Secret Of Success SOS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, PhD. Membrane Research Unit, F

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Secret Of Success (SOS) IN RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT Ahmad Fauzi Ismail,
PhD.Membrane Research Unit,Faculty of Chemical
Natural Resources Eng., UTM

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What are the key elements? CONSISTENCY,
PERSERVERANCE AND LOVE THEIR WORK
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PhD
Why we want to do PhD???
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A Great Responsibility
A Great Knowledge
You are now a PhD Holder (Dr.)
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Our Goals and Responsibility
As a lecturer Dedicated
lecturer Perform task with honesty Empathy
To be promoted Etc. As a
researcher Get funding Must do research Published
in well cited Journals or in refereed
conferences Make important invention or
innovation or discovery Become a well-known
researcher/inventor in our area
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What Kind of Research You Prefer? Solving
a practical problem. Making an important
discovery. Making a significant contribution
to the universal body of knowledge.
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Challenges in Research

• Research people face an unparalleled challenges
• within the workplace
• Fewer people are doing more work in shorter times
• with increased pressure
• Environment or culture is not conducive/encouragin
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• Infrastructure is not appealing
• Shortage of funding and manpower
• A lecturer cum researcher will be under constant
• pressure

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The advantages of being a Researcher

• Independence you can study whatever you like,
  within reason
• The opportunities to work with bright,
  enthusiastic young people and
• experienced older people
• At the forefront of technological development
• The best platform to contribute to the knowledge
  enrichment
• Opportunities to win award, lucrative prizes and
  recognition in RD
• Develop National and International Networking
• Invited/Guest/Plenary Speaker
• Become a consultant
• Honorary directorships/can make money from
  Patent

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The Personal Thrill of Discovery Its a great
experience to a scientist, realizing that
something that happened in his or her mind
exactly benefited the mankind.
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Choosing a Research Project

• Choose a research project/problem that excites
  you,
• that you can be passionate about.
• Do background study on the specific area before
  
• proposing the real program/project
• Choose the research that leads to the
  development
• of new technology/materials/products or
  process.
• Try to resist the temptation to always look in
  the light.

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CHARACTERISTICS TO BECOME A GOOD RESEARCHER
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Measuring Research Performance
Why bother? Because it encapsulates at
least to some extent what we value in
research Because lots of money is involved!!
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Most important indicator publications (this
is the result across all disciplines)
conference proceedings keynote addresses
competitive grants post grad student
completions publications in well cited
journals funding from industry papers
published in books inventions patents
royalty income
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Why are we the best positioned to undertake
this Research???
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Doing Research is the practical way to generate
new and useful knowledge. Research places a lot
of emphasis on process. Therefore allows for
mistakes and errors as part of the learning
process. Only those who really love research are
most likely to be successful in their quest for
new discovery of knowledge
Why we must Consistent and Perseverance in
doing Research?
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Your future success in research depends upon
being continually innovative and efficient and
you should set aside time for self development.
Get as much training in research management,
grant writing, PhD supervision and computer
skills as you can. You will not regret it.
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So, What are the Fast Track?

• Be an effective apprentice
• Be a productive member of an established
  research group
• Develop or establish networking

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So, Lets Team-up to achieve our goals and
responsibility in Research for personal
satisfaction, knowledge generation, important
invention for the benefits of mankind and for
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CONCLUSIONS
Although research success can be attained in
terms of personal satisfaction, it appears that
it is the impact of research on others that we
value. This will becoming the driving force for
us to be consistent with our research. Research
success do need lots of perseverance because
there are lots of challenges waiting
ahead. Those who are successful in their
research are those who really love their
work. Research can be an important learning
process Publication is the top measure of
success in research.
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THANK YOU
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