Course Overview
In conjunction with an industry sponsor, the student solves a technical problem relating to the environment. The research project must contain elements that are innovative, experimental, or exploratory in nature. A departmental committee will supervise the progress of the project, provide guidance and direction where appropriate, and evaluate the final report and its presentation.
Prerequisite(s)
- Completion of Major Elective Studies, EENG 8901 and Departmental approval.
Credits
8.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Work directly with an industry sponsor on an applied research project.
- Solicit and obtain an industry sponsor.
- Liaise and communicate effectively with the industry sponsor.
- Identify a topic area of mutual interest to the sponsor and the student.
- Develop a preliminary discussion document for submission to the industry sponsor.
- Research the topic area of interest.
- Assess current practices and standards employed by industry.
- Perform a literature review to determine state of the art and future trends in this field.
- Submit a formal proposal.
- Develop a project proposal following standard proposal format guidelines.
- Apply technical writing skills to ensure clarity, good grammar, correct punctuation, proper mechanics and accurate documentation.
- Perform proposal revisions as specified by industry and/or faculty.
- Prepare an interim progress report.
- Communicate with industry and faculty on a regular basis.
- Review overall current project progress.
- Submit an interim progress report and carry out necessary project modifications as required.
- Submit a formal industry sponsored technical report.
- Develop a final report following standard report format guidelines.
- Apply technical writing skills to ensure clarity, good grammar, correct punctuation, proper mechanics and accurate documentation.
- Document project methodology to enable independent repetition and verification of research.
- Record project observations/results in a logical and concise manner.
- Evaluate/discuss results and information collected.
- Draw effective and meaningful conclusions from the research conducted.
- Provide feasible recommendations/solutions to improve, correct, mitigate or revise current industry practices.
- Present a technical research paper to an audience.
- Develop a professional oral presentation.
- Apply industry standard audio-visual techniques.
- Communicate your research to the target audience.
- Respond effectively to audience questions and suggestions.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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