Arjen Luijendijk
Arjen Luijendijk is an expert in the field of modelling morphological impacts of coastal developments. At Deltares Mr. Luijendijk gained experience in working with advanced numerical modelling techniques in the field of tides, sediment transport, density driven flows, waves, wave-current interaction and coastal morphology. His present role is as senior researcher and advisor in specialized consultancy projects regarding coastal developments.
At the department of Harbour, Coastal and Offshore engineering Mr. Luijendijk is coordinator of the Coastal Engineering market team and related research topics. Such coastal engineering R&D projects include studies on the numerical modeling on aggregated time and spatial scales, but also tool development such as coastal design tools combined with methods to quantify uncertainty in model predictions. In addition, Mr. Luijendijk gained experience in a series of climate change studies and publications, e.g. Mississippi Coastal Restoration project and several studies on the stability of small tidal inlets.
From the start of Building with Nature in 2008 Mr. Luijendijk has been involved in the innovation programme, where he was responsible for developing an eco-morphological model for mega-nourishments and developing integrated tools for long-term coastal developments.
Mr. Luijendijk is an ambassador of the Next Generation Hydro Software project and has been responsible for the initiation and steering of the Delft3D Open Source Community.
In 2013, Mr. Luijendijk started his research at Delft University of Technology on the physical feasibility of mega-nourishments worldwide. His research focusses on developing a seamless modeling approach for morphodynamic modeling.
Working experience
| 2002-present | Deltares | Senior coastal engineer |
| 2009-2012 | TU Delft | Lecturer Coastal Dynamics |
| 2013-present | TU Delft | Researcher Mega-nourishment |
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Hydraulic and morphological studies supporting a feasibility study of a port terminal in an complex, highly dynamic cohesive environment
Africa, 2012 – 2013
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Hydraulic and morphological studies for the construction of the Al Faw port aimed at assessing coastal impact and port siltation
Iraq, 2012 – 2013
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Morphological study to the stabilisation of an inlet
Ivory coast , 2012 – 2013
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Mississippi Coastal Restoration Project - morphological design study of a mega-nourishment in view of climate change
USA, 2011 – 2012
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Morphological studies on the design of new beach layouts at the Palm
Dubai , 2007 - 2009
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Study on the dredge plume sediment dispersion during the construction of the new Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi, 2008
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Detailed morphological study regarding a cable landfall
Norway, 2007
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Extensive modelling system for future impact assessments of the Port of Sohar
Oman, 2007 - 2010
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Extensive coastal study including wave climate study, coastline modelling and detailed morphological modelling around coastal structures
Italy , 2006 - 2009
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Numerical modelling of the morphological evolution of Venice lagoon inlets during mobile gates construction
Italy, 2004 - 2008
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A New Alternative to Saving Our Beaches from Sea-Level Rise: The Sand Engine
2013
Stive, M.J.F., M.A. de Schipper, A.P. Luijendijk, S.G.J. Aarninkhof, C. van Gelder-Maas, J.S.M. van Thiel de Vries, S. de Vries, M. Henriquez, S. Marx, and R. Ranasinghe, 2013. Journal of Coastal Research: Volume 29, Issue 5: pp. 1001 – 1008 -
Wave damping at Guyana mud coast, Journal of Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf science
2007
Winterwerp, J.C., de Graaff, R.F., Groeneweg, J., Luijendijk, A.P., 2007 -
Climate Change Impacts on the Stability of Small Tidal Inlets.
2012
Duong, T., Ranasinghe, R., Dastgheib, A., Luijendijk, A.P., Roelvink, J.A., 2012. Proc. International Conference on Coastal and Port engineering in developing countries -
Sand Engine: First monitoring results of a mega-nourishment.
2012
Mulder, J., Luijendijk, A.P., de Schipper, M.A., de Vries, S., Man, W.Y., Stive, M.J.F., van Eijsbergen, E. 2012. Proc. International Conference on Coastal Engineering,Santander, Spain. -
A comprehensive sediment budget for the Mississippi barrier islands.
2012
Walstra, D.J.R., Luijendijk, A.P., de Vroeg, H., Swinkels, C.M., van Thiel de Vries, J.S.M., de Boer, W.P., Hoekstra, R., Henrotte, J., Smolders, T., Dekker, F., Godsey, E., 2012. Proc. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander, Spain. -
Pilot sand groynes Delfland coast.
2012
Hoekstra, R., Walstra, D.J.R., Swinkels, C.M., Luijendijk, A.P., de Boer, G.J., Aarninkhof, S.G.A., van Koningsveld, M., Stive, M.J.F., de Schipper, M.A., 2012. Proc. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander, Spain. -
Incorporating storms in predicting medium-term morphodynamics
2012
Luijendijk, A.P., van Thiel de Vries, J.S.M., 2012. Proc. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander, Spain. -
Ecomorphological modeling of seabed and coastal zone. Application on sand mining pits and nourishments.
2011
Luijendijk, A.P., Ye, Q., Tonnon, P.K., van Dalfsen, J., 2011. Proc. Dredging Days, Rotterdam. -
Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach
2011
Ranasinghe, R., Swinkels, C.M., Luijendijk, A.P., Roelvink, J.A., Walstra, D.J.W.,
2011.: dependencies and sensitivities, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58
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Coastal response on multiple scales: a pilot study on the IJmuiden port
2011
Luijendijk, A.P., de Vroeg, J.H., Swinkels, C.M., Walstra, D.J.W., 2011. Proc. International symposium on Coastal Sediments, Miami, USA.