1. Innovation and PhD
Research Seminar
Prof. Dr. Marwan Haddad

2. What is and Why PhD and PhD
Research????
Why Innovation in PhD Research is
Needed????

3. What is the Central Question
for a
PhD Student????

4. Mastering/Integrating
Education
ResearchInnovation

5. Education, Research,
Innovation
Is Responsible for
Shaping our Future

6. Innovation
Research
Education

7. Q: Can I be Innovative
Q: Can I do Good/Beneficial PhD
Research
A:YES YOU CAN
IF YES WHAT I NEED TO DO

8. Master the Links

9. Education
Core Courses
Modeling
Theory
Q & Q
Analysis
Applications
Unit
Processes
Statistics
Technology
Thesis Work
Knowledge
Concepts
Tools
Skills

11. The university plays a vital
role in enabling you mastering
the tripod by its dissemination
of
Knowledge
Concepts
Tools
Skills

12. Education
The difference between
American
and
European PhD
Educational Systems

13. Research
Why to do research?
• Fulfilling requirements
• A step towards bright-successful professional future
• Helping-solving people’s/countries development-problem
• All of the above

14. Research
Government’s Role?
Matching between and integrating
Academic Research
and
country’s development

15. Research
• If you know—no research is needed
• When you don’t know– Research is a way to
know

16. What you would like to search for?
Research Topic/Question
It should be your baby
Not
Dictated by Others

17. Research
How to Start knowing the Unknown?
• Read-Read-Read-Read-Read
• Think
• Observe
• Interview
• Collect initial data
• Brainstorm
• Pilot/bench scale testing
• Check relationships
• etc
Know
Decide
Apply

18. Research
Be organized

19. Research
•

21. Research
How to Do it?
Use knowledge/concepts/skills and tools in setting an
approved plan and particularly in
– Your research methodology
– Data collection and analysis
– Comparative analysis
– Drawing conclusions
– etc

22. Innovation
Innovation is defined simply as a "new
idea, device, or method".
Innovation is viewed as
• the application of better solutions that
meet new requirements,
• unarticulated needs, or existing market
needs.

23. Innovation
Doing/Applying/Using/Operat
ing/Designing
It (Your Research)
Better Than Before

24. Open Innovation
Doing/Applying/Using/Operat
ing/Designing
It Continiously
Better Than Before

25. Some Important
Issues/Steps/Elements
in
Moving Towards Tripod
Mastering

26. Linkages
Simplicity is Better
Than Complexity

27. Linkages
Small
Advances/improvements
are One Step Towards Big
ones

28. Linkages
Try More Than One
Approach/Avenue to
Know the Unknown

29. Linkages
Present your work to
others
Discuss the status
continuously
Absorb comments &
critiques

30. Trying the best
of your capacity
is what is required
nothing more

31. Believe in
yourself
You Can Do It

32. Linkages???
Take it Easy
Learn, Practice, Enjoy
and
Let Learning Continues

33. Thank You for
Your Kind
Attention