I recently presented and published a research paper at the fib Symposium in Copenhagen. The abstract of the presentation and paper is as follows:Slabs subjected to concentrated loads close to supports, as occurring for truck loads on slab bridges, are…
Today I'm interviewing a PhD Candidate from Griffith University for the "How I Work" series. Our guest for today would like to remain anonymous.Current Job: PhD studentCurrent Location: Gold coast, AustraliaCurrent mobile device: Android-Galaxy S3Current computer: Linux(home) windows(office)Can you briefly…
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 am interviewing Stephanie for the "How I Work" series. Stephanie is the Academic Campus Director – South East Asia for the University of Wollongong, and is currently . She currently lectures regionally at Degree and Masters levels, specialising…
Every semester, I teach a seminar in the general course on sciences and engineering, to show first-year students why civil engineering is the coolest thing ever. The presentation explores the range of problems civil engineering deals with, and shows the…
Today I am interviewing Sarah Morton in the "How I Work" series. Sarah is completing her Ph.D at the University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland. Her current research takes a cross-discipline approach in establishing how design might be used within the…
Last April, I gave a presentation in the research seminar of the Politecnico of Universidad San Francisco de Quito about testing the Ruytenschildt Bridge in Friesland, and some of the first results of the analysis.You can find the slides of…
Today I am interviewing Ondrej Cernotik. Ondrej is a PhD student in theoretical physics at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. He focuses on quantum optics with applications to quantum information processing. More specifically, he is investigating ways to convert weak…
After hosting Jenna's guest post on self-care in academia, I was contacted by John Elmes from the Times Higher Education who got interested in this topic. He asked me and Jenna a few additional questions, and used this material for…
Today, I am interviewing Catherine Pope for the "How I Work" series. Catherine holds a PhD in Victorian literature and culture from the University of Sussex. She is a digital and research skills trainer and has also published ebooks on…
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