Hydrographic Society Benelux Honours Graduates
During the Annual General Meeting of the Hydrographic Benelux, held on 24th March 2010 at the edge of the Second Maasvlakte in construction, graduates were recognised for their theses. Some of the graduates presented their work on the stage.
The jury was pleasantly surprised to be faced with a big number of contributions with a high quality. The first prize was for Iris Brouwer and her paper on Streamlining the Process of Water Level Reduction and Applications. There were two second prizes. Martin Valk made a paper on refraction issues with multi-beam echosounder data, Ruben de Vries wrote his paper on wireless network support for hydrographic applications. Special mentions were for Peter de Witte and Jan van Daem for their paper on MEMS-based INS system (for ROV applications), and for Matthieu Vrakking on Laserscanning, Video and Multiple-sounding Systems for Management of Shipping Routes.
Students who were able to attend presented their paper, followed by a presentation by the Rotterdam Port Authorities on the construction of the Second Maasvlakte which of course included hydrographic issues. This extension of the Port of Rotterdam is to be finished by 2013 in the first phase as the first container terminal will be operational by then. The total construction will last until 2030.
After the presentations, the Annual General Meeting took place. Niels Kinneging and Hessel Bakker stepped down from council, which welcomed Alain de Wulf (secretary), Nathalie Balcaen and Jurgen Beerens.
