Urban and River Hydrology and Hydraulics : ongoing projects

Research projects

• FRIEND/Nile Basin project of Unesco - Flanders In Trust Fund: components on "Flood Frequency Analysis" and "Drought & Low-Flow Analysis", 2001 - 2005 - 2009
• Real-time flood forecasting modelling: Research project for the Flemish Ministry for Waterways and Sea Affairs (AWZ - WL Borgerhout), 2005 - 2006
• Real-time operation of hydraulic flood control structures and reservoirs: Research project for the Flemish Environment Agency, Section Water (VMM - Afdeling Water), 2005 - 2008
• Hydrological Modelling and Remote Sensing to Support Integrated Management of the Water Resources and the Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems in the Tarim Basin in China: Research project for the Belgian Science Policy Office(BelSPO), 2005 - 2008
• Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems (CCI-HYDR): Research project for the Belgian Science Policy Office (BelSPO), Research Programme Science for a Sustainable Development (SSD), in cooperation with RMI/KMI, 2006-2009
• SPI-Water "Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the Water Framework Directive implementation": Specific Targeted Research Project for the European Commission - 6th Framework Programme, 2006-2009
• Local radar for urban drainage applications: Research project for Aquafin, 2007 - 2008
• Effect of climate change on high and low runoff discharges and water availability, Research project for the Flemish Government - Flanders Hydraulic Research administration (WL Borgerhout), 2007 - 2008
• Impact of climate change on river hydrology and ecology: A case study for interdisciplinary policy oriented research, Cluster project for the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, in cooperation with U.Antwerpen-ECOBE and UCL-ASTR, 2008 - 2010

Doctoral research studies

• Toon Goormans: 'Local radar for urban drainage applications', since 2007, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Edwin Rutalebwa: 'Hydrological applications of extreme value analysis', BTC PhD scolarship, 2005-2009, promoters J. Beirlant & P. Willems
• Reza Haji Shirazi: 'Evaluation of the application of the flushing devices for sediment transport implementation in sewer networks in Belgium', promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Omar El-Farouk Boukhris: 'Climate change impact on hydrological extremes in Belgium', 2006-2008, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Thomas Vansteenkiste: 'Hydrological impact analysis of exogenous trends and water management evolutions', since 2007, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Mauricio Villazon Gomez: 'Uncertainty analysis to hydrodynamic river flood modelling by twinning Belgian and Bolivian river basins', SBA PhD scolarship K.U.Leuven, 2007-2011, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Tie Liu: 'Identification and calibration of lumped conceptual rainfall-runoff models through data mining techniques', since 2006, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Mohamed El-Sawwaf: 'Influence of evaporation, groundwater, and uncertainty in the hydrologic budget and operation of Lake Nasser', Nile Basin Initiative PhD scolarship, 2007-2010, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Po-Kuan Chiang: 'Flood control combining optimization techniques with hydrological-hydraulic modelling', since 2007, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Victor Ntegeka: 'Assessment of climate change patterns in hydroclimatic and hydrological extremes', since 2007, promoters J. Berlamont & P. Willems
• Paul Nyeko Ogiramoi: 'Impacts of hydroclimate change on Water Resources Systems on Lake Victoria catchment', VLIR ICP-PhD scolarship, 2008-2010, promoter P. Willems