Overview
- Discusses research methods and tools for engineering students
- Addresses soft skills required for research work
- Serves as a reference for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry
Part of the book series: Intelligent Systems Reference Library (ISRL, volume 153)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The book covers all the important aspects of research methodology, and addresses the specific requirements of engineering students, such as methods and tools, in detail. It also discusses effective research in engineering today, which requires the ability to undertake literature reviews utilizing different online databases, to attribute credit for any prior work mentioned, to respect intellectual property rights while simultaneously maintaining ethics in research, and much more. Further, the book also considers soft skills like research management and planning, dealing with criticism in research and presentation skills, which are all equally important and need to include in research methodology education. Lastly, it provides the technical knowhow needed to file patents in academia, an important area that is often ignored in research methodology books. The book is a particularly valuable resource for PhD students in India and South East Asia, as research methodology is a part of their coursework.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Rajeeb Dey is presently working with National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, India, as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Before joining NIT Silchar, he has served Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim, for 12 years in various positions (Lecturer, Reader and Associate Professor). His research interests are time-delay systems and control, robust control, control of biomedical systems and application of wireless communication in control. He is presently reviewer of many SCI(E) journals related to control engineering and applied math-ematics. He is senior member of IEEE, CSS, Life member of System Society of India,Member Institution of Engineers (India).
Valentina Emilia Balas is currently full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is author of more than 250 research papers in refereed journals and International Conferences. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Soft Computing, Smart Sensors,Information Fusion, Modeling and Simulation. She is the Editor-in Chief to International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms (IJAIP) and to International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering (IJCSysE), member in Editorial Board member of several national and international journals and is thedirector of Intelligent Systems Research Centre in Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad. She is a member of EUSFLAT, SIAM and a Senior Member IEEE, member in TC –Fuzzy Systems (IEEE CIS), member in TC – Emergent Technologies (IEEE CIS),member in TC – Soft Computing (IEEE SMCS).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engineering Research Methodology
Book Subtitle: A Practical Insight for Researchers
Authors: Dipankar Deb, Rajeeb Dey, Valentina E. Balas
Series Title: Intelligent Systems Reference Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2947-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2946-3Published: 07 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2947-0Published: 14 December 2018
Series ISSN: 1868-4394
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4408
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 105
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Job Careers in Science and Engineering, Research Skills, Research Methods in Education, Writing Skills