We’ve introduced Dr. Marwa Al-Ansary to you as a civil and environmental engineer, working for Shell on (amongst others) sulfur utilization in materials such as Thiocrete (a type of sulfur concrete).But what is sulfur concrete really, and why do we…
Head over to Brazen today for my guest post on creativity!Giving you a little appetizer of the post here:
In this short video, a courageous autistic women gives us a view in her mostly non-verbal way. She describes how she communicates with her entire surroundings, while those who do not speak her language, describe her as being on her…
In 2013, I'm opening PhD Talk up for guest contributions.If you would like to try out blogging before starting your own site, feel free to submit a contribution.If you are a seasoned blogger, you're absolutely welcome too. So, if you…
Happy Holidays, dear readers!I hope you all can take some rest, let go of your research, and recharge your batteries. My plans include staying 4 days in the Ardennes in the beautiful South of Belgium.The regular posts will resume after…
Flickr Image under CC by audi_insperationFor the holidays, I hope you will enjoy some lighter reading.Recently I came to realize that there are two archetypal workhorses in academia: the shires and the thoroughbreds.Let's look at their characteristics:The ShireKnown for its…
We’ve introduced Erik Schlangen as Professor “Experimental Micromechanics”. But what does that really mean, and where does he wants the research of his group to result in? In his own words: he wants their inventions to show up when you…
Some time ago, I stated clearly why I am blogging and that I don't intend to make any money from this. However, you might have noticed the Amazon recommendations in the side bar that have shown up recently, and the…
Malcolm Gladwell writes in Outliers: The Story of Success on what it takes to be successful in life and work, and he has some very interesting arguments that provide us valuable lessons on success in academia, or success in a…
Floris Visser postulates that scientists are artists – and his opinion hit a nerve for me. An opinion that also fits perfectly in my series about the Creative process.Too often, we seem to draw a line between the professions and…
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