On 25 to 28 September 2023, the 13th Symposium on River, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics (RCEM) took place in Illinois, and our group was well represented! The team shared their newest findings on environmental fluid mechanics.
Iris Niesten enlightened the conference with a great talk on the drivers of residual sediment transport in a stratified estuarine channel, while Ton Hoitink presented the work of Joris Beemster, on the tidal response to land reclamation in estuarine systems.
Roeland van de Vijsel talked about tipping points in deltas and Hermjan Barneveld gave an inspiring talk on morphological changes in the Dutch Meuse river during the 2021 summer flood. Finally, Reinier Schrijvershof enlightened the audience with a talk on land reclamation controls on an estuarine regime shift from a multichannel to single channel configuration.
A visit to the laboratory facilities of Urbana-Campaign was one of the highlights of their trip.
Obviously, the beautiful town of Chicago also had to be explored, including the well-deserved ‘traditional’ deep-dish pizza.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics 