The objectives of this course are (1) to familiar students with the development and the process of constituting a thorough research plan, (2) to criticize and study the experimental design from scientific research publications, and (3) to apply the knowledge of experimental design on students’ graduate research. The discussion topics will include the followings; (1) statement of the problem, (2) choice of factors, levels and ranges, (3) selection of the response variable, (4) choice of experimental design, (5) Performing the experiment, (6) statistical analysis of the data.