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Research Design in Industrial Engineering WGURESE4

Numberofhours

ECTS:6.0

Numberofhoursforlectures:15.0
Numberofhoursfortutorials:15.0

Goals
TheobjectivesofthiscourseistodevelopcompetenciesindesigningyourownresearchinindustrialEngineering
andOperationsmanagement
Thecourseisorganizedintwoparts
Aseriesoflecturesthatexploreresearchmethodologiesandmethods.
Anadvancedresearchprojectwherestudentsareexpectedtowritetheirresearchproposalconcerning
theirmasterthesis(forMasterStudents)orconcerningaresearchtopicforEngineeringdiplomastudents.
Studentswouldlearntobeable
Understandthedifferentresearchmethodologiesmainlyusedinoperationsmanagementandengineering
design.
chooseandjustifyrelevantmethodstodeveloptheirownresearch
Reviewingandanalyzingresearchpapers
presenttheirresearchinpublications.
Writearesearchproposal
ContactEricBLANCO

Content

LECTURECONTENT
1,5ECTScreditsworkload38hours
Thecourseisorganizedin3mainparts
1INTRODUCTIONTORESEARCHINOPERATIONSMANAGEMENTANDDESIGN.
2DESIGNINGANDCONDUCTINGTHERESEARCH
Somerelevantmethodsusedinoperationsmanagement
Survey
Casestudy
Longitudinalfieldstudy
Actionresearch
Modelingandsimulation
Experiments
3PRESENTINGANDDEFENDINGTHEWORK.
Literaturereview:Buildingaliteraturereview

Reviewingapaper:Analysisofstructureofpaperinthefieldbyreviewingthem.
MODALITYOFWORK:
Individualwork:Lectureandreadingaboutthemethods.
Groupworksharingandbuildingasynthesisorpresentingtothegroup
Analysisofpapersfromthefieldofoperationsresearchand/ordesignresearch
Fromapaperproposedwriteanabstractandatitle
Exchangewithresearchersskilledontheuseofthesemethodologiesintheirresearch.
EVALUATION
Individualworkandgroupwork,IndividualExam
Designaresearchprogramaroundacertainresearchquestion.
LectureEvaluation:25%
ADVANCEDRESEARCHPROJECT
4,5ECTScreditsWorkload112hours
OBJECTIVE
Thisexerciseaimstotrainstudentstoformulateandwritearesearchproposal.Writingaresearchproposalisa
complexandimportanttaskrequiredbeforestartingresearchproject.
Aresearchproposalisadocumentwrittenbyaresearcherthatprovidesadetaileddescriptionoftheproposed
program.Researchproposalscontainextensiveliteraturereviewsandmustofferconvincingsupportofneedfor
theresearchstudybeingproposedbyidentifyingthegapsthatareintheliterature.
Aresearchproposalisintendedtoconvinceothersthatyouhaveaworthwhileresearchprojectandthatyou
havethecompetenceandtheplantocompleteit.
Totalworkloadisabout112hours
PROJECTORGANIZATION.
Studentsareexpectedtowritearesearchproposal(2000words)onthesubjecttheyhavechosentoaddress.
ForMasterstudents:Researchproposalisrelatedfortheirmasterthesis.
ForstudentsinParcoursrecherche:Researchproposalisbuiltfromatopicdefinedbyaseniorresearcher.
Threeintermediatedeliverablesarestructuredtoguidestudentsthroughtheproposalwritingprocess.
DELIVERABLE0:PROJECTPLANNING[DUEMIDOCTOBER]
Aseachstudentisworkingunderthedirectionofaseniorresearcher,studentistaskedwithplanningthe
meetingswiththeirowndirectors.Strategichelpcanbeprovidedbyprofessorinchargeofthecourseandduring
theresearchingoperationsmanagementcourse.
DELIVERABLE1:LITERATURERESEARCHANDIDENTIFICATION[DUEEARLYNOVEMBER]
Eachresearchprojectisbasedonpreviouswork,typicallyprovidedbyresearchdirector.Thiscanbethestarting
pointoftheliteraturereview.Studentshavetodeveloptheirowncollectionofrelevantpapersusingdatabases
(sciencedirect,webofknowledge,scorpus,googlescholar,Gael,biblioST2ICNRS)
Adocumentpresentingtheseresearchesandtheirorganizationwillbethedeliverable1.Workload~15h
D2PAPERSELECTIONANDREADING[DUEEARLYDECEMBER]
UsethepapersummarytemplateinChamillo(repositorydocuments)andpresentatleastsixpapersrelatedto
yourresearchtopic.Thesepapersummariesmayformthebasisforyourcriticalliteraturereviewforfuture
projects,sotimeandcareshouldbespenttomaketheseasclearaspossible.
Workload~30h
D3LITERATUREORGANIZATION[DUEENDDECEMBER]
Studentswillproposeamap,amodel,atable,ascheme,orgraphpresentingasyntheticvisionoftheirliterature
review,organizingandlinkingpapers,keyconcept,keyquestions,andauthorscontribution(1A4orA3).Aswith
anygenerateddocument,anexplanationofthefigureortableshouldbeatleastaslongasthefigureandtable
itself(1pageofexplanationofhowtoreadthedocument).Again,youwilllikelyreusethisdocumentinyour
futureresearch,socareshouldbegiventodoitright.
Workload~10h
DFSTRUCTUREOFARESEARCHPROPOSAL(FINALDELIVERABLE)[DUEFEBRUARY]

Yourresearchproposalhastoanswerthreebigquestions:
Whatresearchprojectwillyouundertake?(Objective)
Whyisimportanttoknowthatthing?(Relevance)
Howwillyouproceedtomakethatresearch?(Planandmethods)
Theresearchproposalof2000words(excludingreferences)willusethepresentedstructure(seebelow)
Workload~30h

Prerequisites

Itisaneducationalexercisetoenablestudentstolearnabouttheprocessofdefiningaresearchproject.
Thiscourseisanadvancedmasterstudentcoursewhohavetopreparemasterthesisorfinalproject.
Notopentobachelorstudents.
Tests
Theexamisgiveninenglishonly

LectureEvaluation25%Projectevaluation75%

LectureEvaluation:Participationandindividualwork:25%Finalexam75%
Projectevaluation
Deliverablex==>markDx
D120%D210%D320%EvaluationbyteachersoftheUE.
DF50%EvaluationofFinaldeliverablewillbedonebyyourresearchprojectdirectorandteachersoftheUE
AdditionalInformation
Thiscourseisgiveninenglishonly
Courselist
Curriculum>EngineerstudentMasterSCM>Semester5
Curriculum>EngineerstudentMasterPD>Semester5
Curriculum>EngineerIPIDapprenticeprogram>Semester5

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