Sjoerd Knippenberg defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on September 12th.
Many ship locks in the Netherlands, which were built in the previous century, are nearing the end of their lifespans and will need to be renovated over the next few decades. This poses a major challenge to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management’s executive agency Rijkswaterstaat, which is responsible for this task. PhD candidate Sjoerd Knippenberg developed a product platform to standardize the design (and redesign) of ship locks, supporting Rijkswaterstaat in the renovations. He will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Mechanical Engineering today.