Mr. Jan van Overeem

Mr. Van Overeem has more than 25 years experience in hydraulic engineering, coastal morphology and coastal zone management. He has participated as team member and as project manager in a large number of harbour and coastal projects, both using physical and mathematical models. He has been involved in the design of coastal protections in many countries, such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Hong Kong and Australia, in studies and designs of ports and port extensions in Spain, India, Saudi Arabia, Mozambique and Ireland and studies on the morphological aspects of trenches for tunnels and pipelines in Argentina, New Zealand and Venezuela. Moreover Mr. Van Overeem was the Project Manager for a policy study on future coastal defence strategies for the Dutch coast and he carried out several assignments as Resident Manager on behalf of WL | Delft Hydraulics in Perú and Argentina. He has published several papers on topics in coastal engineering and coastal management and he was co-editor of a Manual and a special issue on Beach Nourishment. Mr. Van Overeem is Director of Alkyon Hydraulic Consultancy & Research BV, which is now part of Arcadis NL BV .

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