ISBN: 978-1-60845-810-3 9 781608 458103 90000Morgan Claypool Publishers& w w w . m o r g a n c l a y p o o l . c o m SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON ENGINEERING Series ISSN: 1939-5221 Crafting Your Research Future A Guide to Successful Master’s and PhD Degrees in Science & Engineering Charles X. Ling Western University, Ontario, Canada Qiang Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Series Editor: Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming YIN G • LAN G CRAFTIN G YO UR RESEARCH FUTURE M O R G A N & C L A Y P O O L What is it like to be a researcher or a scientist? For young people, including graduate students and junior faculty members in universities, how can they identify good ideas for research? How do they conduct solid research to verify and realize their new ideas? How can they formulate their ideas and research results into high-quality articles, and publish them in highly competitive journals and conferences? What are effect
