1. Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Faculty presentation

2. Mission Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
An international leading position in
education and research in the fields of
delta technology, watertechnology, mobility, construction and geo-energy

3. Our challenges bigger than ever Safety risks - delta Water supply
Mobility
Energy
Sustainable built environment
Climate change

4. 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)

5. Our Response Outstanding research groups
Outstanding launching customers
Integral approach
Delft Research Initiatives:
Environment
Infrastructures
Energy
Nationwide public-private cooperation
Worldwide partnerships
Investing in innovation

6. Our research groups Water Construction Earth Transport
Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitary Engineering
Construction
Structural and Building Engineering
Material Science and Sustainable Construction
Road and Railway Engineering
Earth
Resource Engineering
Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences
Geo-Engineering
Transport
Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering

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

8. Water Innovation 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

9. Construction Challenges Sustainable cities Multiple use of space
Durability of infrastructures
Cradle to Cradle
Transition of construction and contracting
processes

10. Construction Innovation 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

11. Geotechnology Challenges 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

12. Geotechnology Innovation 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

13. Transport Challenges Increasing demand for transport of persons and
freight
Need for reliable mobility
Optimum use of existing infrastructure

14. Transport Innovation Multi modal transport modelling
Discrete choice modelling
Robust timetabeling
Automated transport systems
Dynamic traffic management

15. 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 staff
supporting staff 112,5

16. Our Labatories Water lab Construction lab Micro lab Geo lab
Transport lab
(Edu lab)

17. Our educational programmes
BSc Civil Engineering
BSc Applied Earth Sciences

18. 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
Applied Geophysics

19. 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

20. Total number of students
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

21. Students of Foreign Nationalities Civil Engineering
China, Greece, Ethiopia,
Indonesia and USA
Applied Earth Sciences
Kazakhstan, Iran and Nigeria