CHE 5000 - Engineering Research Fundamentals

Responsible conduct of graduate-level engineering research. Identification of research objectives. Critical review and proper citation of engineering literature. Statistics-based planning of experiments and interpretation of data. Safe laboratory practice. Documentation and communication of methods, data, and results. Development of a research proposal.

Requisites: Graduate status in engineering
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 4.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to discuss ethical practices for authorship, peer review, and data management in engineering research.
Students will be able to identify a testable engineering research objective or hypothesis.
Students will be able to identify potential safety and environmental risks in a research plan.
Students will be able to design a set of experiments and perform data analysis to achieve an engineering research objective.
Students will be able to apply basic principles of uncertainty and statistical analysis to experimental design and data analysis.
Students will be able to search peer-reviewed technical literature and compose a critical review of the literature on a specified engineering topic.