About 1-1,5 years ago, I found myself bogged down by the daily stress of work (and leaving work on time to be home with my daughter before 4pm), taking my daughter to her activities through Ecuador's crazy traffic (and, even…
I recently published an editorial for the journal Frontiers in the Built Environment: Bridge Engineering on the topic "Diagnostic and Proof Load Tests on Bridges". You can access the editorial here, and the editorial forms part of an open access…
I recently was in for quite a surprise: a paper in my field turned out to contain information I had developed earlier, without the authors giving credit to my work. They had taken an elaborate table of mine which summarizes…
I recently received the following question: I have been trying to find a PHD topic for years and most importantly a potential supervisor who might be interested in the research area I would like to explore. Would you or anyone…
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…
My colleagues and I have recently published a paper titled "Monitoring Shear Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Using Acoustic Emission and Digital Image Correlation " in the journal Sensors. Access the open access paper here. The abstract is as…
As I'm chewing over some questions on how to make a bigger impact with my work, I am exploring the possibilities to receive individual coaching. At the same time, I have joined the DrivenWoman network, to get group coaching, and…
With my colleagues in Brazil, we have been working on further analysis of database results. As a result, the paper "Influence of structural system on shear capacity of wide members without shear reinforcement" was accepted for presentation at the virtual…
The covid-19 pandemic brought out the conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers like never before. I feel sad when I see that people in my family believe that scientists are not independent, that our colleagues and friends who are working day and…
Some books I want to read in 2021 I traditionally write out my goals per year and my goals and tasks per semester. I use these lists then to anchor my monthly and weekly tasks that go on my calendar.…
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