dr. V. Kitsikoudis (Vasileios)

My research focuses on flow-body interaction and on the way turbulence affects flows and sediment transport in rivers and estuaries. I am interested in fundamental hydrodynamic processes and their intertwined relationship with sediment and biota in interdisciplinary studies in the context of environmental fluid mechanics and ecohydraulics. I do mostly experimental research, both in the field and in the laboratory.

I joined the University of Twente as an Assistant Professor in the summer of 2020. Before that, I did research on urban hydraulics at the University of Liege in Belgium, on flows at restored oyster reefs and stabilized shorelines at the University of Central Florida in the USA, on flow-body-sediment interaction with laboratory flume experiments at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and at the University of Glasgow in the UK, and on machine learning modeling of sediment transport and flow resistance in rivers at Democritus University of Thrace in Greece.

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

Ebrahimierami, F. , Kitsikoudis, V., Vermeulen, B. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2023). Field observations of turbulent flow patterns and salinity variations in stratified scour hole. Abstract from NCK-days 2023, Delft, Netherlands. https://www.nck-web.org/boa-2023/657-field-observations-of-turbulent-flow-patterns-and-salinity-variations-in-stratified-scour-hole

Dzimballa, S. , Kitsikoudis, V. , Borsje, B. W. , & Augustijn, D. C. M. (2023). Biogeomorphological evolution of salt marshes under natural conditions and the influence of artificial structures on marsh resilience. Abstract from NCK-days 2023, Delft, Netherlands. https://www.nck-web.org/boa-2023/633-biogeomorphological-evolution-of-salt-marshes-under-natural-conditions-and-the-influence-of-artificial-structures-on-marsh-resilience

Dewals, B. , Kitsikoudis, V., Mejía-Morales, M. A., Archambeau, P., Mignot, E., Proust, S., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., & Paquier, A. (2023). Can the 2D shallow water equations model flow intrusion into buildings during urban floods? Journal of hydrology, 619, [129231]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129231

Cannon, D., Kibler, K. M. , Kitsikoudis, V., Medeiros, S. C., & Walters, L. J. (2022). Variation of mean flow and turbulence characteristics within canopies of restored intertidal oyster reefs as a function of restoration age. Ecological engineering, 180, [106678]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106678

Rorink, T., Straatsma, L., Gradussen, B. J. H. A., Chavarrías, V. , Kitsikoudis, V. , & Augustijn, D. C. M. (2022). How effective are multiple side channels in the River Waal in mitigating bed degradation? In Anthropogenic rivers: book of abstracts NCR Days 2022 (pp. 88-89). Netherlands Centre for River Studies.

Erpicum, S. , Kitsikoudis, V., Archambeau, P., Dewals, B., & Pirotton, M. (2022). Experimental Assessment of the Influence of Fish Passage Geometry Parameters on Downstream Migrating Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Smolts Behavior. Water, 14(4), [616]. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040616

Pirard, T. , Kitsikoudis, V., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Archambeau, P., & Dewals, B. (2022). Discharge Redistribution as a Key Process for Heuristic Optimization of Energy Production with Pumps as Turbines in a Water Distribution Network. Water resources management, 36(4), 1237-1250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-022-03078-4

Kibler, K. M., Cannon, D. , & Kitsikoudis, V. (2021). Flow-Canopy Interactions Within Mangrove Forest, Oyster Reef and Seagrasses With Applications to Design of Nature-Based Features. 1-1. Abstract from AGU Fall meeting 2021, New Orleans, United States.

Ebrahimierami, F. , Kitsikoudis, V. , Vermeulen, B. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2021). Observations and analysis of estuarine mixing dynamics influenced by floodgates and varying bathymetry. 1-1. Abstract from AGU Fall meeting 2021, New Orleans, United States.

Li, X. , Kitsikoudis, V., Mignot, E., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M., Dewals, B., & Erpicum, S. (2021). Experimental and Numerical Study of the Effect of Model Geometric Distortion on Laboratory Modeling of Urban Flooding. Water resources research, 57(10), [e2021WR029666]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR029666

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