John van Esch
Dr. John van Esch is a specialist in the field of computational subsurface flow where he focusses on fully coupled partly saturated flow, transport and deformation processes.
His areas of expertise are
· Dike technology
· Internal erosion and piping
· Integrated modeling and monitoring
· Climate impact assessment
· Multi-scale modeling of heterogeneous system
Working experience
| 2008-present | Deltares | geotechnical research engineer |
| 1995-2000 | TuDelft | research associate geo-technology |
| 1992-2008 | GeoDelft | geotechnical engineer |
-
Modeling piping under dikes and levees (WRI 2017)
Netherlands, 2012-2014
-
Stability assessment of dikes and levees (WTI 2017)
Netherlands, 2012-2014
-
Modeling overtopping conditions and infiltration (WTI 2017)
Netherlands, 2012-2014
-
Climate change impact assessment of embankment stability (INCAH)
Netherlands, 2010-2013
-
Real time assessment of dike stability (Floodcontrol 2015)
Netherlands, 2010
-
Integrated modeling and monitoring for stability assessment of flood defense systems,
2014
Van Esch, J.M.: Proceedings of the 14th international conference of the international association for computer methods and advances in geomechanics, Kyoto, Japan, September 2014. -
Modeling backward erosion under dikes and dams
2014
Van Esch, J.M., Proceedings of the 20th international conference on water resources, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2014. -
Modeling transient groundwater flow and piping under dams and dikes
2013
Van Esch, J.M., Sellmeijer, J.B., Stolle, D.: Proceedings of the third international symposium on computational geomechanics, Krakow, Poland, August 2013. -
Modeling transient groundwater flow under dikes and dams for stability assessment
2013
Van Esch, J.M., Teunissen, J.A.M., Stolle, D.: Proceedings of the third international symposium on computational geomechanics, Krakow, Poland, August 2013 -
Modeling groundwater flow through embankments for climate change impact assessment
2012
Van Esch, J.M.: Proceedings of the 19th international conference on water resources, Illinois, USA, June 2012 -
Modeling groundwater flow through dikes and levees for real time stability assessment
2012
Van Esch, J.M.: Proceedings of the 19th international conference on water resources, Illinois, USA, June 2012. -
Finite element method for coupled dynamic flow-deformation simulation, Proceedings of the second international symposium on computational geomechanics
2011
Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2011 -
Adaptive multi-scale finite element method for subsurface flow simulation
2010
Van Esch, J.M., PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, November 2010.
Activities
| 2012 | Management committee member | of the European COST action TU1202 on the impact of climate change on engineered slopes for infrastructure |