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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.
Table des matières
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
A propos de l'auteur
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.
