ir. R. Gijsman MSc (Rik)

After being trained as a Civil Engineer (BSc) at the Delft University of Technology, I specialised in Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management through a double degree program (MSc) at the Delft University of Technology and the National University of Singapore. My main research interest is the morphological evolution of shorelines and the role of engineering solutions therein. Both during my MSc and in the first 3 years thereafter (as Research Associate at the Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany) I focused on the morphological evolution of sandy beaches. In my current position as PhD Candidate at the University of Twente, I will focus on the morphological evolution of mangrove shorelines.

Earth & Environmental Sciences

# Beach Nourishment
# Beach Profile
# Coastal Protection
# Coastal Zone Management
# Mangrove
# Sandbar
# Shoreline

Engineering & Materials Science

# Beaches

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Coastal Systems and Nature-Based Engineering (CSNBE)

Gijsman, R. , Horstman, E. M., MacDonald, I., & Swales, A. (2023). Mangrove ecosystem engineers: How a mangrove forest influences intertidal flat morphology-Insights from numerical modelling. Coastal News (Christchurch), (82), 3-4.

Volp, N., Baltus, O. , Gijsman, R. , Horstman, E. M., Siemerink, M. , & Roos, P. C. (2023). The method that despises the little is not worthy of the great:Dealing with the patchiness of vegetational effects on large scale flow. Abstract from NCK-days 2023, Delft, Netherlands. https://www.nck-web.org/boa-2023/656-the-method-that-despises-the-little-is-not-worthy-of-the-great-dealing-with-the-patchiness-of-vegetational-effects-on-large-scale-flow

Gijsman, R. , Horstman, E. M., Swales, A., MacDonald, I. , Willemsen, P. W. J. M. , van der Wal, D. , & Wijnberg, K. M. (2022). Seasonal drivers for mangrove seedling establishment. In Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE2022 Coastal Engineering Research Council.

Horstman, E. M. , Gijsman, R., van Zee, R., Engel, S., Johnson, J. , van der Wal, D. , & Wijnberg, K. M. (2022). Creek restoration effects on tidal dynamics in mangroves. In Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2022 Coastal Engineering Research Council.

Gijsman, R. (2022). Engineering with mangroves - field monitoring of Lac Bay mangroves in Bonaire. ConcepTueel, 2022(3).

Elsayed, S. M. , Gijsman, R., Schlurmann, T., & Goseberg, N. (2022). Nonhydrostatic Numerical Modeling of Fixed and Mobile Barred Beaches: Limitations of Depth-Averaged Wave Resolving Models around Sandbars. Journal of waterway, port, coastal, and ocean engineering, 148(1). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000685

Gijsman, R. , Horstman, E. M. , Willemsen, P. W. J. M., Swales, A. , & Wijnberg, K. M. (2021). A biophysical model for seedling establishment in mangrove forests. In Proceedings of the Coastal Dynamics Conference 2021, 28 June-2 July 2021, Delft Delft University of Technology.

Otto, P., Piter, A. , & Gijsman, R. (2021). Statistical analysis of beach profiles – A spatiotemporal functional approach. Coastal engineering, 170, Article 103999. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.103999