The course will test and develop certain basic skills necessary for conducting academic research in science and engineering. The focus is on the writing, reading, and research presentation of papers and reports.
This course will provide the student with the necessary skills and tools to carry out and present a research topic. The course describes the profession of the researcher in different fields: universities, research centres and industry. This course describes also how to structure and write the MSc thesis.
The aim is to help researchers write well and present their work. To this end, students will learn the key factors that determine the quality of a text or presentation.
In their future research, students will be aware of the importance of good exposition and have a method for achieving it.
The course will run concurrently with the student's thesis work. Most reading, writing and presentation techniques can be used to develop the master thesis.
The transversal competences of teaching are:
- functional literacy: reading, writing, appropriate use of language and use of sources;
- social competence: interpersonal skills, collaborative attitude, sensitivity and empathy;
- learning to learn competence: self-assessment and self-learning;
- competence in project creation: ability to design a product or process;
- competence in project management: ability to lead the organisation of a project.
Reading and writing in English, some research experience.
The main teaching objective is to explain how a project is born, analysing with attention to the customer needs. A series of practical examples is provided.
The course explains how to structure a project according to time and resource constraints.
A series of examples will introduce clear and concise technical writing.
The second part of the course focuses on visual and oral presentations of research work.
1. Clear and concise technical writing.
2. Reading and review of research paper and reports. Preparing a literature overview.
3. Writing the MSc thesis.
4. Present the thesis.
This is marketing - Seth Godin
Shape Up - Basecamp
The Machine That Changed the World - Daniel Roos, Daniel T. Jones, and James P. Womack
Gemba Kaizen - Masaaki Imai
What every new manager needs to know - Gerard H. Gaynor
Project based enterprise - Alfredo Biffi
Empowered - Marty Cagan, Chris Jones
Inspired - Marty Cagan
Zero to One - Peter Thiel
Business Model generation - Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
Ricevimento: Student reception can be arranged according to the need. Please contact the teacher by email/teams.
FRANCESCO CEPOLINA (President)
PERLA MAIOLINO
MATTEO ZOPPI (President Substitute)
According to the official calendar.
There are no written assignments.
There is no written examination.
The students are invited to discuss about some course topics during the oral examination.
The oral examination assesses how well the student has understood and made the method presented during the course his or her own.
