The engineering research methods course highlights on the principle and developmental process for conducting effective research and documentation. Topics include research process, nature of contribution of research to theory development in the discipline, development of research proposals, design of questionnaire and interviewing techniques, content analysis, research report writing, quantitative and qualitative research, measurement strategies, sources of data and collection procedures, literature survey, statistical evaluation of data and testing, interpretation and presentation of results, experimental research design forms and development processes, use of statistical software packages.