The main fields of expertise of the coastal engineering research group are:

• The design, construction and monitoring of coastal structures (mainly breakwaters and sea dikes)
• The experimental and numerical modeling of wave propagation and interaction with coastal structures
• The development and usage of instruments for field measurements
• Renewable (wave, tide, offshore wind) energy conversion

The specialized staff members are involved in national and international projects on coastal defense and ocean energy conversion.

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Ghent University coordinates WECwakes project with record breaking Wave Energy Converter array

WECwakes project is testing record breaking array of wave energy converters: the largest array worldwide (25 individual WECs in an array set-up) is under testing in the DHI wave tank

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