Teaching · Graduate · 2105620

Research Communication Skills for Chemical Engineers

Fourteen weeks in two parts. Weeks 1–6, analysis: you take published papers apart and learn to see structure. Weeks 7–14, design: you build one manuscript of your own, section by section, in the same order you learned to take one apart.

Code
2105620 · 3 (3-0-9) · elective
Term
Semester 1 / 2026
Sections
Section 1 Thursday morning · Section 9 Sunday
Taught by
Soorathep Kheawhom · Supareak Praserthdam
Department
Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University

Slides

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Weekly schedule

#SessionDatesLead
1 Course framing and the publication landscape 6 · 9 Aug Soorathep Kheawhom
2 Research integrity, authorship, and responsible use of generative AI 13 · 16 Aug Supareak Praserthdam
3 Efficient literature review and evidence mapping 20 · 23 Aug Soorathep Kheawhom
4 Reverse-engineering I — IMRaD architecture 27 · 30 Aug Pre-recorded · facilitated by Supareak Praserthdam
5 Reverse-engineering II — the Introduction and the gap 3 · 6 Sep Soorathep Kheawhom
6 Reverse-engineering III — Methods, Results, and evidence 10 · 13 Sep Soorathep Kheawhom
7 Manuscript blueprint, Introduction and Methods 17 · 20 Sep Supareak Praserthdam
Midterm examination period — no scheduled sessions 24 Sep – 4 Oct
8 Results — writing to the evidence 8 · 11 Oct Soorathep Kheawhom
9 Figure laboratory — Matplotlib 15 · 18 Oct Soorathep Kheawhom
10 Writing the Discussion and Conclusion 22 · 25 Oct Soorathep Kheawhom
11 Title, abstract, cover letter, and journal choice 29 Oct · 1 Nov Supareak Praserthdam
12 Guest lecture I — the handling editor 5 · 8 Nov Guest editor · hosted by Supareak Praserthdam
13 Guest lecture II — the editor-in-chief 12 · 15 Nov Guest editor · hosted by Supareak Praserthdam
14 Peer review simulation and response to reviewers 19 · 22 Nov Supareak Praserthdam

Assessment

WeightComponentWhat it asks
30% Midterm Analysis of published work, held after Week 6
30% Final Application — revise a flawed Discussion, and respond to a reviewer
20% Assignments Critical appraisal · Introduction and Methods · a figure set
20% Final project A complete manuscript, which you also present
Generative AI. Every assignment carries an AI-use declaration. The course policy permits more than most students expect, and it requires disclosure. It is announced in full in Week 2; no signature is required.