My colleagues and I recently published a paper "Optimizing Finite Element Models for Concrete Bridge Assessment With Proof Load Testing" in Frontiers in the Built Environment - Bridge Engineering for the Research Topic Diagnostic and Proof Load Testing on Bridges.The…
My colleagues and I published a paper in the BEI (Bridge Engineering Institute) Conference proceedings. In the end, none of us could make the trip to the conference, even though I had originally co-organized a mini symposium in this conference…
My coauthors and I just published a paper titled "Interviewing and Hiring Practices in Brazilian Academia: Proposals Towards Improvement". It's open access, so you can read the full text here.You can read my blog post about the preprint here.The abstract…
I'm currently co-authoring a book about the PhD defense, and one of the points we are covering is advice for the PhD defense from the point of view of the examiners. The majority of testimonies in the "PhD Defenses around…
I've been thinking about the topic of napping lately. As I was reading Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, which shows that high-achievers in the past built naps into their daily schedules, and later Why we sleep by Matthew Walker, which…
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Jack Whitter-Jones. Jack is a PhD Student and part time lecturer at the University of South Wales, where he researches Security Operations which encompasses Cyber Security, Machine Learning and Automation. During term time…
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…
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Zaira R. Arvelo Alicea. Zaira told me the following about herself: "Life was also thrilling before becoming a small business owner. I had served as teaching assistant, online curriculum developer, and research…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Hanan Hindy in the "How I Work" series. Hanan is a second-year PhD student in the Division of Cyber-Security at Abertay University, Scotland, UK. Her research focuses on Deep Learning usage for Cyber-Security,…
I published two books as an editor on the topic of Load Testing of Bridges: Load Testing of Bridges: Current Practice and Diagnostic Load Testing and Load Testing of Bridges: Proof Load Testing and the Future of Load Testing.Besides the…