Table of Contents

Preparing the Groundwork; Background Material; Conducting the Review; Health and Safety - Risk Assessments and COSHH; Doing the Work; Writing the Dissertation; Preparing a Poster

Promotional Information

1. A concise, multilevel resource that provides guidance on the core components common to almost every project within the physical, engineering and life sciences 2. Covers problem assessment and contextualisation, literature review practices, sources and citation, data presentation, reporting styles, data analysis and error 3. Includes case studies, examples of good practice and, in keeping with the toolbox approach, can be readily adapted and applied by the students

About the Author

Cliodhna McCormac is presently involved in the project management of several multi-centre projects (EPSRC, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering) and is the Collaborating Investigator on an EPSRC Partnership for Public Engagement award to develop new teaching resources to enhance the profile of Engineering within primary and secondary schools in the UK. She is a qualified PRinCE2 practitioner and is responsible for the delivery of the methodology throughout a variety of single and multi-centre projects being conducted with the University of Ulster and has over 16 years experience of teaching across various student levels. James Davis is Professor of Biomedical Sensors within the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre (NIBEC) at the University of Ulster. James has participated in, and is the principal investigator/coordinator of a number of multi-centre - multi-discipline research collaborations with funding from the EPSRC, Wellcome Trust, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Royal Society and Heart Research UK. Pagona Papakonstantinou moved to the University of Ulster in 1998 embarking on a new research programme addressing the synthesis, functionalization and comprehensive characterisation of diamond like carbon. Currently her group specializes in the fabrication of low dimensional carbon based nanomaterials and the demonstration of these materials in biological sensing and energy areas. Neil Ward is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Surrey. He is Chair of the Professional Training and Careers Committee (PTCC) which regulates the operation and quality enhancement of the work-integrated learning or professional training placement programmes across all departments of the University of Surrey. Neil holds a number of teaching development grant awards and has introduced a variety of undergraduate teaching initiatives aimed at enhancing industry based projects and professional training.

Reviews

"primarily aimed at undergraduates" "much of the advice applies equally well...to those embarking on a PhD." "The authors give a lot of the useful advice for selecting a project, reviewing the literature, referencing, writing the dissertation and giving presentations." "easily read and digested" "First time research students, and even final year PhD students, would do well to read this book to understand the standards expected for a dissertation."
*Chemistry World, July 2013, Volume 10, Number 7*