What is Research in Science & Engineering

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Confused !!

Design

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What is Research?

Etymology:

Research is derived from old French- Cerchier which means To Explore

Dictionary Meaning:

Methodical investigation into a subject in order to discover facts, to establish or revise a theory,

or to develop a plan of action based on the facts discovered

Quotation:

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and think what nobody has thought.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi


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Simply Speaking

Research is the process of finding, ideating or making

something new

EUREKA!!!

I GOT IT!!!


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What does research lead us to?

Research Leads Us

Phenomenon,

Object, Life form

etc

Object, Device,

Theory, Phenomenonetc

To Find New

Discovery

To

Makeor

IdeateNew

I

nvention

To Make or

Ideate New

Innovation

Application ,Processor Device by using

Discovery, Invention,

theory etc

Device with

predetermined

characteristics,

performance ,behavior etc

ToM

akeNew

Design


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Research, Discovery, Invention, Design started happening

long before these words got coined


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Innovation of a Cooking Device

Engineers innovated the

cooking device


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Common People Just Used It to

Roast and Tenderize Food


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The Device Could not Cook

Bigger & Heavier Food


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Now the Question of Design Comes in. The Same

Device has to be Remade to Satisfy a

Predetermined Criterion of Heavier Load


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From Common Sense Engineers

Could Make out that Heavier

Load can be Supported by a

Stronger Twig

Designing The Twig

Still the Design Process

undergoes several trials to findout the right size and shape of

the twig for the desired load

This is Called a Heuristic Design


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Strong Theoretical Background and Mathematical

Modeling make modern design 99.90% Accurate

The Behavior, Performance and Characteristics of

Devices are Accurately Predicted Before they getFabricated

THEREFORE IN A DESIGN


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MODERN DESIGN OF THE TWIG

Shear Force and Bending Moment Calculations are done

over Beams and Columns


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The Design Now Meets The

Desired Requirement


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MODERN SIMULATORS ACT AS

TOOLS FOR A DESIGN


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Why should we do Research?

Are we not Teachers and Engineers?

The Answer is Another Question


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Confucius on Teachers:

A man who reviews the old so as tofind the new isqualified to teach others..Confucius (551-479 BC: Analects)

Oxford Dictionary on Engineering:

The activity of applying scientific knowledge to design

building, roads, bridges electrical equipments etc.

RESEARCH


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Side Effects of Being a Researcher

You get to earn a lot of money

You get Fame

You Get Respect

You Get Knowledge

You Contribute more towards society and

humanity as a whole

You Get Long Term Satisfaction

R h D l


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Research to Development

Discovery Invention Innovation Design

Heuristic

Deterministic

Mathematical

Modeling

Fabrication Testing

Maintenance

Repair

Scientists Engineers Engineers

Research Development


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