In recent weeks, I have been thinking about ways to better support junior faculty. I remember when I started as a new assistant professor at USFQ. I had just moved internationally, had to set up 3 new courses, develop my…
With the advent of generative AI, we could think that blogging may be over for once and for all. Blogging by far is not as popular as it used to be 10-15 years ago, and now that The Machine can…
The upcoming semester promises to be quite busy. I have two conference trips, which naturally take time from what I am working on. We are working on putting the cherry on the cake of our accreditation. I am working on…
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…
On September 1st 2024, I am officially 15 years at TU Delft. I want to take this moment to look back and thank everyone who has made this journey (past and ongoing) possible. My promotor and copromotor when I was…
On September 1st 2009, I started to work at TU Delft. I remember my first day at university clearly. It was a Tuesday, and I had to be at 9am in the secretary's office. At that time, every professor still…
As always at the beginning of a new semester, I have outlined my goals for the upcoming semester. I will be traveling to two conferences, so there will be some time spent away form my office. Here's what I will…
My Fall 2024 template looks quite similar to my Spring 2024 template. As I am not preparing any new courses at the moment, the block of time for class preparation is gone, and I kept open space for the meetings…
At the end of every semester, I look at the data in my Toggl reports to see how I spent my time. In general, this semester had three parts to it: time in Ecuador, time in Delft full of meetings…
As always at the end of the semester, I am taking some time to reflect on what I achieved of the goals I set out at the beginning of the semester. Without much further preamble, here's how I did: Here’s…
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