The Gang Dinner
PhD Students love to go conferences abroad. It is an adventure. You can get in touch with experts, the travel is paid for and a private holiday can be connected to the trip. International experience before starting professional life is very important in my opinion. Moreover, the student should realize that the Netherlands is not the center of the world (and Delft is not its intellectual capital). On a European scale, the Netherlands is a small country, on a world scale it is a peanut. Delft University is pretty famous, but not the top in global rankings. Culture and style, in which technical and environmental issues are dealt with, is vastly different among countries and in regions of the world and it is important for students to experience this early on. Yes, I have generously supported the PhD students in their traveling. I have only one condition: contribute to the event in the form of a paper and make a presentation which is able to catch the attention of the audience. Saying “yes to such challenges has grueling consequences: in the first instance the paper has to be written by the student him or herself and the presentation has to be rehearsed (see Personalities, 1). As a co-author, I only give comments with the aim to improve; in the end the students have to do it their way. Many years ago, I used to write comments with a red ballpoint; this had a negative psychological effect - it was perceived that a lot was wrong. When I made comments in blue, better results were achieved. This is not the end of the story. When students present, several people are listening, making notes, for instance on the frequency of the presenters use of “eh (see Rituals and Habits, 4). They hate you for doing it and at the same time they appreciate it.
国际会议
The 4th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology(第四届固体废物管理与技术国际会议)
北京
英文
167
2009-11-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）