About Yaro Linnemann

Yaro Linnemann is junior consultant/researcher in geotechnical engineering. Working on various geotechnical/geohydrological issues. His education has given him a broad background, with knowledge of various other subjects in addition to geotechnical engineering. He obtained his BSc in Advanced Technology and his MSc in Civil Engineering & Management from the University of Twente, with an MSc thesis titled “Inferring the permeability field under embankments using hydraulic head measurements.” In this thesis, he attempted to characterize the sandy soil under a dike in an innovative way using statistical techniques. He has an affinity for using statistics and data to solve geotechnical issues.

His work mainly contributes to moonshot 5 “resilient infrastructure” and, to a lesser extent, to moonshot 2 “Making the world safer from flooding.” In the context of moonshot 5, he enjoys working on problems related to subsidence/soft soil and soil dynamics. In the context of moonshot 2, his interest lies mainly in the failure mechanism of piping, which was also the focus of his aforementioned MSc thesis. It is important to him that his work is not only something he can learn from, but that it also builds on the knowledge base of the field. In this way, he contributes to the mission of Deltares.