(NL) During the Geotechnical Engineering Day, the presentation of the Keverling Buisman Prize will take place, during which prizes will be awarded to graduates who make contributions to the development of the field of Geo-engineering: building with, in and on the ground.
Day in, day out, we work with the soil, but few are aware of the special properties that soil has as a building material. To change this, KIVI Geotechnics is awarding the Keverling Buisman Prize in two categories:
Best graduate Geoengineering student from TUs
Best graduate Geoengineering student from HBO institutions
The jury has nominated the following people for the Keverling Buisman Prize 2025.
Nominees HBO:
Justin Spitzen and Jomar Gernaat (Windesheim): BigBags design guide
Rutger Pinke: Lime in clay Lower Betuwe
Gijs van Alphen (HHS): Optimisation of building pits for microtunnelling
Sander Vliegenthart (HR): Drained versus undrained behaviour in regional flood defences
TU nominees:
Jurren Snijders Blok: Characterising the deformation of lumpy fills using micro-CT scanning
Emma Tan Xin Rong (TU Delft): Mechanical Characterisation pf peat-clay interface behaviour
Louise Guichelaar: Design optimisation for flood defences using machine learning
The winners were announced on Tuesday 11 November at the Geotechnical Day.
Winner HBO
Rutger Pinke: Lime in clay Neder-Betuwe
Winner WO
Jurren Snijders Blok: Characterising the deformation of lumpy fills using micro-CT scanning
Prize winners will be awarded a cash prize and a statuette.
Prof A.S. Keverling Buisman is considered the founder of soil mechanics in the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics in Delft (later GeoDelft and now found at Deltares) in 1934. Keverling Buisman co-developed the first Dutch cell tests, the CPT and the Begemann borehole. Already at the first Congress of International Soil Mechanics (then SMFE, now ISSMGE) in 1936, Prof Ir Keverling Buisman was instrumental in publications. His 1940 book "Grondmechanica" occupies an important place in the history of Dutch soil mechanics.
(ENG) During the Geotechniekdag the Keverling Buisman prize will be awarded to graduates who contribute to the development of the field of Geoengineering: building with, in and on the ground.
Day in and day out, we work with soil, but few are aware of its special properties as a construction material. To change this, KIVI Geotechniek awards the Keverling Buisman Prize in two categories.
Best Geo-engineering graduate from TU's
Best Geo-engineering graduate from HBO
The jury has nominated the following individuals for the Keverling Buisman Prize 2025.
HBOnominees:
Justin Spitzen and Jomar Gernaat (Windesheim): Design Guide BigBags
Rutger Pinke: Lime in clay Neder-Betuwe
Gijs van Alphen (HHS): Optimisation of building pits for microtunnelling
Sander Vliegenthart (HR): Drained versus undrained behaviour in regional flood defences
TU nominees:
Jurre Snijders: Characterising the deformation of lumpy fills using micro-CT scanning
Emma Tan Xin Rong (TU Delft): Mechanical Characterisation pf peat-clay interface behaviour
Louise Guichelaar: Design optimisation for flood defences using machine learning
The winners will be announced on Geotechniekdag on 11 November 2025 at Theater Flint in Amersfoort.
The prize winners are rewarded with a cash prize and a statuette.
Prof. Ir. A.S. Keverling Buisman is considered the founder of soil mechanics in the Netherlands. In 1934, he founded the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics in Delft (later GeoDelft and now part of Deltares). Keverling Buisman helped develop the first Dutch cell tests, the sounding and the Begemann drilling. At the first congress of international soil mechanics engineers (then SMFE, now ISSMGE) in 1936, Prof. Ir. Keverling Buisman made an important contribution to the publications. His book "Grondmechanica" (Soil Mechanics) from 1940 occupies an important place in the history of Dutch soil mechanics.