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The Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology was

founded in 1842 by King William II
of the Netherlands.

Delft University of Technology has

about 26480 students and about
6000 staff members of which about
3680 scientific staff and about 3000
PhD’s.

The yearly turnover is about 700 M€

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 Why in Delft?

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The Delft University

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The Delft University - Faculties

1. Aerospace Engineering
2. Applied Sciences
3. Architecture and the Built Environment
4. Civil Engineering and Geosciences
5. Electrical Engineering, Mathematics
and Computer Science
6. Industrial Design Engineering
7. Mechanical, Maritime and Materials
Engineering
8. Technology, Policy and Management

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 The Faculty 3mE - Departments

1. Biomedical Engineering (BME)

2. Delft Center for Systems and Control
(DCSC)
3. Marine and Transport Technology
(M&TT)
4. Materials Science and Engineering
(MSE)
5. Process and Energy (P&E)
6. Precision Micro-systems Engineering
(PME)
7. Cognitive Robotics

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The Department MTT - Sections

1. Ship Design,
Production &
Operations
2. Ship Hydro
mechanics
3. Transport
Engineering &
Logistics
4. Dredging
Engineering
5. Ship and
Offshore
Structures

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 The MSc Program
Offshore & Dredging Engineering

Chairs
3mE
Chairs
CiTG
ME

MT

ODE

CE

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 The MSc Program
Offshore & Dredging Engineering

Bottom Founded Dredging Engineering

Structures

Structural Analysis & Floating Structures

Design
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 The MSc Program
Offshore & Dredging Engineering
Offshore Renewables

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The History of the Chair

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1922-1962 Prof.ir.ir. C.M. van Wijngaarden

DE ONTWIKKELING VAN HET BAGGERWERKTUIG.

1962-1977 Prof.ir. W.A. Bos

DE TOEKOMST VAN DE BAGGERWERKTUIGEN.

1977-1992 Prof.ir. J. de Koning

DENKEN MET DE HANDEN.

1994-2006 Prof.ir. W.J. Vlasblom

BAGGEREN IN HELDER WATER.

2007-Present Prof.dr.ir. C. van Rhee

OVER GRENSVLAKKEN EN HET VERLEGGEN VAN GRENZEN.

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Prof.ir. C.M. van Wijngaarden 1922-1962

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Prof.ir. C.M. van Wijngaarden 1922-1962

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Prof.ir. C.M. van Wijngaarden 1922-1962

Graduates (187)
The Jokra
1936 W.A. Bos
1952 J. Gerritsma
1956 A. Lanser
1961 C.J. van de Graaf
1962 S.H. Gillebaard
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Prof.ir. C.M. van Wijngaarden 1922-1962

The Marokko

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Prof.ir. W.A. Bos 1962-1977

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Prof.ir. W.A. Bos 1962-1977

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Prof.ir. W.A. Bos 1962-1977

The Multimol

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Prof.ir. W.A. Bos 1962-1977

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Prof.ir. J. de Koning 1977-1992

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Prof.ir. J. de Koning 1977-1992

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Prof.ir. J. de Koning 1977-1992

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Prof.ir. J. de Koning 1977-1992

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Prof.ir. W.J. Vlasblom 1994-2006

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Prof.ir. W.J. Vlasblom 1994-2006

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Prof.ir. W.J. Vlasblom 1994-2006

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Prof.ir. W.J. Vlasblom 1994-2006

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Prof.dr.ir. C. van Rhee 2007-Present

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Prof.dr.ir. C. van Rhee 2007-Present

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Prof.dr.ir. C. van Rhee 2007-Present

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Prof.dr.ir. C. van Rhee 2007-Present

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Prof.dr.ir. C. van Rhee

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1922-1962 Prof.ir.ir. C.M. van Wijngaarden
Construction of Dredging Equipment. Input financing.

1962-1977 Prof.ir. W.A. Bos

Start of research into physics because of Delta Works.
Input financing.

1977-1992 Prof.ir. J. de Koning

Design based on physics, analytical models, dynamics.
Some conference papers. Input financing.

1994-2006 Prof.ir. W.J. Vlasblom

Systems approach. Conference papers. Input/output financing.

2007-Present Prof.dr.ir. C. van Rhee

Fundamental research often CFD/DEM based. Journal papers.
Output financing.
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The Present
• Dredging Engineering
• Deep Sea Mining
• Trenching
• Offshore Renewables
• Installation Offshore Windfarms
• Rock Dumping
• Subsea Engineering
• Recovery Operations

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The Future
Boundary Conditions:
• Finance, Output Financing from Industry, Government
& European Projects
• Fundamental & Applied for Journal & Conference
Papers
• High Level of Aggregation, Broadness
• Matching the Delft University Mission Statement.

Proposal:
Subsea Engineering: Processes, Equipment,
Infrastructure & Operations
• This does include most of the present activities
• Excluding Marine Technology
• Broad enough to expand in the future

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