GSOE9400 – Engineering Postgraduate Research Essentials

Program

• Program Session 1 2009

Day 1

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Expectations
• 3. Managing
• 4. Impact & Citations
• 5. Supervision
• Steve Brodie – “Innovation and Commercialisation at UNSW”

Day 2

• How to formulate the topic
• Managing your time and progress
• What is Innovation?
• How to pass this course

Day 3

Information Literacy
Compulsory
Tuesday 14th April or Wednesday 15th April or
Thursday 16th April or Friday 17th April (10.00 am – 12.00 pm) or (2.00 pm – 4.00 pm)
Room 401A, Electrical Engineering Building

Day 4

Being Your Own Project Manager
Monday 6th July
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Tyree Room, Scientia
Project Management

Day 5

Establishing the background – Thinking and Writing the Literature Review
Wednesday 8th July
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
The Galleries, Scientia
LitRevhandout09Day5.pdf
Day 5_WritingALiteratureReview_GSOE_2009.ppt

Day 6

Establishing the niche for your research
Mini presentations
Friday 10th July
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
The Galleries, Scientia
Day 6_Problem statements_GSOE_2009.ppt

Day 7

Research Methods – The truth is where?
Monday 24th August
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
The Galleries, Scientia
Tosic-OntEvaluation-2009August-UNSW-FinalWithoutFigures_Day 7.ppt
Writing Well
Research Methods

Day 8

Communicating clearly: Designing effective PowerPoint slides
Mini presentations
Wednesday 26th August
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
The Galleries, Scientia

Day 9

Velcro in your writing – abstracts, introductions, conclusions, cohesion
Friday 28th August
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Ritchie Theatre, Scientia
Day 9.ppt

Day 10

Presentations – Course evaluation
Compulsory
October 12th – 14th
3 days ( attend 1 day minimum)
(9.00 am – 2.00 pm)
Room TBC

Assessments

For semester 1, 2009 the due dates for assessments are:

1. Friday 5th June - Annotated Bibliography
2. Monday 10th August - Literature Review
3. Friday 25th September - Research Proposal Report

Assessments to be submitted electronically to Pam Mort - p.mort@unsw.edu.au

GSOE9400 Student Supervisor Agreement [PDF]

GSOE9400 Submission Cover Sheet [PDF]