Flickr image under CC license by HaPe_GeraI've frequently written here on the benefits of meditation for your brain and your heart, how you can make meditation a habit and my personal explorations. In my opinion, meditation is the necessary exercise…
For those ACI members out there, I recently discovered that my lecture in the session on "Recent Developments in Reinforced Concrete Slab Analysis, Design and Serviceability" is available online.If you're a student in structural engineering, you should consider becoming an…
"The final months of a PhD are incredibly messy," says James Clewett - and I couldn't agree more.Unless you are doing your PhD in your home country and will roll into a faculty position naturally at your institution (there are…
At the IABSE spring conference in Rotterdam, I've presented a paper on slabs subjected to a combination of loads. The abstract is as follows: Previous experimental research at Delft University of Technology indicated an increased shear capacity of slabs under…
At the IABSE spring conference in Rotterdam, I've presented a paper on the shear assessment of solid slab bridges. The abstract is as follows: The capacity of reinforced concrete solid slab bridges in shear is assessed by comparing the design…
As I've been keeping track of how I spend my time in ManicTime, I can now assess how much time writing my dissertation took me, and how much time rewriting and implementing comments took me.When I finished my first draft,…
When your brain seems to need a little boost, and you feel ready to reach out for a candy bar or a cup of coffee with a shot of whatever-sticky-stuff, you can instead treat yourself to a delicious treat based…
Last April, I gave a presentation at the fib Symposium in Tel Aviv. The abstract of the paper and presentation is the following: Existing solid slab bridges under a combination of wheel loads and distributed traffic loads sometimes do not…
Today, Ahmad Bilal shares a practical way on how to reduce your use of the passive voice. Ahmad is a civil engineer by profession from Pakistan, currently residing in Sweden. He received his bachelors in 2002 from NUST Pakistan and…
Conference travel can be exhausting, and I for one always notice how tired I am after a conference because suddenly I need an alarm clock to wake up. After preparing months for a conference, you shouldn't just shoo away from…
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