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A project report

B.Bolormaa

Title

What is a project report? The mechanics of writing How to write well Structure Typing instructions and examples How are marks allocated ? You and your supervisor Summary

What is a Project Report ?

The Theory:

A formal and systematic account of work,

undertaken by an individual or group,

over a given period,

in relation to a specific task.

The mechanics of writing

Different authors have different techniques.

The problem you have to solve is to transfer your own experiences from your brain onto paper in a coherent, logical and correct form.

The most commonly used mechanic is “brain dumping.”

How to write well

Good writing is not only precise, however, it is vigorous, and that is much harder to achieve.

Spelling and grammar is also essential.

Typography

Illustrations. Your report should generally contain illustrations (figures or diagrams), but they must be relevant.

Structure

Abstract. (This is a couple of paragraphs - no more - which summarizes the content of the report. It must be comprehensible to someone who has not read the rest of the report.)

Introduction. (The scope of the project, setting the scene for the remainder of the report.)

Previous work. (One or more review chapters, describing the research you did at the beginning of the project period.)

Several chapters describing what you have done, focusing on the novel aspects of your own work.

Further work. (A chapter describing possible ways in which your work could be continued or developed. Be imaginative but realistic.)

Conclusions.

(This is similar to the abstract. The difference is that you should assume here that the reader of the conclusions has read the rest of the report.)

References and appendices.

Typing instructions and examples

Typing instruction:

• Typed copies should be black in colour.

• One and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 14.

APPENDIX 1 (A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page) <Font Style Times New Roman – Bold> TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT <Font Size 18><1.5 line spacing> A PROJECT REPORT <Font Size 14> Submitted by <Font Size 14><Italic> NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S) <Font Size 16> in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of <Font Size 14><1.5 line spacing><Italic> NAME OF THE DEGREE <Font Size 16> IN BRANCH OF STUDY <Font Size 14> NAME OF THE COLLEGE <Font Size 14> ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025 <Font Size 16><1.5 line spacing> MONTH & YEAR <Font Size 14>

EXAMPLE-1: SPECIMEN SOME PERFORMANCE ASPECTS CONSIDERATIONS

OF A CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK A PROJECT REPORT Submitted by SANDHYA. A GAYATHRI.R in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING in INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING XXX ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KANCHEEPURAM ANNA UNIVERSITY:: CHENNAI 600 025 MAY 2005

APPENDIX 2 (A typical specimen of Bonafide Certificate) <Font Style Times New Roman> ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025 <Font Style Times New Roman – size -18> BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE <Font Style Times New Roman – size -16> <Font Style Times New Roman – size -14> Certified that this project report “……….TITLE OF THE

PROJECT……………..” is the bonafide work of “…………..NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S).

…………” who carried out the project work under my supervision.

<<Signature of the Head of the Department>> <<Signature of the Supervisor>>

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

<<Name>> <<Name>>

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

<<Academic Designation>> <<Department>>

<<Department>> <<Full address of the Dept & College >> <<Full address

of the Dept & College >>

APPENDIX 3 (A typical specimen of table of contents) <Font Style Times New Roman> TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER NO. TITLE

PAGE NO. ABSTRACT iii

LIST OF TABLE xvi LIST OF FIGURES xviii LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 GENERAL 1 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2.1 General 5 1.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.2.2.1 General 19 1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 25

1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . 29 1.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 45 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 69 2.1 GENERAL 75

. . . . . . . . . . 99 2.2 ……………. 100

Application of the Principles of Electro-Magnetic Induction to the Design of Motors and Generators

by

Michael Faraday

This Report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (DT021) of the Dublin Institute of Technology

May 10th, 2008

Supervisor: Dr. James C. Maxwell School of Electronic & Communications Engineering

Example-2

Chapter Title Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background Observations 1 1.2 Objectives and Approach 2 1.3 Project Organisation 3 2 PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS 4 2.1 Scope of Investigations 4 2.2 Simulation Studies 5 2.3 Hardware Tests 6 2.4 Initial Conclusions 8

Chapter Title Page 3 IMPLEMENTATION 9 3.1 Structural Outline

9 3.2 Hardware Design & Fabrication 10 3.3 Software Implementation

13 4 SYSTEM PERFORMANCE 14 4.1 Performance Criteria 14 4.2 Evaluation Procedures 14 4.3 Test Results 15 4.4 Economic Assessment 17 4.5 Discussion 18

How are marks allocated ?

Project management 10% Project documentation 30%

(Log-Book)/Report/Design Info Initial report 5% Project demonstration and 15%

interview Project attainment 40%

Component of a “typical” project report

You and your supervisor

Writing is a hard work. However your supervisor will guide you through your project work, you must write the report on your own. It is a University assessment.

Most supervisors will be happy to read and to comment on drafts of sections of your project report before you hand it in, if you give them enough time to do so. It's also a good idea to ask your supervisor to suggest some high-quality past projects in a similar field to yours. This will give you an idea of what is required.

Avoid: Misspellings – use a spell-checker Undefined “buzz-words” and

mnemonics I, you, we, they, us, my, our, their

Summary

Good writing is difficult, but it is worth taking the trouble to write well.

I have six honest serving men,

They taught me all I knew,

Their names are What, and Why and When,

And How and Where and Who

Thank you for your attention!