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Master of EngineeringThesis Project Program 6.191 Prototyping Research Results Charles G. Sodini, Howard E. Shrobe, Arthur C.M. Chen Motivation Master of Engineering To better prepare EECS students for the working environment – course work and a thesis project 6.191 – a transition process Help students to find a thesis project -- a capstone of MIT education Help prepare graduates for their 1st job experience MEng Thesis - Time Frame 6.191 State-of-art research Career interest Project concept Advisor 6.191 Path to MEng Thesis Exposure to research opportunities at MIT Lectures by EECS faculties on their research Explore state-of-the-art research by teams Determine students interests Technical interests, future career opportunities Define a focused idea Understand the scope of the idea Prepare a short presentation Obtain informal research advisor’s approval Write-up preliminary thesis proposal Personal Reflection What are your favor courses, areas? What am I going to do after MEng? Ph.D., Professional schools, job, vacation? Which MIT labs do I know, which ones I like to know better? How am I going to work with others in a team environment? Some Observations Getting a thesis project is research and akin to getting a job Research for potential thesis projects is a similar process for almost all students Industrial feedback: “lack” negotiation, team working, project management and communication skills Educational Components Breath of Knowledge Build prototypes based on state-of-art research Exposure to a variety of MIT research programs – part of your “rolodex” for the future Creativity Develop innovative project ideas based on MIT research Teamwork Understand research within MIT community Generate potential opportunities for thesis projects Self awareness: work in team environment, define scoped project Communications Project Planning Team and individual presentations Preliminary thesis proposals Transition to Work Problem set solving ? Project synthesis Und