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ResearchMethodsinMechanicalEngineeringCourseObjectivesandOutlines

Prof.AhmedF.ElsaftyMechanicalEng.Dept.

CollegeofEngineeringandTechnologyArabAcademyforScience,TechnologyandMaritimeTransport

[email protected]

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een o scourse,yous ou ea e o:

understand

some

basic

concepts

of

research

and

its

identifyappropriateresearchtopicsselectanddefineappropriateresearchproblemandparametersprepareaprojectproposal(toundertakeaproject)organ zean con uctresearc a vance pro ect namoreappropriatemannerwritearesearchproposal(grants)Deliveringagoodpresentation

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verv ewo esearc an ts et o o og es

[2] EngineeringEthics3 Literaturereview

[4]Selectinganddefiningaresearchproblem[5]WritingResearchProposals[6]Experimentationinengineering[7]ErrorAnalysis[UNCERTAINTY][8]TechnicalCommunication[9]WritingResearchReportsandThesis[10]PresentationSkills

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ng neer ng cs1. WhatismeantbyEthicsingeneral2. Whyareethicsofspecial

im ortancefortheEn ineerin community?

. 4. Sample

of

Engineering

Ethics

codes

5. Casestudy

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1. Whatisliteraturereview?2. Whytheneedforliteraturereview?3. Howtocarryoutaliteraturereview?

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[4]Selectinganddefiningaresearchproblem

1:Problemformulationw yt enee ort s2:Whatarethecriteriafor

selectingaproblem?3:Identifyingvariables4:Evaluatingproblems

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1. Why

do

we

need

to

write

2. ResearchGrants3. HowtowriteGoodResearchProposals?4. ResearchPlan[GanttCharts]

.

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engineering2. Elementaryappliedstatistics

application

. xper mentp ans5.Pro ect lannin6.Dataanalysisandinterpretation

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1. Typesoferror

. 3. Examples

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1. Reports,papers,an

articles2. Principlesofclear

ex ression

3. Useofgraphs,figures,4. Alternativeformsof

ou nes or ec n cacommunications

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1. Presentation

Planning

2. PresentationPreparation

.