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 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.…
I recently presented in a technical session of the International Bridge Conference in Pittsburgh - a great venue for practitioners and researchers that work on practical applications for the bridge engineering field. The proceedings will be published over the summer,…
I recently presented a paper at the 1st International Conference on Concrete Sustainability in Tokyo, Japan. The next edition will be in Madrid, in 2016. The abstract of my paper is: A large number of existing reinforced concrete slab bridges…
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…
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…
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…
I'm breaking my regular stream of posts to let you know that my dissertation is now available online through the TU Delft Repository. The printed copies should be ready on Thursday - 250 books in total are coming my way.Even…
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