Over the past 10 years, I've been a student, and thus living as a student in shared houses. In total, I've had 36 housemates so far (if I didn't forget to count anyone), and I have lived with different characters.…
When I went for my PhD Start-Up training course, I learned to know the expression "Science is fun".In the end, as a researcher, you are in the privileged position to play around with ideas, use your time to explore different…
And so the day has come that I gathered all my courage and gave it my best shot!The whole journey started almost 10 months ago, when I got an invitation to come and discuss the possibility for a TEDx Delft…
I recently feel very inspired by an article and a TED talk that I came across.The article gives advice on how you can succeed at conferences as an introvert. As an introvert myself, going to a conference can feel like…
Today is Blog Action Day 2012, and the topic is "Power of We".From my perspective, the "power of we" lies in the learning network the (online) academic community has offered me. Today is the right moment to reflect on how…
I've already mentioned it so many times here that I had the privilege of being a liveblogger for TEDxDelft, but in this post I would like to focus on liveblogging itself. Two times I have liveblogged as of now, both…
On Monday October 8th, I gave a short PhD pitch at the kick-off meeting for 3TU.Bouw Center for the Built Environment, which combines the four academic Built Environment faculties of the Netherlands. My PhD pitch (5 minutes presentation) represented the…
This post is part of a series on reading loads, in which I discussed the different levels of reading and keeping up with the output previously.What do you do after you finish reading a paper? Do you simply throw the…
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At TEDxDelft, I had the opportunity to be liveblogging in the company of some inspiring writers. The atmosphere in the webcare room was of utter concentration and team spirit at the same time. We all worked hard and arrived to…
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