Student activities

Teaching and student supervision are key aspects of our work. Our group teaches B.Sc. and M.Sc. courses and supervises student projects at all levels, including Ph.D. research. More information about our courses and project topics can be found below.  

Discover our active and completed Ph.D. projects, together with a showcase of recently completed B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses to gain inspiration.

Data-driven and process-based modelling of rivers using satellite earth observation

Active, 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2028
Student: Simon Köhn
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space), Peter Bauer-Gottwein (DTU Space)

 

High-resolution marine geodesy and mean sea surfaces from the SWOT satellite

Active, 01/03/2024 to 28/02/2027

Student: Bjarke Nilsson
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Per Knudsen (DTU Space), Carsten B. Ludwigsen (DTU Space)

 

Mapping and modeling of water level and discharge in Arctic rivers using remote sensing

Active, 01/06/2022 to 07/03/2026
Student: Linda Christoffersen
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space), Peter Bauer-Gottwein (KU), Louise S. Sørensen (DTU Space)

 

Ship search & track in satellite data using AI for iceberg discrimination

Completed, 01/12/2020 to 02/12/2024
Student: Peder Heiselberg
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), John P. Merryman Boncori (DTU Space), Poul B. Andersen ()

 

Relative positioning and attitude from UAVs

Completed, 01/11/2017 to 05/05/2021
Student: Xiao Hu
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Per Knudsen (DTU Space), Daniel H. Olesen (DTU Space)

 

Using satelitte altimetry to predict future sea level fingerprints

Completed, 15/05/2017 to 03/02/2021
Student: Carsten B. Ludwigsen
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Shfaqat A. Khan (DTU Space), 

 

High resolution gravity and bathymetry from recent satellite altimetry

Completed, 15/12/2015 to 30/09/2019
Student: Adili Abulaitijiang
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Per Knudsen (DTU Space), Lars Stenseng (DTU Space)

 

Navigation with UAV's

Completed, 01/06/2014 to 05/04/2018
Student: Daniel H. Olesen
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Per Knudsen (DTU Space), Jakob Jakobsen ()

 

Coastal flooding hazards due to storm surges and subsidence

Completed, 01/03/2014 to 05/04/2018
Student: Carlo S. Sørensen
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Per Knudsen (DTU Space), Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Jürgen Jensen (), Peter Nielsen ()

 

Satellite altimetry for land hydrology

Completed, 15/12/2012 to 20/04/2016
Student: Heidi Ranndal
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Xiaoli Deng (University of Newcastle), Lars Stenseng (DTU Space)

 

Improved sea level determination in the Arctic regions through development of tolerant altimetry retracking

Completed, 01/12/2011 to 09/12/2015
Student: Maulik Jain
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Jørgen Dall (DTU Space)

 

Global and Arctic sea level change from satellite altimetry

Completed, 01/11/2011 to 18/09/2015
Student: Peter L. Svendsen
Organisation(s): DTU Space
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Allan A. Nielsen (DTU Space)

Applying machine learning approaches for estimating temporal changes in surface water extent using multi-model remote sensing data

Completed, 2025
Student: Morten M. Christensen
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space), Juan M. Valverde (DTU Compute), Simon J. Köhn (DTU Space), Linda Christoffersen (DTU Space)

 

Classification of trees based on optical images and LiDAR point cloud data

Completed, 2025
Student: Bjørn Thuesen
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

Developing SWOT fast sampling data for use of freshwater and phytoplankton monitoring

Completed, 2025
Student: Sara N. Jensen
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Carsten B. Ludwigsen (DTU Space)

 

An investigation of SWOT data for Danish lakes

Completed, 2025
Student: Stavroula Douva
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

Analyzing iceberg movement and wave generation using fast sampling SWOT satellite data

Completed, 2024
Students: Constance Hjort, Mathilde M. Lundberg
Type: B.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space),Stine K. Rose (DTU Space)

 

Bathymetric mapping of the Wadden Sea using green LiDAR and auxiliary images

Completed, 2024
Student: Christine I. T. Lindenhoff
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

Detecting coastal bathymetry changes from ICESat-2

Completed, 2024
Student: Elisabet A. M. Hallström
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Linda Christoffersen (DTU Space)

 

Development of SWOT altimetry processing and first validation against Sentinel data

Completed, 2024
Student: Rasmus L. Arildsen
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

Investigation of first release SWOT data for in land water applications

Completed, 2024
Student: Sarah E. Franze
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

Mapping invasive plant species using satellite data

Completed, 2024
Student: Helena W. Lange
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

Remote sensing & deep learning for mapping small water bodies - an application to Denmark

Completed, 2024
Student: Simon J. Jöhn
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

SWOT altimetry. Development of methods and use for oceanographic investigations

Completed, 2024
Student: Bjarke Nilsson
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Karina Nielsen (DTU Space), Tadea Veng

 

Characterizing lake water levels using clustering and archetypal analysis approaches

Completed, 2023
Student: Frederikke B. Christensen
Type: B.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Morten Mørup (DTU Compute), Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

 

Detecting and removing unwanted signals in satellite-based sea level height anomaly data

Completed, 2023
Students: Mathias Jensen, Casper T. Bang-Hansen
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Ole B. Andersen (DTU Space), Mads Ehrhorn

 

Grazing detection using Sentinel-2 time series and machine learning for large-scale grassland monitoring

Completed, 2023
Students: Magdalena Golofit
Type: M.Sc. Thesis
Supervisors: Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)