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1 Introduction: What Is Research? |
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1.1 Objectives of Engineering Research |
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1.2 Motivation in Engineering Research |
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1.3 Types of Engineering Research |
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1.4 Finding and Solving a Worthwhile Problem |
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2 Literature Review and Technical Reading |
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2.1 New and Existing Knowledge |
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2.2 Analysis and Synthesis of Prior Art |
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2.3 Bibliographic Databases |
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2.3.2 Google and Google Scholar |
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2.4 Effective Search: The Way Forward |
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2.5 Introduction to Technical Reading |
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2.6 Conceptualizing Research |
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2.7 Critical and Creative Reading |
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2.8 Taking Notes While Reading |
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2.9 Reading Mathematics and Algorithms |
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3 Attributions and Citations: Giving Credit Wherever Due |
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3.1 Citations: Functions and Attributes |
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3.2 Impact of Title and Keywords on Citations |
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3.3 Knowledge Flow Through Citation |
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3.3.2 Styles for Citations |
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3.4 Acknowledgments and Attributions |
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3.4.1 What Should Be Acknowledged? |
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3.4.2 Acknowledgments in Books/Dissertations |
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3.4.3 Dedication or Acknowledgments? |
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4 Building Intellectual Property Rights |
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4.2 Patents: Subject and Importance |
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4.2.1 Requirements for Patentability |
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4.2.2 Application Preparation and Filing |
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4.2.3 Patents and Commercialization in Academia |
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5 Ethics in Engineering Research |
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5.1 Ethics in Engineering Research Practice |
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5.2 Types of Research Misconduct |
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5.3 Ethical Issues Related to Authorship |
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6 Technical Writing and Publishing |
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6.1 Free Writing and Mining for Ideas |
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6.2 Attributes and Reasons of Technical Writing |
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6.3 Patent or Technical Paper?---The Choice |
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6.5 Journal Paper: Structure and Approach |
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6.5.1 Title, Abstract, and Introduction |
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6.5.2 Methods, Results, and Discussions |
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6.5.3 Table, Figures, Acknowledgments, and Closures |
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6.6 Language Skills, Writing Style, and Editing |
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6.7 Rules of Mathematical Writing |
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6.8 Publish Articles to Get Cited, or Perish |
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7 Contributions, Arguments, and Dealing with Criticisms |
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7.1 Arguments in Research |
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7.2 Research Contributions |
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7.2.1 Peer Review Process |
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7.2.2 Dealing with Criticisms from Reviewers |
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7.3 Revising Peer-reviewed Papers |
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7.4 Criticism from Research Advisors |
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7.5 Criticism from Research Lab Managers |
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7.6 Distilling the Feedback |
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7.7 When Things Still Do not Work Out! |
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8 Research Management, Planning and Collaboration |
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8.1 Prioritize and Say No to Procrastination |
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8.1.2 Planning for the Objective, Adapting with Feedback |
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8.2 Set and Achieve Milestones |
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8.3 Effort Management in Research |
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8.4 Goals and Objectives of Dissertation |
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8.5 Research Collaboration |
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9 Communicating Research Work: Presentation Skills |
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9.3 Presentation Preparation Guidelines |
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10 Bibliometrics and Research Quality |
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10.1 Impact Factors: Definition and Usage |
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10.2 Impact Factors: Downsides and Way Ahead |
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10.3 Quality of Research Outcome |
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10.3.1 Why Quality Ph.D.s? |
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10.3.2 Parameters for Ph.D. Assessment |
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10.4 Decision Model for Assessment |
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10.4.1 Case Study for Student-1 |
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10.4.2 Final Assessment of Ph.D. |
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