Potential Student Project Topics
                                                Delft University of Technology
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     Inland Waterway Transport
   •  Huge investments in the automation of waterborne transport and 
      green shipping. 
   •  Main motivations for IWT : decongestion of road networks, and 
      the reduction of CO2 and air polluting emissions.
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      Modeling and Control of Traffic Flow in Inland 
      Waterways 
   Inland container vessels pay 6-
      8 calls at seaport terminals with 
      long waiting times. 
   More time lost by sub-optimal 
      navigation on rivers and 
      waiting at bridges and locks. 
      Research Questions:
           How to model the traffic flow in inland waterways?
           What is the state of the art of waterborne traffic flow 
             management and control?
           What are the similarities and differences of traffic flow 
             management/control of different  transport modes?
                                                                   Contact: Vasso Reppa
                                                                   v.reppa@tudelft.nl
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      Inland Waterway Guidance, Navigation and 
      Control(GNC)
     IWT affected by varying water 
        levels that limit the payloads of 
        the vessels due to insufficient 
        air draught under bridges, 
        (possibly forbidden navigation 
        in extreme high water periods)
     Research Questions: 
           How to model the motion of inland vessels considering the 
             effects of water depth along its voyage?
           What is the state of the art in the GNC scheme of inland 
             vessels?
           What are the similarities and differences in the GNC of inland 
             waterway vessels with seagoing vessels and road vehicles?
                                                                   Contact: Vasso Reppa
                                                                   v.reppa@tudelft.nl
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