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The definitive toolkit for doctoral students in engineering on thesis--and journal--article preparation, project (and stress) management, IP protection, collaborations, and other aspects of the PhD journey. It shouldn''t take a PhD to get a PhD, but sometimes the process can seem that confusing--even though, to the mentors and advisors, so obvious that it goes without saying. For doctoral students in engineering confronting this dilemma, Caroline Boudoux, an accomplished researcher and entrepreneur, provides a demystifying guide to the challenges--daunting, seemingly routine, and at times unexpected--of pursuing a PhD in this demanding field. In Among the topics this book takes up are: From the mundane to the metaphysical, this user-friendly guide gives the doctoral student in engineering the tools to make it from Day 1 to the successful completion of the PhD in a timely, fully informed, and forward-looking manner.
List of contents
FOREWORD xix
PREFACE xxi
1 MOTIVATIONS
I DOCTORAL STRATEGIES IN ENGINEERING
2 A SUCCESSFUL PHD
3 JOURNEY AND MILESTONES
4 THE THESIS PROPOSAL
5 THE AFTER (SCHOOL) LIFE
II LEADING A RESEARCH PROJECT
6 MANAGEMENT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT
7 EMERGENCE AND DEFINITION
8 PLANNING AND ORGANIZING
9 CONDUCTING AND ADAPTING
10 CONCLUDING AND SUBMITTING
III TOOLS OF THE TRADE
11 WRITING TIPS
12 SOME LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE
13 CONCLUDING REMARKS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
CONTRIBUTORS
ACRONYMS
About the author
Caroline Boudoux is Professor of Engineering Physics at Polytechnique Montréal and Cofounder and Copresident at Castor Optics. She is on the Board of Meetings for OPTICA, is a Fellow of SPIE, and a Fulbright scholar. Boudoux has authored three textbooks in optics and engineering and contributed to several edited books, publications, and patents.
