The Ph.D. is a research-oriented degree, and the dissertation — an in-depth research study — is the centerpiece of doctoral study.
The program involves an in-depth research study in an area proposed to and agreed to by a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty adviser and completion of a thesis of high quality.
In addition to see in-depth research studies concerning the chronological age of Moso bamboo, this new tool can be practically applied to anticipate the chronological age of Moso bamboo of unknown seeding or in wild stands.
Although, historically, actinyl VI) and (V) ions have been the subject of the most in depth research, the study of actinide ions in the +IV oxidation state (principally for U, Np and Pu) is inherently important in governing speciation in all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF), Haas Scholars Program, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships, McNair Scholars Program, and the Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize are just some of the many ways to pursue your own in-depth research and studies initiative with funding.
Identifying those questions involved interviews (with other VCs, government agencies, academics and others), in-depth research and literature study, in addition to the guidance of technical experts.
In the marine environment, to ensure the structural safety of depositing tube sections under long-period wave and complex flow cases, in-depth research is needed to study the motion, loading, and stability of tube sections during their ocean flotation and descent into deep water.
Based on an in-depth, multiyear research study of innovative initiatives at ten large corporations, Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble identify three central challenges: forgetting yesterday's successful processes and practices; borrowing selected resources from the core business; and learning how the new business can succeed.
As a prerequisite for in-depth research, clinical information directs the studies on CDs.
Flyvbjerg (2006) clarified that to employ in-depth research on any topic, "one can study only one case, and the result can be generalized".
Our findings provided us with enough data to design a further, more in-depth research project, thereby positioning the scoping study as an important initial step from which we launched the next phase of our research.
