We combine earth scientific knowledge with dynamic modelling and advanced remote sensing, to analyse earth systems and processes in space and time. Our goal is to contribute to global challenges concerning future demands for earth resources, and to help reduce disaster risk and the impact of natural hazards on communities living in changing environments.
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Research example: Hazard Modelling using OpenLISEM
Research example: Remote Sensing of geothermal systems
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Finding renewable energy sources with data from the international space station
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New Drone for Panoptis project
Panoptis, a project where the Faculty of ITC is one of the partners, that aims to improve the resiliency of road infrastructures, received a new drone. With the new drone, the project is now in the testing phase at Space53 at Twente Airport.
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Arjan Dijkstra: The elements of the energy transition
Opening Center for Disaster Resilience (CDR)
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The 7th NEEDS Conference at ITC: Uniting minds, bridging gaps to build disaster resilient societies
Launch of UT-led 2.7M project on critical resources and clean energy
It is predicted that to meet the demands from the energy transition and related green technologies, the current global supply of critical minerals will have to quadruple by 2040. Yet this simply cannot be achieved with current and projected new technologies in recycling. Novel and cost-effective solutions are required to accelerate and resource the energy transition. Launched this week, the EU-funded Doctoral Network, led by Assoc. Prof. Juan Carlos Afonso in the Department of Applied Earth Sciences, will support 10 research projects to develop a network for unveiling Earth's critical resources for clean energy and a sustainable future: EarthSafe.
Predicting landslides and flooding
Landslides and flooding tend to occur simultaneously in time. Jana Lim, a former Master student at ITC, thought it would be interesting to predict these two hazards since they cause a lot of damage to society. Her idea is to apply tools originally developed for speech recognition to do so. Jana Lim is the winner of the TGS Award 2023. In the video below Jana explains more about her upcoming PhD research.
CDR proposal on community-based flood early-warning system in top ten for Munich Re RISK Award
The SIREN project aims at enhancing and scaling up a community-based flood early warning system in Durban, South Africa by integrating remote sensing, near real-time modelling, climate scenarios and local co-produced knowledge aiming to create safer communities.
Debra Roberts appointed as parttime professor at ITC
As of now, Debra Roberts will fulfill the role of part-time professor (0.2 FTE) at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science at the University of Twente. Roberts will hold the new Professor Willem Schermerhorn Chair, funded by the ITC Foundation. This chair, which is named after ITC’s founder, is about Open Science from a Majority World Perspective. Roberts will take on this role for the next four years.