038 // How to Be Outstanding During Your Graduate Research With Dr. Lantsoght

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/038 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare Dr. Lantsoght graduated with a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in 2008. She later earned a Master's degree in Structural Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) in 2009 and the title of Doctor in Structural Engineering from Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft, the Netherlands) in 2013. In the academic field, Dr. Lantsoght is a full professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Quito, Ecuador) and a tenured assistant professor at Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft, Netherlands). In addition, she is the editor and main author of the PhD Talk blog, co-host of the PhD Talk podcast, and author of several advice books for PhD candidates. What you will learn in this episode * What to consider before going to graduate school * The difference between a masters and PhD program * Dr. Lantsoght experience as an international student doing a PhD program in the US * The difference of research and culture between the US, Netherlands, and Ecuador * The tools she uses to keep her life in order * What strategies she use to boost productivity as a professor and researcher Resources Four Reasons you SHOULD Go to Graduate School [https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/009-2] The Masters vs Experience Discussion with Iasmin Rosa [https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/010-2] Four Reasons you SHOULD NOT Go To Graduate School [https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/011-2] Rate and Review the Show on Apple podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-our-future-empowering-engineers-to-become/id1503452956] If you don't have Apple Podcast and would like to share your feedback (It will be added to the website for others to hear how much you like the podcast), please email me at hi@luisfelipeduque.com Music by Jack Winders Intro: Midwest Folks Outro: Southern Skies Website: https://www.jackwinders.com [https://www.jackwinders.com/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JackWindersMusic Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0msfukZWdVoUHIvpFvanTU?si=U5jKEdjfSTOetL12ispLcg Connect with me Sign up to my weekly email newsletter // https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Newsletter My website & blog // https://www.luisfelipeduque.com [https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/] Instagram // https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Instagram Twitter // https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Twitter LinkedIn // https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/LinkedIn Facebook // https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Facebook YouTube // https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/engourfuture/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/engourfuture/message