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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.

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2024

Efficient modelling of lateral discharge through a dike breach, Article 131660 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Schmitz, V., Kitsikoudis, V., Wylock, G., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Archambeau, P. & Dewals, B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131660Saltwater entrainment from bathymetric depressions:: A CFD analysis from a laboratory cavity to a scour hole in the Haringvliet estuary. Almohagry, A. A., O'Mahoney, T., Ebrahimierami, F., Kitsikoudis, V. & Hulscher, S. J. M. H.https://www.nck-web.org/boa-2024/834-saltwater-entrainmant-from-bathymetric-depressions-a-cfd-analysis-from-a-laboratory-cavity-to-a-scour-hole-in-the-haringvliet-estuaryIs 3D modelling necessary for simulating long-duration urban flooding？. Yu, S., Li, X., Kitsikoudis, V., Dellinger, G. & Dewals, B.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9050Morphological development of the Vecht river due to changes in the weir policy. van Haastregt, L., Gradussen, B., Tromp, G., Kitsikoudis, V. & Augustijn, D.Experimental Study on Influence of Different Patterns of an Emergent Vegetation Patch on the Flow Field and Scour/Deposition Processes in the Wake Region, Article e2023WR034978. Yagci, O., Kirca, V. S. O., Kitsikoudis, V., Wilson, C. A. M. E., Furkan Celik, M. & Sertkan, C.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034978

2023

Sediment nourishments in the River Waal to mitigate bed degradation, 106-107. de Lange, B. M., Welsch, N., Kitsikoudis, V., Augustijn, D. C. M., van Vuren, S., Velner, R. G. J. & Chavarrías, V.Can the 2D shallow water equations model flow intrusion into buildings during urban floods?, Article 129231. Dewals, B., Kitsikoudis, V., Mejía-Morales, M. A., Archambeau, P., Mignot, E., Proust, S., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M. & Paquier, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129231Observational study on mixing in a stratified scour hole due to the wind-driven lateral circulation in a semi-closed estuary. Ebrahimierami, F., Kitsikoudis, V., Vermeulen, B. & Hulscher, S. J. M. H.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5369Biogeomorphological evolution of salt marshes under natural conditions and the influence of artificial structures on marsh resilience. Dzimballa, S., Kitsikoudis, V., Borsje, B. W. & Augustijn, D. C. M.https://www.nck-web.org/boa-2023/633-biogeomorphological-evolution-of-salt-marshes-under-natural-conditions-and-the-influence-of-artificial-structures-on-marsh-resilienceField observations of turbulent flow patterns and salinity variations in stratified scour hole. Ebrahimierami, F., Kitsikoudis, V., Vermeulen, B. & Hulscher, S. J. M. H.https://www.nck-web.org/boa-2023/657-field-observations-of-turbulent-flow-patterns-and-salinity-variations-in-stratified-scour-hole

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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Courses academic year 2022/2023

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Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W220
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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