1 Civil Engineering and Geosciences Faculty presentation.

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Civil Engineering and GeosciencesFaculty presentation

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Mission

An international leading position in education and research in the fields of delta technology, watertechnology, mobility, construction and geo-energy

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

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Our challenges

• Safety risks - delta• Water supply• Mobility• Energy• Sustainable built environment• Climate change

bigger than ever

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The Netherlands• Flat low delta, precarious location,

best flood control system in the world.

Several Dutch companies are involved in

waterprojects. Conservation projects and land

reclamation throughout the world

• Lowest altitude: 6.74 meter below sea level

(near Rotterdam)

• Highest altitude: 323 meter (near Maastricht)

• Two main porst: airport Schiphol (the

fourth largest airport in Europe) and

seaport Rotterdam (the largest seaport in Europe)

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Our Response

• Outstanding research groups • Outstanding launching customers• Integral approach

Delft Research Initiatives:EnvironmentInfrastructuresEnergy• Nationwide public-private cooperation• Worldwide partnerships• Investing in innovation

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Our research groups

Water

Transport

Construction

Earth Resource EngineeringPetroleum Engineering and GeosciencesGeo-Engineering

Structural and Building EngineeringMaterial Science and Sustainable ConstructionRoad and Railway Engineering

Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitary Engineering

Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering

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Water

• Flood control delta area’s• Coastal erosion• Salination• Climate change and land subsidence• Drinking water supply and sewage systems• Building for nature

Challenges

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Water

• Experimental research in unique lab facilities• Unique monitoring jet skis • Combined remote sensing and numerical modelling• Coupled abiotic and biotic approach • Combination of biochemistry and hydraulics• Integrated approach for political, managerial, building and physical processes • Real time control of hydraulic systems

Innovation

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Construction

• Sustainable cities• Multiple use of space• Durability of infrastructures• Cradle to Cradle• Transition of construction and contracting processes

Challenges

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Construction

• New and smart building materials • Recycling of waste and demolition materials• Micro mechanic modelling• Computational mechanics• Experimental research in unique large scale lab facilities • Asset management

Innovation

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Geotechnology

• Increase oil and gas demand• CO2 capture and storage (CCS)• New fossil carbon exploitation (gas hydrates)• Renewable energy• Sustainable use of soil• Remediation of contaminated sites

Challenges

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Geotechnology

• Passive geophysical methods • Gas, steam and foam injections for reservoir management• Clean coal technology by injection • Smart field production technology • Geo-vision management• Geo-bio engineering• Soft soil modelling

Innovation

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Transport

• Increasing demand for transport of persons and freight • Need for reliable mobility• Optimum use of existing infrastructure

Challenges

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Transport

• Multi modal transport modelling• Discrete choice modelling • Robust timetabeling• Automated transport systems • Dynamic traffic management

Innovation

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Our Staff (01/01/09)

fte (full-time equivalent)

professors 34,4

associate professors 37,8

assistant professors 41,4

other scientific staff 131,2

PhD students 218,1

total scientific staff462.8

supporting staff112,5

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Our Labatories

• Water lab

• Construction lab

• Micro lab

• Geo lab

• Transport lab

(Edu lab)

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Our educational programmes

• BSc Civil Engineering

• BSc Applied Earth Sciences

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MSc Civil Engineering

• Hydraulic Engineering• Water Management• Building Engineering• Structural Engineering• Transport and Planning• Geo-Engineering

MSc Applied Earth Sciences

• Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences

• Resource Engineering • Geo-Engineering • Applied Geophysics

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Interfaculty MSc Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics MSc Geomatics MSc Offshore Engineering

3 TU MSc Construction Management Engineering

IDEA League (Imperial College London, ETH Zürich, ParisTech) Applied Geophysics

Eramus Mundus programmes MSc Coastal Marine Engineering and Management Erasmus Mundus Minerals and Environmental Programme

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02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09

Civil Engineering 1473 1503 1420 1460 1368 1547 1697

Applied Earth

Sciences 269 330 246 244 239 247 287

International students 93 123 119 142 166 217 275

Total number of students

1st year students BSc and MSc Applied Earth Sciences

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MSc AES

BSc TA

1st year students BSc and MSc Civil Engineering

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450

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MSc TIL

MSc CE

BSc CT

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Students

• Civil Engineering

China, Greece, Ethiopia, Indonesia and USA

• Applied Earth Sciences

Kazakhstan, Iran and Nigeria

of Foreign Nationalities