On The Route To The Defense, Business Office Ii
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| Right after the defense, amongst my husband, paranymphs, total commission too the Beadle |
Previously, I described what happened between finishing my draft dissertation inward Nov 2012 too sending copies out to the commission members inward Feb 2013. In this post, I volition proceed where I left off inward Feb 2013, too describe those messy in conclusion months of working on a doctoral dissertation.
9. Get the comments from the commission members
Most of my commission members preferred in-person meetings. Luckily, most of my commission members are based inward Delft or oft inward Delft for meetings, thence that I alone had 1 long educate ride to Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany for a meeting. During the meetings, the commission members gave me their input inward many dissimilar ways. Some preferred my talking them through the dissertation, some interrogated me on topics to a greater extent than related to their plain that I implemented into my work, some focused to a greater extent than on the layout too writing mode - every reviewer seemed to direct hold his ain mode of assessing my work.
10. Implement the comments from the commission members
With my piles of notes from these meetings, as good as the pages of comments from the in conclusion commission fellow member inward London amongst whom I didn't run into inward person, I laid off to brand some changes to my dissertation. It took me nearly half dozen weeks of full-time operate to implement all the comments too answer to all the questions inward a agency that I felt was satisfactorily. With some commission members I met several times to improve large chunks of my dissertation, or I e-mailed dorsum too forth amongst them. At starting fourth dimension I was surprised as I idea "the operate was done", merely too thence I understood how valuable a fresh await at my operate tin be, non alone for my dissertation, merely also for my farther publications (ie. the papers that I ask to write from my dissertation)
11. Iterate if necessary
I felt at times intimidated yesteryear the cognition of some of my commission members, thence I felt afraid to enquire for their assist too input at first, too spent some fourth dimension studying topics where I felt I was yet lagging behind. But too thence it clicked, too I understood that if they accept the fourth dimension too endeavour to plough over some thorough remarks on my work, that they really exhibit me that they desire to assist me improving my work. So I went dorsum too forth, learned to a greater extent than things, saw a few to a greater extent than connections inward my operate too really made a amend (yet almost 100 pages bigger) dissertation.
12. Get the approving from the commission members
I recollect how my pump jumped upward when the in conclusion commission fellow member strolled into my component amongst his "signature". The commission members all ask to sign ii documents for the Beadle: the starting fourth dimension 1 confirming their availability on the twenty-four hours of the defence forcefulness too the minute 1 their approval. One of my commission members approved nether the status of making corrections to the dissertation, which too thence required a written missive of the alphabet from my promotor too additional approving to maintain the whole (bureaucratic) procedure rolling.
13. Revisit amongst promotor too copromotor
After editing my dissertation, I revisited the operate in 1 trial to a greater extent than amongst my promotor too copromotor, too nosotros needed to tighten my laid of propositions (ie. a leaflet amongst 10 propositions additional to the dissertation that shows your scholarly insight). With a conference inward State of Israel inward between, I felt that fourth dimension was ticking - too that those 4,5 months of grooming that seemed similar an eternity where flight by.
14. Send to the printer
With all approving from the total committee, I sent everything to the printer. In the in conclusion weeks of working on the edited version of my dissertation, I spent some fourth dimension inward layout-hell, trying to brand certain everything jibe inside the margins (I needed to revamp an entire Annex for that purpose), too making certain all tables are on portrait pages (I used a lot of landscape tables to concur all my data). I sent a draft to the printer before the critical date, too was reminded as good of the fact that all chapters should laid out at a right page. Lots of tinkering before sending it all off to the printer, as y'all tin imagine. In the meantime, I had a designer at the printer's component developing my embrace too invitations - which saved me fourth dimension for sure, merely needed my attending too input as well.
15. Check the impress proof
I got my impress proof fifty-fifty before than the schedule of the printer indicated, too I was rattling happy to concur the rattling starting fourth dimension physical, book-like re-create of my dissertation. I didn't really know how to banking concern check the proof: reading from H5N1 to Z felt pointless to me, thence I ended upward going over every page too checking if all looked right - too I did honor quite a publish of things that did non await as I wanted (yet looked precisely the same as the PDF I delivered to the printer).
16. The in conclusion social club too delivery
I made to a greater extent than edits, too thence struggled amongst the PDF conversion for a few hours. The print-proof arrived right before the laid out of a conference inward Rotterdam, thence for the rattling starting fourth dimension time (and as in conclusion time) inward my PhD studies, I had to cutting dorsum on some slumber to acquire through the in conclusion edits too brand it inward fourth dimension to deliver everything to the printer. On the 17th of May, I received a telephone telephone from the goods delivery dot of our faculty that at that spot were "some boxes" for me - too thence started my journeying to drag my 250 copies of my dissertation into my office...
17. Spread the word
I took the stack of describe organisation cards that I had amassed from previous conferences, too started mailing out copies to interested contacts (or at least, contacts that I idea would live on interested). I also had ii to a greater extent than conferences, 1 inward Nippon too 1 inward Pittsburgh. I took an entire carry-on pocketbook filled amongst copies of my dissertation, too distributed these during the conferences. By the fourth dimension of my defence forcefulness I had nearly one-half of all copies distributed.
18. Prepare for the defense
I didn't really know how to prepare for my defense, too I'll write a post nearly it specifically inward the future, merely essentially I didn't direct hold much fourth dimension for preparing my defence forcefulness all inward all. Certainly, I had to prepare my "lekenpraatje", too I reread my dissertation in 1 trial more, merely preparing for possible questions was a picayune to a greater extent than vague. I summarized my dissertation inward a judgement per page, as suggested yesteryear Phillips too Pugh, I went over my coming together notes again, too I tried angling for information from my commission members (unsuccessfully).
19. Defend
Less than a calendar week after landing dorsum onto European soil after my trip approximately the basis to Nippon too the US, I got over my jetlag (mostly) too defended my dissertation. I was nervous at first, merely after the starting fourth dimension question, I felt my confidence returning to me, too I form of enjoyed showing my operate to the commission members.
20. Celebrate!
After the actual defence forcefulness too receiving my degree, I organized a reception inward the TU Delft Aula building, too inward the eventide a dinner inward a eating seat inward Delft (plus some drinks later inward a bar). Even though I was exhausted from the stressful day, I was feeling uplifted too enjoyed celebrating my fresh bird rattling much (well, who wouldn't?).
How dissimilar are the preparations at TU Delft too my accept on them from your institution? Please permit me know inward the comments!
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