LFTSP RESEARCH PROJECT GUIDANCE

Department of Applied Military Science (AMS)

LFTSP students will form teams of two (exceptionally a team may contain three students) to conduct a research project.  The objectives are to:

• Permit the student to demonstrate the ability to apply aspects of science, technology or management to the solution of practical military problems;
• Permit the student, as part of a small group, to conduct original research or experimentation in an area of technical importance to the Land Force;
• Permit an assessment to be made of the student’s ability to understand an aspect of military technology, think originally in confronting a problem, and report on the outcome of a study or activity; and
• Seek solutions to technological problems confronting the Land Force.

Students will be expected to select a topic or problem from a list drafted in consultation with various government and industry sponsors, or to propose a suitable topic for approval. Topics must:

• Be deemed relevant to the current or potential future roles of the Land Force;
• Offer the prospect of a solution within the time available for the project;
• Fall within the capacity of the military and academic staff and sponsor to supervise/assist; and
• Call up no resources beyond the capacity of RMC or the project sponsor to provide.