At the end of the academic year the summer officially began with a Hydraulic barbecue. It was great to see so many faces from the faculty and fellow students and we are glad to say that the barbecue was a succes!
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Hydraulic Drinks
Join us and the staff of the Hydraulic Engineering department in celebrating that the exams are over! All Hydraulic Engineering students are welcome and the drinks are free of charge. Make sure to bring your friends and let’s make it a great evening!
8 November 2018 (Add to Google Calendar)
20:00-00:00
Café Tango
Nationaal Watertraineeship
De watersector biedt volop groeikansen aan starters. Water is overal en van iedereen. De uitdaging is om dit voor nu en in de toekomst te garanderen, daarvoor is samenwerking en vernieuwing essentieel. Het Nationaal Watertraineeship (NWT) bestaat sinds 2010. Op dit moment zijn er ruim 60 trainees actief en werken zij bij ruim 30 organisaties binnen de watersector.
Het NWT is ontwikkeld om jong talent, na hun afstuderen (HBO en WO niveau), een goede start van hun carrière in de watersector te geven. Talent is voor ons de wil om te ontwikkelen. Niet alleen in het eigen vakgebied, ook over grenzen heen. Dat vraagt om vakspecialisten met een brede blik. Wij ontwikkelen persoonlijk leiderschap, stimuleren samenwerking en dagen uit.
Werkzaamheden
Ben jij een hands-on civiel techneut die graag technische projecten van het waterschap wil uitvoeren? Start dan jouw carrière als watertrainee door te werken aan uitdagende projecten van het waterschap in combinatie met ons tweejarig traineeprogramma! Het Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland heeft een omvangrijke opgave om infrastructurele projecten te realiseren op het gebied van waterveiligheid en waterbeheer. Zij willen jonge talenten opleiden om deze uitdagingen voor nu en in de toekomst aan te gaan.
Als civiel techneut kan je als technisch adviseur aan de slag binnen uitvoeringsprojecten van het hoogheemraadschap. Je gaat je bezighouden met de technische en/of projectmanagement kant van de projecten. Daarbij adviseer en ondersteun je de Projectmanager of Technisch Manager vanaf het ontwerp tot en met de overdracht van projecten. Je bent zelfstandig belast met de technische aspecten van voorbereiding, uitvoering en nazorg van civiele werken en kunstwerken. Je zorgt voor een tijdige afstemming met partijen als: adviesbureaus, nutsbedrijven, aannemers, gemeente en particulieren.
Het traineeprogramma bestaat uit inhoudelijke ontwikkeling op de werkplek (4 dagen per week) gecombineerd met het Persoonlijk Leiderschapsprogramma (1 dag per week). Het Persoonlijk Leiderschapsprogramma bestaat uit trainingen, coaching, intervisie, Ontdek de Sector en gezamenlijk werken aan inhoudelijk waterprojecten. De combinatie van aandacht voor inhoud én persoon zorgt ervoor dat je je inhoudelijke kennis en ervaring in relatie kan plaatsen tot je omgeving.
Om in aanmerking te komen voor dit traineeship bij het Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland, is het van belang dat je een HBO- of WO-opleiding Civiele Techniek hebt afgerond. Je hebt maximaal twee jaar werkervaring en staat te popelen om jouw kennis en ervaring in te zetten en je persoonlijk verder te ontwikkelen. Een complete aanmelding bestaat uit een Nederlandstalig CV en een motivatiebrief. Deze ontvangen wij graag via de website of per mail. De selectie baseren we op jouw CV, motivatie, ambities én aan de hand van je persoonlijke leerdoelen. Binnen 2 weken hoor je of je wordt uitgenodigd voor een selectiegesprek. Hoe eerder je aanmelding, des te meer kans op een mooie traineewerkplek!
Meer informatie over het Nationaal Watertraineeship is te vinden op onze website. Heb je vragen, neem dan contact op met Helen van Zundert, Naomi Timmer of Ralph Wesseling via 070-3319949.
Internship Global Flood Risk Tool
Global Flood Risk Tool Development
Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV) is a globally leading international consultancy and engineering firm focussed on improving living circumstances around the world for already 135 years. With over 6.000 colleagues spread over 150 countries we are committed to enhance society together. In particular, we are global leaders in providing solutions to the world’s challenges living with water. Water introduces both opportunities and risks to communities and nature worldwide as urban populations grow, the climate changes and resources become increasingly scarce.
