9/12/2012 1 Dr.C.G.Sreenivasa Assistant Professor & MBA Coordinator Department of Industrial & Production Engineering University B.D.T College of Engineering (A Constituent College of VTU, Belgaum) Davangere – 577 004 Research Skills Which subject to choose ? How to approach and select the guide ? Which institute is good ? How to carryout literature survey ? How to identify research problem ? What is journal paper ? How to understand journal paper ? How to obtain journal papers ? What is impact factor ? Which journal is easy or difficult ? Is there any one to discuss with me ? Basic Questions Dr.C.G.Sreenivasa, UBDTCE, Davangere
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Dr.C.G.Sreenivasa
Assistant Professor & MBA Coordinator
Department of Industrial & Production Engineering
University B.D.T College of Engineering(A Constituent College of VTU, Belgaum)
Davangere – 577 004
Research Skills
� Which subject to choose ?
� How to approach and select the guide ?
� Which institute is good ?
� How to carryout literature survey ?
� How to identify research problem ?
� What is journal paper ?
� How to understand journal paper ?
� How to obtain journal papers ?
� What is impact factor ?
� Which journal is easy or difficult ?
� Is there any one to discuss with me ?
Basic Questions
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� The word research derives from the
French recherche, from rechercher
� "chercher" means "to search”, its literal
meaning is 'to investigate thoroughly'
Research DefinedD
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Research Importance in Recent Years
� Teaching institute to Research institute
� AICTE 6th pay scale
� Career advancement / Promotion
� Assessing quality of faculty
� Recognition
� Competition
� Publish or Perish
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� Teacher of philosophy (Latin)
� Universities of Europe in the middle ages (5th-15th
century) generally placed all academic disciplinesoutside the professional fields of theology,medicine and law under the broad heading of"philosophy" ("natural philosophy" when referringto science).
Origin of Ph.D.D
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The first Ph.D. degree was awarded in Paris in
the year 1150, but not until the early 19th century
did the term "Ph.D. degree" acquire its modern
meaning as the highest academic doctoral
degree, (university practice in Germany)
The first Ph.D.
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� Prior to the 19th century professional doctoraldegrees could only be awarded in theology (ThD),law (JD), or medicine (MD).
� In 1861, Yale University adopted the German practice(first introduced in the 19th century at the FriedrichWilhelm University in Berlin) of granting the degree toyounger students who had completed a prescribedcourse of graduate study and successfully defendeda thesis/dissertation containing original research inscience or in the humanities.
Ph.D. in modern sense
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� Josiah Willard Gibbs, who earned a doctorate inengineering from Yale University in 1863. Hewas the first person to earn such a degree in theUnited States.
The First Ph.D. in Engineering
Gibbs' phase rule: F = C – P + 2
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Start Point / IdeaD
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� Research begins with a problem.
This problem need not be Earth-Shaking
� Identifying this problem can actually be the hardest part of research
� In general, good research problem should:
Address an important question
Advance knowledge
Starting Research
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Sources of Research Problems
Internet
Flat-screen monitors
DVD
CD-ROM
Drive-through restaurants
Fax machines
3 1/2” Floppy disks
Color printers
� Observation
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Sources of Research Problems
� Observation
� Literature Reviews
� Professional Conferences
� Experts
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Division of Research Work
Experiments
Case Study
Modeling
Algorithm etc.
Writing Paper
Thesis Compilation
Preparing ppt
Graphs, Tables etc.
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Types of research papers
� Literature review papers
� Experimental / Theoretical research papers
� Application oriented research papers
� Research papers for practitioners
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Leading Journal Publishers
Publishing
company
Founded in the
year
Country of
origin
Journal
(One Example)
John Wiley 1807 US POM
Taylor and
Francis
1852 UK IJPR
Elsevier 1880 Netherlands IJPE
Springer 1950 US IJAMT
Emerald 1967 UK JMTM
Inderscience 1979 Switzerland IJMR
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Reference
Harvard Style
� Giving credit to the authors
� Back support (ex. Lawyer)
� Sir name of the author has to be mentioned while referring