Graduate research is a complicated process which many engineeing and science students aspire to undertake. The complexity of the process can lead to failures for even the most brilliant students. Success with graduate level research requires not only a high level of intellectual ability, but also high levels of project management skills.
Help is at hand. This self-paced guide covers topics ranging from how to select an appropriate research problem to how to schedule and execute research tasks. It adopts a project management approach to planning and implementing regineering and science. Project Management for Research will be an invaluable aid to students, academic advisors, research advisors and administrators in any academic institution offering graduate programs in engineering and science.
Chapter 1 Graduate education process
Chapter 2 Selecting a graduate school
Chapter 3 Selecting a research topic
Chapter 4 Graduate research planning
Chapter 5 Graduate research management
Chapter 6 Experimental research guidelines
Chapter 7 Data analysis and presentation
Chapter 8 Guidelines for reports, presentations and publishing
Chapter 9 Electronic communication
Chapter 10 Completion, termination and transition