projects related to coastal zone management, sediment transport processes, offshore morphology, biogeomorphology and ecomorphodynamics have been awarded to this section.
More information
http://www.utwente.nl/ctw/wem/
Representatives
Representative in the NCK Board of Supervisors: prof. K.M. Wijnberg PhD
Representative in the NCK Programme Committee: P.C. Roos PhD
