<p>Hey guys, I'm a junior majoring mechanical engineering at NJIT. I just decided to do a research with professor and I was told that I need to take this course (which is considered research) (It also shows the number of credit, which is 3)</p>
<p>ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
- Prerequisites: departmental approval required. One or more individually selected projects. Projects usually require library research, design, cost analysis, planning of testing. Also involves an engineering report and a technical presentation.</p>
<p>Is this what research really is? Are there many different types of research? This seems more like a coursework</p>
<p>Seems open-ended to me. It is probably a catch-all course that could be anything from laboratory research to library research. Ask the professor what the project is to be. Many universities use this kind of course to identify what teaching load the professor has with regards to projects. This way the professor can document the supervision of the project.</p>
<p>Well the thing is the professor showed me the list of project that students have done in the past and told me to choose one that interests me. I picked one, and he told me to write few paragraphs of research proposal statement of what exactly I want to do based on this project (design?analysis?..etc)</p>
<p>You’ve literally made at least 5 threads with the exact same topic.</p>