Week 7 of 12
Methodology Selection
Selecting a defensible process for completing the project.
Oct 12 – Oct 18 · deliverables due Oct 18 · est. 8 hrs
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Instructor note: Your methodology must trace one-to-one back to your objectives. Any orphan stage gets cut.
Learning objectives
- Select an appropriate methodology
- Explain methodology stages
- Match methods to objectives
- Distinguish verification from validation
- Identify required inputs and outputs
Lecture topics
- Design methodology
- Experimental methodology
- Numerical modeling and finite element analysis
- Field investigation
- Survey research and case-study methods
- Machine learning and optimization
- Mixed methods
- Verification and validation