SE3077 Methods in Engineering Research
This course teaches the student how to develop a research approach to investigate an issue or problem. Instruction offers an overview of research methodology, basic concepts employed in quantitative, qualitative, and combined or mixed methods, as well as computer applications for research. Experimentation, survey, and case study are some of the basic research designs that the course introduces. Subject matter experts in different research designs will provide lectures during the course. The course establishes engineering reasoning as a framework for developing a research approach. Center to this framework is retroductive thinking, which iteratively applies deductive, inductive, and abductive logic at different phases of the engineering design process. Selection of an appropriate method of inquiry is guided by the logic employed, the design phase, and the design element of interest. At the end of the course, the student will develop and document a viable research plan for an engineering problem.
Prerequisite
None
Lecture Hours
3
Lab Hours
0