Mark Van Koningsveld Email Address

Professor Ports and Waterways

Van Oord is a construction company which specializes in marine contracting, engineering, marine infrastructure, land infrastructure, coastal reconstruction.

Current roles: ● Manager R&D Engineering at Van Oord ○ Lead Engineer Environmental Engineering at Van Oord (9.5 fte) ○ Lead Engineer OpenEarth Cluster for data and knowledge management at Van Oord (3.5 fte) ● Secretaris Topteam - Topsector Water Experience: Leading groups of specialists in innovative settings (national as well as international, mono-disciplinary as well as transdisciplinary, competitive as well as pre-competitive). Unique capability of turning raw out-of-the-box ideas into viable ventures, including practical implementation in project settings. Goal: Helping individuals, departments, companies and groups of companies to become more competitive through innovation (doing the right things as well as doing things right). Specialties: * Developing eco-design solutions for small and large infrastructural projects (Lead Engineer Environmental Engineering) * Transforming workflows in data rich environments to maximise learning and progress (co-initiator of www.openearth.eu, Lead Engineer OpenEarth Cluster) * Matching specialist knowledge with end user needs (PhD @ UTwente, inventor of Frame of Reference approach, Topsector Water/TKI Delta Technology, Manager R&D Engineering)