Student–Supervisor Relationship in the Process of Managing a Ph.D.: Engineering Perspective
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 143, Issue 4
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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Acknowledgments
The author, Sreekumar Muthuswamy, would like to acknowledge the opportunity given by the European Master on Advanced Robotics (EMARO) program to continue teaching and research assignments at the University of Genova, Italy, as Visiting Professor for short durations in 2012 and 2014 with financial support. He also wishes to express sincere thanks and gratitude to Prof. Rezia Molfino, Prof. Renato Zaccaria, Dr. Matteo Zoppi, Dr. Valentia Resaz of the University of Genova and Prof. R. Gnanamoorthy (Director, IIITDM Kancheepuram, India) for their valuable guidance. This work is dedicated by the first author to the professors who taught the Research Methodology course to him in 2004 while pursuing Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, India.
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Volume 143 • Issue 4 • October 2017
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Received: Jul 28, 2016
Accepted: Nov 16, 2016
Published online: Feb 8, 2017
Discussion open until: Jul 8, 2017
Published in print: Oct 1, 2017
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