Prof. dr. Gerben Ruessink

Prof. dr. Gerben Ruessink

Professor
Earth Surface Processes
+31 30 253 2780
b.g.ruessink@uu.nl

BSc students:

2023: Meike Creutzberg - A decade of coastal morphological dynamics: exploring shoreline shifts on the island tail of Terschelling using remote sensing

2023: Bram Pleij - Blowout development: the interplay between morphological change and vegetation state

2023: Sjoerd Verwijs - Effect of blowouts on the morphological development of the dune-beach system near Bloemendaal: a remote-sensing case study

2023: Ruben Stecher - Aeolian activity in artificial dune blowouts in National Park Zuid-Kennemerland in the Netherlands

2022: Menno Wagenaar - Applicability of iPad Pro LiDAR to measure small-scale coastal beach-dune topography

2022: Thijs Bollen - Dynamic coastal preservation: combining beach/shoreface nourishments and foredune blowouts, a case study near Heemskerk, the Netherlands

2022: Avril Hardi - Effect of a series of storms on the morphological evolution of man-made blowouts

2022: Timme van Bergeijk - Controlling factors for the return of vegetation in blowout areas using remote sensing

2022: Julia Löhr - Geomorphologic dynamics of man-made foredune blowouts on a multi-annual timescale

2021: Stijn Eggenkamp - The influence of notches on the wind characteristics in the dune system of Zuid-Kennemerland

2021: Margot Thuy - Geomorphological and vegetation changes on the intertidal area "The Hooge Platen" in the Western Scheldt estuary 

2021: Didier Haagmans - A global remote-sensing assessment of coastal dune dynamics based on regional multi-decadal NDVI data

2021: Ezra Tavill - Testing a newly developed model for predicting coastal foredune growth at different locations along the Dutch coast

2021: Brechtje van Amstel - The Sand Engine versus The Bornrif: Can nature inspire how we protect ourselves?

2021: Maaike Breedveld - Temporal development of a natural blowout along the Dutch coast

2021: Amy Breebaart - A remote-sensing study of coastal dune remobilization on West-Terschelling

2021: Léon Wijker - Rip currents and swimmer safety in the summer of 2020 at Noordwijk beach BNR Radio

2020: Dex de Voogt - The influence of environmental setting and the foredune on wind characteristics and wind-driven sand transport on the beach: a literature study

2020: Sieuwe Stobbelaar - The effect of beach characteristics on the spatial variation in embryo dune presence at Egmond aan Zee

2020: Roos Peeters - Shoreline change analysis along the Sand Engine mega nourishment using publicly available satellite imagery

2020: Constance Berends - Evolution of the coast near Noordwijk from 2008 to 2019 determined from satellite imagery

2020: Nora Schuring - The development of vegetation (E. Juncea) at embryo dunes

2019: Simone Visschers - Aeolian transport during storms (observations and modelling)

2018: Nienke Vermeer - The effect of tides, waves and storms on beach groundwater dynamics

2017: Yaron Hubertz - Wind patterns in man-made foredune blowouts

2017: Savan de Jager - Monitoring dune erosion and recovery of the Dutch coastline after the 5 December 2013 storm using UAV imagery

2017: Martijn van Leer - Modelling wind-driven sand transport in the Schiermonnikoog overwash complex

2017: Marleen Ketelaars - Wave skewness and asymmetry: a case study for Vejers beach, Denmark

2017: Lisanne Krom - Monitoring blowouts: foredunes of Terschelling

2017: Jim van Beek - Wave height variations along curved coasts, with focus on the Sand Engine

2017: Bart Maas - Sandbar variability along the convex curved coast of the Sand Engine

2016: Jan Stekelenburg - Remobilizing the grey dunes by creating notches in vegetated foredunes

2016: Dennis Korevaar - Variability in alongshore dune erosion and its underlying causes

2016: Christa van IJzendoorn - The control of beach and dune characteristics on local coastal dune erosion and accretion

2016: Lennart Verhoog - The effect of human made foredune notches on land cover development near Bloemendaal using remote sensing

2015: Fleur van Gool - Geomorphological effects of the shift in Dutch dune management policies

2015: Anne Waij - Building with Nature

2015: Erik van Onselen - Man-made blowout sites in the foredunes of Zuid-Kennemerland: a comparison to coastal trough blowouts

2015: Lisa Weijers - Temporal and spatial variations in salinity in the Sand Motor

2015: Simon van Laarhoven - Creating and testing of a method for monitoring the development of planted marram grass

And many other students in the years before.

