کتاب « Thesis Guide »
Publisher : smashwords
By : Dr. Mohsen Sadighi Moshkenani
Published : Oct. 06, 2011
Pages : 185 p
Available ebook formats : epub, mobi, pdf, rtf, lrf, pdb, txt, html
Weblog : https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94489
Preface
Doing the final thesis is a difficult process that has different states. But it has important role in the transition of the student. In fact, transition from the state of being, to the state of becoming is the main result of this process.
There are a lot of documents, such as research method books, that are helpful for students in this way. Maybe the distinguishing feature of the "Thesis Guide" besides its simplicity and brevity is focusing on some experiences and short cuts or heuristics awareness. There is no guarantee that it always works but works most of the time. The experiences that I am sure like a road map provides good readiness for students and makes doing the final thesis more effective and quicker.
The main audiences of this book are MS and PHD students but most of it can be useful for all students that want to do research and take a project course.
Mohsen Sadighi Moshkenani
Kish Island, summer 2011
Content
Chapter 1: Before Starting
Before you start
Do you know the rules of the game?
From the end to the beginning of your work
Main and common stages
From the first semester
Systematic and engineering work
Administrative affairs
Chapter 2: Supervisor and Subject Selection
Supervisor selection
Several supervisors
Advisor
Subject selection
Interests and needs (Subject selection criteria)
Experiment (Subject selection criteria)
Novelty (Subject selection criteria)
Surf the web (Subject selection methods)
Search in related journals (Subject selection methods)
Surf in the conferences (Subject selection methods)
Innovation (Subject selection methods)
Chapter 3: Start Management
Project Management
Confusion at the beginning
Consultation (How to decrease confusion?)
Getting information (How to decrease confusion?)
Organized work (How to decrease confusion?)
Visualization (How to decrease confusion?)
The project puzzle
Chapter 4: The Research Background
What others say
Studying, studying
To locate the article
To get the article
Reading the article
Besides the scientific content of the article
The alert service
To final format
Annotate
Recording the ideas
Your wealth
Chapter 5: Something to Say
New words
Problem statement 1
Problem statement 2
The importance of the problem statement
Hypothesis
Good hypothesis
For making hypothesis
Be careful
Innovative ways
Chapter 6: Proof of the New Idea
Proof of the new idea
Research method
Common methods
Research and development
The method selection
The effect of method selection
Common activities in the thesis of science majors
Common activities in the thesis of engineering majors
Data gathering tools
Survey/ questionnaire
Interview
Prototyping
Simulation
The test plan
Benchmarking
Statistical works
Visualization
Chapter 7: The Research Management
Engineering work
Examples of weak management
No postponing
Be stingy about the time
Contact with the supervisor
Research tools 1
The research tools 2
Knowledge management
Chapter 8: Self Management
Some words from technology of thought
Annoyance
Both life and studying
If you are employed
If you are married
No blaming
Don't tell no to yourself
If you are confused
If you are anxious
If you are tired
Don’t compare yourself
Chapter 9: Publishing
Publishing the articles
Selection of the conference/journal
Conference information
A usual process
Acceptance of the paper
Presentations
Chapter 10: The Final Thesis
The thesis
General structure of the thesis
The importance of the structure
In the thesis writing
About figures and tables
About references
The format of references
Chapter 11: The Defense Session
Before the session
Slide preparation
Attendance in the defense session
The presentation
In answering the questions
After the defense session