<p>I want to do some research, but dont know how to come up with good research topics, Im pretty interested in hydrogen power and electric cells and stuff.....should i ask my teachers, or professiors in college to help me come up with a good but feasible research question?</p>
<p>THANNNNNNNNNNNNKYYYYYYYOU</p>
<p>yeah mee too....
also, does MIT value research on non-science topics like "contibution of blah blah blah in certain areas of science"???</p>
<p>Im 99.9999999999999999 percent sure that did does not</p>
<p>ummm...i dont get u</p>
<p>The eaiest thing for me to do was to forget about my tachers and professors:
I went directly to a research group and told them I wanted to work with them, that I'm able to do this and this, etc. </p>
<p>So my sugestion would be the following: If you have a university close to you, find a group there that works on the stuff that you like and try to get close to the grad students. Then if they are happy with you, go to the professor of the lab and ask him for a research topic.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>you don't HAVE to work w/ a prof. I didn't, and I won the state science fair today. However, if you haven't been really interested in a specific field for a long time, it will be really hard. Really, there is no way a whole knowledge of a subject gained over multiple years can be creamed by something learned quickly over the summer. If you can come up with an original research question, you know your subject very well. Research is not just working in a lab. Its about sitting down at a desk and thinking for a very long time, and playing with ideas in your head. This is what gives you great insight into a problem.</p>
<p>ok...but i was asking specifically for a nonscience topic...i ve been interested in the contributions of muslim scholars in science.and i wanted to link it to the current backwardness of muslims in this regard...</p>
<p>i read your post from stanford forum</p>
<p>so did you learn english at american school or any international school there? </p>
<p>you should find some good professors in taiwanese national university...</p>
<p>international school in Japan</p>
<p>You don't need to do reasearch. It is optional, but it really helps.
Plus, how on earth do you research engineering? You can only invent, plan, draw or build stuff. Not research. You'll just get some buyer's catalog if you research hydrogen cells! :)</p>
<p>Just my two cents:
1. You can't really ask professors to come up with an idea for you -- especially if you're not even working with them. Why wouldn't they research it themselves?</p>
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<li><p>Once you've learned enough about a field, then you can apply your knowledge in synthesizing solutions and developing theories.</p></li>
<li><p>I wouldn't recommend researching just for the sake of gaining admission to MIT. I, for example, researched hydrogen solutions because I have had a keen interest in energy transfer since I was about ten. I'm not saying you shouldn't research hydrogen power, just that you shouldn't learn it just to get into MIT. Plus, there are plenty of ways you can get into MIT without research. Just look at previous years' decision threads--you'll see a diversity of passions and "hooks". I would just follow your interests, whether or not they will lead you to actual research.</p></li>
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<p>I agree with zking, I mean I did my "research" (actually mucking around planning and playing, mostly playing, with pencils and tools in the garage) in hydrogen supercars because 1) I've loved cars, especially supercars, since the age of 3 when this red Ferrari thundered right past me. 2) I realised that the only hydrogen car in use on the roads is a Mercedes A-class with a tiny fuel cell and a top speed of 40km/h that costs 300,000 pounds, and that no one with that kind of money would buy a tiny city that is only as fast as he or she can run with his or her pants down. 3) I had a dream (I know its lame) of this magnificant, yet very scary car chasing after me that had fire coming out of her sides and white vapor trails. I mean that is my passion, absolute insanity. Yours could be an inexplicable interest in earthworms (Biologist), or a burning desire to blow up things (Chemist), just follow your heart:)</p>