Louis de Quelerij was born on 29 th of July 1952 in Vlissingen, Netherlands. He studied civil engineering at the Delft University of Technology and obtained his Masters degree in 1976.
From 1976 till 1986, he was employed by the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the Rijkswaterstaat Department. He had been involved as geotechnical engineer at the Deltaproject, the major flood control programme for S-W Netherlands.
From 1986 he has worked at Fugro Ingenieursbureau B.V. (FIBV), one of the operating companies of Fugro N.V. Fugro is a consulting firm with 12,000 employees in 80 offices worldwide collecting and interpreting geodata for purposes related to the oil and gas industry, the mining industry and the construction industry.
From 1998 till 2002 he operated as managing director of FIBV, being responsible for the on shore geotechnical services in the Netherlands. He has experienced for more than 30 years as geotechnical consultant in many infrastructure and building projects related to hydraulic works (dikes, dams, storm surge barrier), highways, railways and underground structures.
In 2002 he was appointed as Dean and professor of the of Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of the Delft University of Technology (DUT). The Faculty deals with research and education programmes (Bachelor, Master, PhD) in the areas of Hydraulic Engineering, Water management, Design & Construction, Geotechnology and Transportation & Planning. Since his DUT appointment he continues to work at Fugro for 1day/week as director being involved at water services development.
He has been active in many national and international committees dealing with civil engineering research, regulations and symposia. At present he participates in the board of the DUT Research Centres Water, Earth, Transport and Construction, the interuniversity research schools Transportation, Construction and Earth sciences, the delta technology programme Delft Cluster, the Dutch Network Deltatechnology and the Knowledge Centre’s Building Proces Innovation and Geo-Engineering.
He is a member of the Dutch Royal Institute of Engineers KIVI/NIRIA, the Netherlands Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechncial Engineering (NSSMGE) and registered engineer of the Professional Association of Dutch Consulting Engineers (ONRI).
