PhD studies are the highest level of education, and the road can be frustrating and exhausting at times, but the final result (your dissertation) is at the same time a major achievement in life, and a very rewarding event.Whenever you…
Celebrating in style, after the defenseLast June, I've successfully defended my PhD, received my diploma and enjoyed the honor of being called "Dr. Lantsoght" (or better, trying to convince people of doing so, and having the joy of selecting "Dr."…
As I am on the mailing list for the SEMC 2013 conference, I received the following information that might be of interest to some of the reader of PhD Talk.The Structural Engineering & Mechanics Group at the University of Cape…
The preparation for the PhD Defense was just one step in the long road to the defense, that started with the first draft, then dealt extensively with the committee members, and ended with the celebration of getting my degree (I…
On June 14th, I passed my PhD defense, and I promised to write a blog post replying the question "What was it like to defend?".Most of all, it went so quickly. Only during a few moments, I realized of what…
Right after the defense, with my husband, paranymphs, full committee and the BeadleI'm writing the second half of my experiences in the final year of the PhD towards the defense here in hindsight, as I defended successfully on June 14th…
On June 14th 2013, I defended my doctoral dissertation at Delft University of Technology. As I wrote before, the defense itself was the very end of the entire process of writing, editing, re-editing, publishing and finally defending my doctoral dissertation.…
Today's post is a guest post by Nathan L. Vanderford. Nathan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Biotechnology, a PhD in Biochemistry, and an MBA with an operations management focus. He is an administrator, researcher, educator, consultant, writer/editor,…
Defending in Delft's spaceship tomorrow!Tomorrow, on June 14th of 2013, at 12:30 I will defend my PhD thesis and propositions in the Aula of Delft University of Technology.This is what my day will look like:11:45 arrival to the Senaatszaal 12:00…
Recently, a reader posted me the following question:Hi I am thinking of doing PhD and have just come acrossed some scholarships possibiities as well. But before applying I need to contact a potential supervisor and required to do communication about…
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