Getting It Right: R&D Methods for Science and Engineering - Softcover

Bock, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128161655 ISBN 13: 9780128161654

Publisher: Academic Press, 2019

Synopsis

Getting it Right: R&D Methods for Science and Engineering, Second Edition, is an authoritative guide on the methodologies that produce coherent, rigorous and comprehensible R&D projects. Based on the author’s experience of, and research into, the problems consistently encountered by R&D departments in large industrial firms, this book addresses common pitfalls engineers face. Emphasis is put on the comprehensive analysis of project problems, requirements, objectives, the use of standard and consistent terminology and procedures, the design of rigorous and reproducible experiments, the appropriate reduction and interpretation of project results, and the effective communication of project design, methods, results and conclusions.

This fully updated new edition also includes an extended case study from industry, further reinforcing the importance of the methods described in a practical setting. Professional engineers and researchers will find a consistent and practical framework for the rigorous conduct and communication of complex research and development projects.

• Presents a standard methodology for conducting coherent, rigorous, comprehensible and consistent R&D projects
• Includes a new detailed case study from an experienced R&D research engineer
• Provides thorough introductions to the theories of knowledge and the scientific method

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Bock spent 40 years at the Computer Science Department of George Washington University designing and teaching courses on topics including adaptive learning systems and artificial intelligence. His long career in research features being principal investigator on the Mobile Robot Research Project, and the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Group, as well as leading projects funded by Lockheed Martin, and the Defense Threat Analysis Center. He spent many years in industry as research director at the Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing, and as a physicist at NASA

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0128161655
• ISBN 13: 9780128161654
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 466