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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.
List of contents
Literature Review and Technical Reading.- Attributions and Citations: Giving credit wherever due.- Building Intellectual Property Rights.- Ethics in Engineering Research.- Technical Writing and Publishing.- Contributions, Arguments and Dealing with Criticisms.- Research Management, Planning and Collaboration.- Communicating Research Work: Presentation Skills.- Bibliometrics and Research Quality.
About the author
Abhishek Rawat received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering (2001), from Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal. He received his Master of Technology (2006) and Ph.D. (2012) from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, India. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He has 16 years of research, academic and professional experience in different premier institutions. Dr. Rawat is also senior member IEEE and has published more than 50 articles in international journals, Book chapters, national and international conference proceedings. He received the Young Scientist Award from MPCOST Bhopal in 2007, involved in the field trails of the IRNSS receiver and published four Indian patents. His research interests include Navigation systems, Satellite Communication and Peripheral security etc.
Dipankar Debcompleted his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, with Prof. Gang Tao, IEEE Fellow and Professor in the Department of ECE in 2007. He did his B.E. from NIT Karnataka, Surathkal (2000), and M.S. from the University of Florida, Gainesville (2004). In 2017, he was elected to be IEEE Senior Member. He has served as Lead Engineer at GE Global Research Bengaluru (2012-2015) and as Assistant Professor in EE, IIT Guwahati 2010-2012. Presently, he is a Full Professor in Electrical Engineering at the Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Access journal and Book Series Editor for Control System Series/CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group. He is also a book series editor of "Studies in Infrastructure and Control" with Springer. He has published 36 SCI-indexed journals, 40 international conference papers, and 10 technical books with Springer and Elsevier. He holds 6 US Patents. His research interests include active flow control, adaptive control, cognitive robotics, and renewable energy systems (including wind, solar, and fuel cells).
Jatin Upadhyay received his M.E. in VLSI and Embedded Systems from Gujarat Technological University in 2015. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Ahmedabad, India. His current research interests include image processing, neural network, and cognitive robotics. He has worked on high-speed data transmission over the FPGA development board using a fiber optic data link.
Summary
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.
