From PhD Thesis to Journal Papers
When I was a starry-eyed, freshly graduated doctor, I had wild ideas of publishing tons of papers, and I wrote a post about my plans for writing on this blog.And then life happened - or better: a 3-3 course load…
I’m Igor Stepanov and This is How I Work
Today I am interviewing Igor Stepanov for the "How I Work" series. Igor is a 30-year-old PhD student at TU Delft and he is originally from the Republic of Serbia. He holds a MSc in Atmospheric physics and Meteorology and…
Proof loading of existing bridges
I recently gave a presentation during the IV Jornadas de Ingeniera Civil, at Escuela Politecnica Nacional in Quito. Below you can find the slides of this presentation: Proof loading of existing bridges from Eva Lantsoght
I’m Katrina Whittingham and This is How I Work
Today, I have invited Katrina Whittingham to the "How I Work" series. Katrina is a lecturer in Nursing, who moved into academia in 2010, following a long career in the National Health Service. She began my nursing carer in 1987,…
Q&A: Can you do my research for me?
Dear readers,Here's an overdue Q&A post. More and more, I'm receiving requests (in different forms and manners) asking if I could do your research for you. Let me explain my point of view by illustrating this topic with a question…
PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: Online branding for scientists
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…
Ten Life Lessons from Doing a PhD
Today, Dr. Deepa Pullanikkatil is sharing with us what she learned during her PhD. Deepa is an Environmental Management professional with an engineering background and she has fourteen years of work experience in developing countries of Malawi, Lesotho, India and…
Application of Modified Bond Model to the capacity of Ruytenschildt Bridge
I recently gave a presentation in a session at the ACI Fall Convention on "Recent Developments in Two-way Slabs: Design, Analysis, Construction, and Evaluation". The session, in reality, turned out to be mostly aimed at shear problemns in slabs (which…
I am Sarah Weldon and This is How I Work
Today, I am interviewing Sarah Weldon in the "How I Work" series. Sarah is a YouTuber, rower, charity Director, and Science Communicator. Her research is based on a world first solo row around Britain which will raise funds to provide…
Proposal for the fatigue strength of concrete under cycles of compression
We've recently published a paper in Construction and Building Materials, titled "Proposal for the fatigue strength of concrete under cycles of compression". This paper is based on the research I did during summer 2014 in Delft, to develop a proposal…