 

MSc students:

2023: Sam de Poorter - The wind conditions that induce sediment transport through the foredune notches of Zuid-Kennemerland, the Netherlands

2023: Tino Ouwerkerk - Habitat mapping from high-resolution UAV orthomosaics using Convolutional Neural Networks

2023: Michael Urson - Seasonal Effects on Habitat Mapping Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Human-In-The-Loop Machine Learning

2023: Nora Schuring - Observations of aeolian sediment transport in the mouth of an excavated foredune notch

2023: Luna Hammecher - Spatial variability of aeolian sand transport rates in a foredune notch

2022: Eline van Inzen - The long-term biogeomorphic development of foredune blowouts quantified from PlanetScope imagery and Airborne LiDAR data

2022: Florine Kooij - Classification of coastal dune vegetation from aerial imagery with a convolutional neural network

2022: Bram Loef - Modelling mud-induced wave-damping with Delft3D and SWAN-Mud: a test case at the coast of Suriname

2022: Petya Petrova - A global remote-sensing assessment of the mobility of coastal dunes

2022: Jelle Woerdman - Alongshore variability in hydrodynamics and its implications for sand transport in front of the Prins Hendrik Sanddike

2021: Nienke Vermeer - The effect of repeated sand nourishments on long-term nearshore evolution: a case study for Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands

2021: Céline van Beek - Analysing the accuracy of coastal dune vegetation determination using high-resolution satellite imagery and ultra-high resolution UAV imagery

2020: Math van Soest - Wave-to-wave variability of skewness and asymmetry in the cross-shore: a combined laboratory and modelling study

2020: Sanne Wesseling - Identifying opportunities for active dynamic foredune management under future developments along the Dutch coast

2019: Bart Maas - Mapping the recent bio-geomorphological evolution of the man-made Terschelling blowout complex using PlanetScope imagery and airborne LiDAR data

2019: Loek Schemmekes - Long-term morphodynamic development of blowouts in Zuid-Kennemerland determined with PlanetScope imagery and UAV elevation data

2018: Zilla van Aartrijk - Timing of aeolian transport events on a narrow beach

2018: Niels van Kuik - Using satellite imagery to investigate the spatiotemporal development of trough blowouts in coastal foredunes

2017: Andy Bruijns - The dynamics of foredune restoration measures

2017: Jorn Bosma - The properties and behaviour of aeolian streamers

2017: Jorn Tuijnman - Soil moisture dynamics and the effects on initiation of aeolian sand transport

2017: Corinne Bohm - Effect of vegetated foredunes on wind flows and aeolian sand transport

2017: Job van Beem - Wind patterns on a beach fringed by a high and steep foredune

2017: Anne Waij - Sandbar-beach-dune dynamics of the nourished sandy coast in Noordwijk, the Netherlands

2017: Dennis Korevaar - The effect of shoreward propagating accretionary waves on the intertidal beach

2016: Erik van Onselen - Scale effects on waves and sediment mobility in the Metronome tidal facility

2016: Ivo Naus - Observations of alongshore variability in intertidal beach development and wave conditions

2016: Vera van Bergeijk - Modelling of sand transport in the surf zone

2016: Johnny van de Wetering - Cross-shore sand transport in shallow water

2015: Yiqun Deng - Moisture-including modeling of annual aeolian sand supply to coastal dunes

2015: Jessica Bergsma - The downwind change of aeolian sand transport over a beach

2015: Liza de Wit - Objective detection and quantitative analysis of shoreward propagating accretionary waves

2015: Sara Dionísio António - Shoreline and sandbar coupling dynamics on a natural and nourished beach

2014: Marieke Dirksen - Ripple characterisation in the intertidal area

2014: Florian van der Steen - Sediment transport directions by infragravity waves in the surf zone at the Sandmotor

2014: Laura Brakenhoff - Interaction of tides, groundwater levels and surface moisture on a sandy beach

2013: Isaac Williams - Alongshore variability of swash on a low sloping barred beach

2013: Laura Taal - Field measurements of vertical suspended sand concentration profiles in the surfzone

2013: Reinier Schrijvershof - Bedform morphology under combined wave-current conditions in a nearshore environment

2013: Dimitrios Chatzistratis - Depth inversion based on Argus images and accounting for nonlinearities

2011: Jantien Rutten - Marine X-band radar derived sea state quality on an ebb tidal delta

And many other students in the years before.