Staring at a blank document with “Bachelor Thesis” at the top is a strange kind of pressure. For months you’ve been building toward this moment, and suddenly the structure that carried you through ...

The dissertation proposal and the specialty exam serve different purposes and should be viewed as separate activities, even though often executed concurrently. The dissertation proposal marks the ...

Once you have passed your comprehensive exams, the time has come for you to complete the dissertation proposal. In this memo, I give you some of my thoughts on ways to approach the proposal. Also, I ...

Do you know what one of the most crucial aspects of a startup is? It’s a pitch for future investors where you explain all the benefits of your idea and the reasons it will work. A dissertation ...

A doctoral thesis should be based on extensive research in primary sources, make an original contribution to knowledge, and be presented in acceptable scholarly form. Students entering the program ...

All seniors interested in writing a senior thesis involving empirical research for their graduation requirement are required to submit proposals and receive approval from the department. These ...

"I've been taken aback at what passes for a dissertation proposal around here," a newly arrived colleague at a major research institution confided, lamenting the brevity and tentativeness of the ...

This proposal is your chance to choose a topic you care about personally and/or fascinates you intellectually. For many months you will live and breathe this project, so be sure you are passionate ...

Advisor: Xingwei Wang, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, UMass Lowell Xuejun Lu, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, UMass Lowell Hengyong Yu, Professor, ...