Leuven (Arenberg)
Head : prof. Patrick Willems (CV)
prof. Jaak Monbaliu
prof. Erik Toorman
prof. Christian Schwarz
RESEARCH (Leuven Arenberg)
KU Leuven's Hydraulics and Geotechnics Section has research activities in the following domains:
- Urban and River Hydrology and Hydraulics
- Coastal and Estuarine Hydrodynamics & Remote Sensing
- Sediment Mechanics
- Eco-Hydro-Morphodynamics
The research focuses on process understanding, numerical modeling and statistical analysis of aspects of the water cycle in the urban environment, river systems, the coastal zone including shelf seas and estuaries.
RESEARCH (Campus Brugge)
- Coastal and Geotechnical Engineering
EDUCATION
The academic staff is responsible for teaching a number of courses related to the field of hydraulics and water engineering in the programmes of Bachelor and Master in Civil Engineering and the Interuniversity Programme in Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE).
- Courses of Prof. P. Willems
- Courses of Prof. E. Toorman
- Courses of Prof. J. Monbaliu
- Courses of Prof. Ch. Schwarz
The staff also participates in a number of international interuniversity development cooperation projects funded by VLIR-UOS.
CONSULTANCY
The Hydraulics Section provides scientific services (including modelling studies and laboratory and field measurements) to third parties in the different research fields:
- Prof. J. Berlamont: Hydraulics
- Prof. P. Willems: Urban and River Hydrology and Hydraulics
- Prof. J. Monbaliu: Coastal and Estuarine Hydrodynamics & Remote Sensing
- Prof. E. Toorman: Coastal and Estuarine Hydrodynamics & Sediment Mechanics
- Prof. Ch. Schwarz: Eco-Hydro-Morphodynamics