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About the Project

The Research Data Management for Mechanical Engineering Departments (REDm-MED) Project is one of a number of projects being funded through Phase 2 of the JISC Managing Research Data Programme. The project will scope, specify, design and implement a research data management plan suited especially to the needs of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath. This work will build upon the team's work investigating the research data management needs of the Innovative Design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC) at the University of Bath during the JISC-funded ERIM Project and other recent work by the Managing Research Data Community.

Work completed in the ERIM Project in specifying a Research Activity Information Development (RAID) Associational Tool will be continued by the development of a prototype tool for integration within the specified research data management infrastructure. The presumption is made that the research data management needs of the participating department will intersect closely with those of similar departments in other research institutions, not only of higher education but in the wider commercial world. Thus, the aim of the research will be to implement effective and practical research data management where there is little or none and that can be adopted easily elsewhere.

The work will take place in conjunction with the DCC at Bath, and with the support of the University of Bath's Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Bath University Computer Service (BUCS). The REDm-MED project will be complementary to the University of Bath's JISC-funded Research 360 Project.

Project partners

	Innovative Design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC), University of Bath
	UKOLN/DCC

Reports

Research Data Management Plan Requirements Specification for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath

Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball.

10 February 2012.

REDm-MED Project Document redm1rep120105mjd10.

OPuS record: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/28040

Review of Data Management Lifecycle Models

Alex Ball.

13 February 2012.

REDm-MED Project Document redm1rep120110ab10.

OPuS record: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/28587

A Research Data Management Plan for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath

Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball.

8 March 2012.

REDm-MED Project Document redm1rep120207mjd10.

OPuS record: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/29027

Tools for Research Data Management

Alex Ball.

16 March 2012.

REDm-MED Project Document redm2rep120110ab10

OPuS record: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/29189

Presentations

REsearch Data management for Mechanical Engineering Departments (REDm-MED)

Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball, Uday Thangarajah, Chris McMahon, Liz Lyon.

1–2 December 2011.

Managing Research Data Launch Meeting, NCL Conference Centre, Nottingham.

OPuS record: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/27863

Associating Research Data Records using RAIDmap

Alex Ball, Uday Thangarajah, Mansur Darlington, Chris McMahon, Liz Lyon.

23 March 2012.

Meeting (Disciplinary) Challenges in Research Data Management Planning, etc. venues Paddington, London.

OPuS record: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/29452

Poster

Research Data Management for Mechanical Engineering Departments

Alex Ball, Mansur Darlington, Uday Thangarajah, Chris McMahon, Liz Lyon.

5–7 December 2011.

7th International Digital Curation Conference: "Public? Private? Personal? Navigating the open data landscape", Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol.

OPuS record: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/27864

Published version: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/webfm_send/598

Project Management Report

REDm-MED Project Plan

Mansur Darlington.

January 2012.

Version 1.1.

Staff working on the REDm-MED Project