As a number of conferences are postponed for the fall, I wonder if that is not too soon. I tend to be a Debbie Downer about this whole situation, so I asked on Twitter when other academics think we will…
Last fall, I attended IALCCE 2018 where together with my colleagues from TU Delft, I organized a Mini Symposium on Load Testing of New and Existing Structures. For this MS, I submitted 4 papers as coauthor - 3 of these…
The latest IPCC report on climate change worries me deeply - I can't ignore the alarm bells this international panel of scientists have set off. Generally, I try to be make environmentally friendly choices: I eat plants, I walk my…
In 2018, I was co-author of two papers on the topic of the arched strut - both were presented by my colleague Dr. Alexander.The first paper, presented at the conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges in Quebec City, looks…
My colleagues and I have published two papers in IABMAS 2018. I was supposed to travel to Melbourne to present these papers, but it was very shortly after my return from my annual research stay in Delft, and my baby…
Do you always wonder about the clothes you should pack for a conference? The fact is, in academia, the dress code for conferences is less defines than in some other fields of work. I already wrote a post in the…
I recently presented a poster about our research on load testing in Delft at the ACI Spring Convention in Detroit, MI. Poster presentations are not something I'm quite used to. I've written about my experience presenting a poster for the…
At the fib symposium 2017, I presented a paper titled "Determination of loading protocol and stop criteria for proof loading with beam tests". The abstract of the paper is as follows: Proof loading of existing bridges is an interesting option…
I recently presented a paper titled "Extended Strip Model for slabs subjected to a combination of loads " at the fib symposium in Maastricht. The abstract of the paper is: Reinforced concrete slab bridges are assessed for a combination of…
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…
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