Prof. Majid Hassanizadeh will present his famous Darcy Lecture which he presented at more than 50 universities world-wide in 2012. Dr. Richard de Jeu (Free University Amsterdam) will receive the Boussinesq Prize awarded by UNESCO-IHE's Prof. Uhlenbrook and Prof. Dolman (Free University Amsterdam).

Programme

14.30 Opening Darcy Lecture and Boussinesq Award Event with coffee and tea

15.00 Welcome by Prof. Stefan Uhlenbrook (chairman Boussinesq Center for Hydrology)

15.05 Prof. Majid Hassanizadeh (Darcy lecture): Around the world in 80 lectures: a summary of NGWA Darcy lectures and an account of the tour

16.05 Boussinesq Prize award by Prof. Stefan Uhlenbrook and Prof. Han Dolman (Laudatio)

16.15 Dr. Richard de Jeu (Boussinesq Prize 2013 laureate): Satellites put soil moisture on the map; an overview of the role of remotely sensed soil moisture in hydrological research

17.00 Drinks

More information and registration

www.boussinesqcenter.nl or contact Roel Dijksma at roel.dijksma@wur.nl


Date published: 29 January 2013

Event details


  • 21/03/2013 14:30 - 17:00

  • TNO-Deltares, Auditorium, Princetonlaan 6, Utrecht

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  • Open to the public