Background
Bijker, Eco Wiebe was born on June 29, 1924 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Son of Wiebe Ekke and Hendrika (Spee) Bijker.
Bijker, Eco Wiebe was born on June 29, 1924 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Son of Wiebe Ekke and Hendrika (Spee) Bijker.
Bachelor of Science, Technology College Utrecht, 1944. Master of Science, Delft (Netherlands) University of Technology, 1949. Doctor of Science, Delft (Netherlands) University of Technology, 1967.
Hydraulic engineer Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, 1949-1955. Head Laboratory de Voorst Hydraulics Laboratory, Emmeloord, The Netherlands, 1955-1961. Deputy director Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, The Netherlands, 1961-1968.
Professor coastal engineering Delft University of Technology, 1968-1989. Consultant engineer Maassluis, The Netherlands, since 1989.
Member Royal Institution Engineering in Netherlands, American Society of Civil Engineers (International Coastal Engineering award 1986), International Association for Hydraulic Research, Permanent International Association Navigation Congresses, Danish Society Hydraulic Engineering (honorary).
Married Greta Jellema, June 22, 1950. Children: Wiebe Eco, Romke, Johan.