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What is a Research project?

It is a set of activities aimed at studying some facts, some phenomena, some theories, little explored or little known, with the aim of clarifying them and obtaining some new knowledge. They are carried out using the scientific method as a basis

What steps should we follow?

  • Choice of theme.

  • Research planning.

  • Documentation and experimental or field work.

  • Analysis and interpretation of the data.

  • Writing of the written report and / or  poster.

  • Oral defense.

DEPARTMENT MEMBERS  R + D + i

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Coordinator:

Elena Leon Rodriguez

 

Heads of Research Lines:

- Elena Léon  Rodriguez

- José Luis Pabón Poza

- Manuel Pegalajar Navarro

- Angela Raigón Cantero

- Esther Crsitina Ruiz-Canela Zurita

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Technicians in  Advanced Research:

  • Ernesto Castillejo Lopez 

  • Lucia Yanda Exposito Cazorla

  • Antonieta Victoria Rodríguez Ríos

  • Paula Torres Herman

  • Gloria Sánchez Fernández

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WHAT IS AN R + D + i DEPARTMENT?

A  Department of  R + D + i is one of the channels in which innovation is worked and implemented.

 

It corresponds to the acronym Research, Development and Innovation.

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Research and Development (R&D) is carried out in three lines of action:

  1. Basic investigation:  Includes all works or studies whose objective is to provide new scientific knowledge, that is, discoveries are made

  2. Applied research: Part of the work carried out in basic research but these results are capable of being applied to a specific field and can be patented.

  3. Technological development: Uses the knowledge of applied research to produce new devices, procedures or services. At this stage the company has achieved the "Know  How "(to know  do) and prototypes and inventions are developed. If these are effective they become  innovation (i).

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF AN R & D & i DEPARTMENT?

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  • Identify opportunities for innovation projects

  • Create an innovative culture

  • Plan innovation and manage innovative teams

  • Generate ideas for new projects

  • Evaluate and select the best ideas

  • Design, develop and manage projects

  • Get partners and funding for projects

  • Administratively justify projects

  • Present the projects to internal and external people

WHAT TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS CAN BE CARRIED OUT?

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  • I esearch SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTAL. The researcher causes the modifications in the situation or phenomenon studied through an experimental design. The researcher controls and designs the independent variables. It is governed by the rules of the scientific method, which is orderly and systematic, which allows the experiment to be replicated and refuted. It is very objective and provides new knowledge that can be applied to solve scientific problems or questions. It can be basic  ( only provides theoretical knowledge)  or applied (knowledge is applied for the benefit of society)

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  • FIELD RESEARCH. The researcher works in the environment in which the people or organisms that are the object of the study coexist. It is based on the collection of data and bibliographic sources, with which new relationships between the variables will be obtained. Generally, the modifications of the independent variables have already taken place before the beginning of the research, the researcher does not modify or control them.

 

  • DOCUMENTARY OR BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH.   It is characterized by having as a source of information exclusively written, printed or iconographic material. The information extracted from the consulted documents is analyzed, organized and interpreted.

 

  • TECHNOLOGICAL PROJECT.  Only in the event that the project seeks solutions to problems and generates new knowledge, is it considered applied research.

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