The Coastal Morphodynamics group of the Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, seeks a highly motivated candidate for a PhD position on the dynamics of mixed sands at man-made beaches in mixed-energy coastal environments.
The full announcement, including details on the project, employment terms and how to apply, can be found here: https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/291985/phd-position-in-dynamics-of-mixed-sands-at-manmade-beaches-in-mixed-energy-coastal-environments-10-fte/ The deadline for application is 21 June 2020 and we aim to start the project in the autumn of 2020. The EURECCA project The available position is one of two PhD positions within the EURECCA project (Effective Upgrades and Retrofits for Coastal Climate Adaptation), awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Your counterpart will be situated within the Hydraulic Engineering department of the Delft University of Technology. The EURECCA project will focus on the dynamics of man-made beaches in mixed-energy coastal environments, where both waves and currents drive the morphodynamic evolution. The project will focus on the recently completed Prins Hendrikzanddijk (PHZD), a sandy retrofit of a dike on the back-barrier side of the Dutch barrier island of Texel, an area with strong tidal currents and relatively weak wind-driven waves: a typical mixed-energy system. The PhD research Your research will focus on the sediment transport processes and morphological evolution at the PHZD. As part of your project, you are expected to take part in a number of dedicated large field campaigns at the PHZD to measure the forcing conditions (waves, currents and water levels), bed levels, grain sizes and sediment transport, supported by our highly experienced field-technicians from the Faculty’s Earth Simulation Laboratory (ESL). In addition to these measurements, you will apply an operational numerical model (Delft3D) to further explore the role of mixed grain sizes and sediment sorting processes on the morphological development. Team You will be supervised by dr. Timothy Price (daily supervisor, UU), prof. Gerben Ruessink (promotor, UU) and prof. Maarten Kleinhans (advisor, UU). Also, you will work in tandem with the TUD-based PhD candidate, led by dr. Matthieu de Schipper. The EURECCA research team will work together closely with a diverse group of dedicated end-users for data collection, numerical modelling and the implementation of the acquired insights into practice.
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