Mostly unrelated - but, hey, here's a tucan :)Dear readers,I know I'm totally behind on replying questions in the Q&A series, but finally I'm back with a question I personally replied to a reader quite some time ago already.Some time…
Last Friday, students from the Civil Engineering department of Universidad San Francisco de Quito, competed in national concrete student competition of Ecuador. My two concrete colleagues and I were involved as tutors of the two groups of students, and I'm…
Last December, a study day was organized on the topic of the proofloading of the Ruytenschildt bridge in Friesland, in which I participated. As my interest is the ultimate limit state capacity of reinforced concrete slab bridges, I was involved…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
I recently gave a lecture at ESPOL, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador. The topic of the presentation was "Extending the service life of existing bridge", covering three topics: 1. Improved calculation methods 2. Improved inspection methods 3. Improved…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Fouzia Choudhry in the series on Self Care in Academia. Fouzia is a full time lecturer, a mother of 4 and a part time Doctoral student at Staffordshire University.Due to my busy lifestyle…
Today, in our new series on Self Care in Academia, I have the pleasure of inviting Alice Violett. Alice is currently in her second year of a history PhD at the University of Essex about the public perceptions and personal…
My momma says that as long as you write your Christmas/New Year's cards before the end of January, you're good. So, I'm extending this do blog posts that are related to reviewing 2014, and setting goals for 2015.I set my…
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Kelly, after exchanging some thoughts on Twitter about life after the PhD. Dr. Kelly is an analytical chemist specializing in NMR spectroscopy. She completed her doctoral degree in 2008 and a postdoctoral…
In 2014, I read 105 books. I'm not sure if I've ever read this many books in a year (I read a lot as a child and teenager, but I didn't track the exact numbers), and it even didn't feel…
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