Involvement in teaching

The TecLab is actively involved in several BSc and MSc courses at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, and also regularly offers opportunities for Bachelor and Master thesis projects.

Courses:

  • GEO4-1418 MSc Dynamics of basins and orogens
  • GEO4-1442 MSc Modelling of crust and lithosphere deformation
  • GEO4-1425 MSc Earth mineral resources
  • GEO4-1520 Master Thesis MSc Earth Structure and Dynamics
  • GEO4-1521 Guided research/Internship MSc Earth Structure and Dynamics
  • GEO2-1209 Deformation, metamorphism and tectonics
  • GEO3-1325 Bachelor Thesis BSc Earth Sciences

Below a (selected) list of completed BSc and MSc student projects in the TecLab, which are typically characterised by a multi-disciplinary approach in which for instance a field work or numerical modelling study is combined and integrated with a physical analogue modelling part in the TecLab:

MSc and Guided Research:

  • J. Hidalgo: Analogue modelling of extensional reactivation of thrust wedges.
  • D. Borghouts: Evaluating and constraining the effects of Paleozoic crustal scale structural features on the fault kinematics and basin evolution of the Dutch Central Graben.
  • M. Delagas: Intra-oceanic Subduction Initiation Based on Analogue Modelling.
  • L. Rutten: Acoustic sensors for sandbox modelling.
  • J. Arts: The influence of frictional behaviour in the seismogenic zone on large scale deformation in subduction zones: insights from analogue modelling.
  • N. Feliu Vil脿: Anatolia extrusion controlled by the extrusion driving forces: an insight through crustal analogue modelling.

BSc:

  • M. Sibbel: Surface dynamics of inversion tectonics systems through analogue modelling.
  • H. Gerritsen: The influence of rheological differences on the structural evolution of normal faults in analogue models.
  • M. van Scheltinga: Effect of syn-tectonic sedimentation on the evolution of a rift system.
  • S. Zuiderwijk: The role of strain rate variation during extension 鈥 inferences from analogue modelling.
  • S. Jacobs: The effect of shear zone width on shear band development, using analogue modelling.
  • J. Arts: The effects of vertical load on rift geometry in asymmetric extension: Insights from analogue modelling.

Lab Safety

The safety of our students and researchers is a top priority at the TecLab. Therefore, it is always recommended to wear a face mask when handling dry, dusty materials such as quartz and feldspar sand. Latex-free gloves are also available at all times, and wearing a lab coat is strongly recommended. If someone needs to be alone in the lab, they must have completed the e-learning course on working alone and wear a portable monitor connected to the control room. The control room will also be notified if someone needs to be in the lab outside of regular opening hours. The laboratory head grants permission for this. The e-learning course on working alone and using small fire extinguishers is also required, and the use of the monitor is expected. More information about working alone and e-learning courses is available below: