MSE8001 - Survival Skills for Research Scientists | ||||||||||
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| * The offering term is subject to change without prior notice | ||||||||||
Course Aims | ||||||||||
The course is aimed at providing students with specially tailored research skills for materials science and engineering, and prepare them for PhD study and future academic career. In details: • 3 hours teaching for writing a good research paper - how to think about writing, telling research story. • 2 hours of teaching for presentation skills of scientific data and common mistakes to avoid. • 2 hours teaching for scientific presentation including PowerPoint preparation and presentation skills. • 2 hours teaching for efficient literature search and management of bibliographies and references. • 2 hours teaching for writing good abstracts for conferences and journals. • 3 hours teaching for preparing research proposals for Hong Kong and mainland research funding. • 2 hours teaching for ethics, including plagiarism, data fabrication, attribution, IP, conflict of interest, authorship. • 10 hours of student presentation. | ||||||||||
Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information) | ||||||||||
Continuous Assessment: 100% | ||||||||||
Detailed Course Information | ||||||||||
| MSE8001.pdf | ||||||||||
Useful Links | ||||||||||
| Department of Materials Science and Engineering | ||||||||||
