Most of the time, I present in English, but every now and then I gt to talk in my native language. It's a strange sensation that talking about my research in my mother tongue takes me slightly more effort than…
Some time ago, I was asked why I decided to pursue a PhD, and how I got an idea of what a PhD candidate's work life looks like. In fact, I had always liked to idea of simply keeping on…
Yesterday was PhD talk's first birthday. One year since my first blog post, and I must say it has been a great experience.I started off this blog to keep track of how I am doing with my resolutions (stay focused…
There are a few websites I regularly check to see if there's an interesting conference coming up to which I should submit an abstract. These are:ACI: International conferencesfib eventsASCE ConferencesAfter attending a few conferences, I now also receive calls for…
In today's sea of information, I selected a few websites which are part of my daily toolbox.1. RescuetimeTogether with ManicTime (which does not depend on internet connection), these timetracking software tools have greatly increased not only my productivity, but also…
Today, I'm exactly halfway the time it is supposed to take me to finish my PhD. Looking back at the past two years, and thinking of what still needs to be done, I find it hard to tell if I…
I spend most of my time in the laboratory to destroy slabs - but before doing so, we first have to make our specimens.The slabs I'm testing are reinforced concrete slabs, which are cast in timber formwork in the laboratory…
I've recently attended two PhD thesis defenses at Georgia Tech, which were quite different from a PhD thesis defense at TU Delft.One of the first differences, is that the thesis itself is not fully completed and printed yet at Georgia…
Before I went on holiday last summer, I read this inspiring post (in Dutch) about how you can keep that "holiday feeling" a longer.That feeling was described as:"This feeling is associated with peace, energy, creativity, inspiration and relaxation"This made me…
Have you ever been in the following situation?You have selected a conference you would like to attend, and you have all the information you need for writing the abstract (the conference topic which suits your work, the maximum amount of…
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