Research Practices in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students in engineering and physical sciences. The course is an interactive course designed to introduce graduate students to the research practices in physical science and engineering, with emphasis on electrical and computer engineering, as well as mentorship and teaching. It is intended to teach students how to write competitive research grant proposals for federal, state and private funding agencies. It also improves writing skills for research papers and teaches research ethics. The focus areas include defining a valid research problem, effective survey and critique of research literature, assessment of relevance and credibility, scientific integrity, engineering and scientific ethics, scientific recordkeeping and data management, collaborative research, authorship and peer review, research compliance, intellectual property, conflicts of interest, and environmental and global issues. Finally, the students are trained to become better teachers and mentors.