This document summarizes the career of Eva Lantsoght, a civil engineer and lecturer. It describes her educational background in engineering and graduate studies. It outlines her research focus on concrete structures and bridges during her PhD and current role teaching engineering. It also notes the underrepresentation of women in engineering fields throughout her career based on her experiences.

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Eva Lantsoght, Ph.D.
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2.  You don’t have to give up your life when you become an
engineer
 Consider graduate school
o Imposter syndrome is a result of cultural conditioning
 The “road” as explained with my story
 Skewed gender balances at universities
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5.  1992: Dirk Frimout
 First Belgian in space
 Electrical Engineering and
applied physics
 Engineering studies!
 Playing cello
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 Regina Pacis Hove
 Almost exclusively girls
 Studies: Latin-Mathematics (8)
 Lacking science education
 Graduation Project: History – Politics:
 Analyzing the Lebanese Civil War
 Forcing students to go to KU Leuven
 Part-time music and spoken
word/theater

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9.  2003: Entrance exam
(math)
 Only 6 universities in BE
 57 students in Engineering
o 5 (4) women
 General Engineering, BSc
level
 Difficulties adjusting
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10.  Angel in Twilight
 Choir (different choirs,
Project-based)
 Weekends: SAMWD
Lier
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11.  2005: Civil & Environmental
Engineering (specialization)
o not electrical or aerospace…
o 10-12 students, 2 women
 2006: Reinforced Concrete Design
 2008: MSc Thesis on buckling of
concrete columns
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13.  2008-2009: M.S in
Structural Engineering
 Research Project:
Punching of RC slabs
 Analytical work
 Funding: BAEF +
Fulbright
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17.  2009-2013: PhD in Civil
Engineering
 Concrete Structures research
group
 Research-based PhD
 Teaching assistant + guest
lecturer
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18.  Experimental work
 2,5 years of breaking slabs of 10
ton
 Analytical work
 Plasticity-based model
 Relability analysis of test data
 Practical application
 Quick Scan with Rijkswaterstaat
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19.  Krashna Musika Choir
 Krashna Musika
Chamber Choir
 Grave Concerns
Reviews
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2010: UK, Denmark
2011: USA (2x), Czech
Republic
2012: Italy, Germany, USA
2013: USA (2x), Israel,
Japan, South Africa,
Australia

21.  Building up a network
o Concrete world
o fib, ACI, IABMAS,
TRB, IABSE
o Academic network
across disciplines
• Blog
• Twitter
 Independence in
research
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22.  Pageviews > 1,1 million
 585 published posts
 Mostly aimed at PhD students
 Most popular post: 20 Tips for
Surviving your PhD
 http://phdtalk.blogspot.com/2013/
09/20-tips-for-surviving-your-
phd.html
 Guest writer for other blogs
o Recently: Wiley and QS
 Support from M&C, TU Delft
 Sponsorship AcademicTransfer
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23.  Science = fun
 “The Pleasure of
Finding Things Out”
 Go where no one has
gone before
 Autonomy
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26.  2013 – present
 First years: developing courses
 Working on publications from PhD Thesis
 Setting up own research lines:
o Existing Bridges
o Difficulties:
• contact with Ministry of Transportation?
• Information is missing
• No awareness
• Laboratory and tools: limited
o Solution:
• Desk research
• Presentations to raise awareness
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27.  Students:
o 257 full-time students
o 65 women
o 25%
o Data not readily available
 Faculty:
o 7 full-time faculty
o 1 woman
o 14%
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28.  Moving a cello by plane..
 Klez n Jazz
 Capella Aeqvator
 Darkview reviews
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29.  2013 – present: 0,2 fte
 Summers
 Short projects
 Proof loading
 Breaking bridges
 Research group:
o 18 members WP
o 2 women
o 11%
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31.  11 journal papers (published and in press)
o all as first author
 3 special publications
 22 conference papers
 26 research reports
 1 essay
 19 journal and conference papers in Scopus
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33.  Interview today on blog
 Mother, lecturer, PhD student, Weightlifting champion
(34 records), crossfit athlete
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34.  Ph.D in neuroscience
 Actress (Big Bang Theory)
 Vegan activist
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35.  You don’t have to give up your life when you become an
engineer or scientist
 Consider graduate school
o Imposter syndrome is a result of cultural conditioning
 The “road” as explained with my story
 Skewed gender balances at universities
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36. Contact:
Eva Lantsoght
elantsoght@usfq.edu.ec // E.O.L.Lantsoght@tudelft.nl