As a company we want to interact more with the client on issues regarding flood risks. Also, we want to be able to cope with different levels of detail. We want to achieve this by connecting existing in-house tools and expert know-how, by connecting to open data sources and focus on visualizations. Therefore, we are currently developing a Global Flood Risk Tool that creates insight in flood hazards, flood damages and flood risks at any location/region in the world and that is able to justify a proposed flood protection investment. The tool should be globally applicable, provide quick flood risk estimates, include generalized and automated routines for the different assessments, have the flexibility to customize the elevation, land use and/or damage functions and should be a visually attractive and interactive tool. In 2017 we have started the tool development using ArcGIS and Python Scripting. The tool is now able to perform flood hazard and flood damage assessments and connects with Google Earth Engine through an API to load relevant datasets.
We have the ambition to further develop the tool in 2018 (see Internship Activities) and launch this tool internally (within RHDHV) and externally (pilot with a client). Therefore, we are looking for an enthusiastic, analytical and creative student who is eager to continue the development of this promising tool and enjoys Python programming and working with ArcGIS. The student will be supervised by people from the advisory groups Rivers & Coasts and Smart Information Solutions. The student gets the opportunity to contribute to an innovative product development and collaborate with experts in the field of flood risk and geo-information systems in a multi-disciplinary environment. Furthermore, the student will get a good sense of working at Royal HaskoningDHV and the projects executed by both advisory groups in The Netherlands and abroad. An internship contract is drafted with the selected student at the start of the internship. A suitable internship allowance will be made available for the student.
Interested students can send their motivation letter, CV and grade list to Tjeerd Driessen (Tjeerd.driessen@rhdhv.com). He can also be contacted for more information on this internship opportunity.
Internship Activities/Duties
The main activities in this internship will be, but are not limited to:
- Get acquainted with the existing Global Flood Risk Tool and automated routines
- Implement option to apply user input (land use or damage curve) in the damage assessments
- Implement flood risk assessment (i.e. flood risk maps, flood risk and damage graphs and interactive visualisations)
- Implement multiple options to visualize output (e.g. standardized reports, ArcGIS Online viewer and/or ESRI StoryMaps)
- Optimize the tool (i.e. improve user interface, speed up Python scripts)
- Test and validate the tool by using existing cases and comparison with the Dutch Waterschadeschatter (WSS) (viewer) en Schade en Slachtoffer Module
Special requirements
We are looking for students matching the following profile:
- MSc student
- Experience with ArcGIS and Python scripting (such as arcpy package and object-oriented programming)
- Collaborative approach and enthusiasm in working together with colleagues and clients.
- Strong problem solving skills and analytical competences
- Communicative skills
- Ability to work independently
- Flexibility to travel (offices in Nijmegen, Amersfoort and Rotterdam)
- Experience with hydrology, river management and/or flood risk management is preferred (not required)
- Ability to communicate in Dutch language is preferred (not required)
Minimum duration internship
Minimum of 3 months (4 months or longer is preferred)
Name of organisation internship provider: Royal HaskoningDHV
Name of contact person internship provider: Tjeerd Driessen
Email address contact person: Tjeerd.driessen@rhdhv.com
Website: https://www.royalhaskoningdhv.com/en-gb/markets/water/296
Lunch lecture Waterschap Rivierenland
On the 15th of February 2018, ‘Het Waterbouwdispuut’ hosted a very interesting lunch lecture by Waterschap Rivierenland. Eric Kuindersma came by our faculty to tell our students something about the organization and functioning of water boards in The Netherlands, along with some innovations that they have recently implemented in the field. The set-up of the lecture was very interactive, which led to a lot of interesting questions and mutual exchange of knowledge. Thank you very much Eric for your great lecture!
Lunch lecture Royal HaskoningDHV
On December 20th Cock van der Lem, a senior port consultant, has enlightened us during a lunch lecture in which he spoke about two recent projects of Royal HaskoningDHV.
Both projects are fine examples of how innovative methods were used to obtain the best-suited design. Cock also told the students what working under challenging conditions is like, let it be extreme wave heights or not so cooperating local governments. All students enjoyed the lecture and the lunch, thanks again Cock!
Lunch lecture Arcadis
On the 11th of December, ‘Het Waterbouwdispuut’ hosted a lunch lecture by the design & consultancy firm Arcadis. One of the designers of the giant sea lock doors of the new sea lock in IJmuiden gave a very interesting presentation, highlighting the technical difficulties and challenges they faced. The rolling gates form a crucial part of the overall lock design, which is why it was very interesting for the students who were present to have some background concerning these massive structures. Thanks a lot!
