Recently, I interviewed Samuel Oduneye, after his comment on "Getting a Job, after the PhD". Samuel was awarded his PhD in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto, and just starting working in management consulting (as a healthcare consultant). You…
Today, I have the pleasure to host Dr Chris Humphrey who shines his light on that dreaded topic of getting a job after the PhD. Dr Humphrey is the founder of Jobs on Toast, a blog dedicated to helping masters students…
It's Q&A time! Recently, I received this mail from a reader:I'm an early-stage PhD student in humanities, and my question is whether or not it is advisable to write an abstract for a conference before doing much of the research…
The fourth proposition of my dissertation is the following:The shear capacity of reinforced concrete members near to continuous supports is at least equal to the shear capacity near to simple supports, contrarily to the recommendations of NEN6720:1995or in Dutch:De dwarskrachtcapaciteit…
The third proposition of my dissertation is the following:The very large redistribution capacity of slabs is demonstrated, amongst others, by carrying out experiments on severely damaged and locally failed specimens that led, on average, to a capacity of about 80%…
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…
Starting Thursday, you will find a new biweekly series titled "PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer" showing up here on PhD Talk.These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, the portal for academic job positions in the Netherlands - and the contents of this…
The second proposition of my dissertation is the following:By combining two-way quadrants and one-way strips, the Modified Bond Model bridges the gap between the one-way and two-way shear approaches.or in Dutch (as the propositions are in English and Dutch:Door in…
The first proposition of my dissertation is the following:The two-dimenional shear-carrying behaviour of one-way slabs under concentrated loads close to supports should be treated differently than the one-dimensional shear-caryring behaviour of beams.or in Dutch (as the propositions are in English…
Through Wetenschapper 2.0, reblogged from Roy Meijer, I discovered Project #Tweetprop.Project #Tweetprop was initiated by Felienne Hermans, who blogged about the 10 propositions of her PhD thesis. Subsequently, Eric Bouwers, Rolf Hut and Sander van der Burg blogged about their…
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