minip report guidelines apr2012

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Guidelines for Final Report of Mini Project MED 310/ 320

General

1. Please note that the format of the final report of the Mini project must havesections like abstract, acknowledgements, nomenclature etc., as given in thespecific guidelines below.

2. Please also note that you will submit two copies of softbound report before thepresentations, with the title page also listing the project number and the examiner.

After the presentations, you will need to incorporate the changes as required by

the examiner and the committee and resubmit the final report.3. PLEASE WRITE THE REPORT IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE. Copying

sentences verbatim from any other source without due acknowledgement is

plagiarism and any instances will call for deregistration from the course. If an

important statement is to be reproduced verbatim, it must be in quotes and the

corresponding reference must be provided. If your work is in continuation ofthe work carried out by another B.Tech/M.Tech student at IITD, you must

NOT copy any part of the earlier report.4. Do not include any downloaded pictures / scans or photocopies of diagrams. If it

is unavoidable, please give references for the material you download or copy from

other books/papers next to the figure. Credit will be given to those reports whichcontain self made original sketches / schematic diagrams/ photographs.

5. The guidelines given here is not sacrosanct and the format of the main body of thereport may deviate if the work to be reported is better presented in a different

format. Specifically chapters 3,4 & 5 must present the work done, giving thedetails of approach, mathematical modelling or experimental rig and the final

results. If required the above can be presented in four chapters (chapters 3-6).

Each of these chapters can have suitable titles in accordance with the kind of work

carried out.6. Every figure and table must be referred to in the text with brief description. In

addition, they must be used to explain/illustrate some point being made. A figure/

table without explanation has no right to be in the report . The reader is notexpected to come to conclusions by looking at the pictures unless specific things

are highlighted. Else, please remove them from the document.

7. References must be given in accordance with ASME guidelines, the link to whichis provided in the detailed instructions below. Every reference in the list of

references must be included in the main text and every reference discussed in the

main text must find a place in the list of references, preferably chronologically.

8. Appendices : You can discuss with your supervisor whether there is anyinformation, which does not form part of the main report, but is useful for the

reader and hence can be included in the Appendix. If you have been interacting

with any vendors for experimental rig/instrumentation/software purchase and thelike, you must include the name of the vendor, contact addresses (with names of

contact persons) and phone numbers in one appendix.

9. Suggestions for typesetting of the report


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Word processingSet the page size to A4, margins 25 mm all sides.

Set default font as Arial/Times New Roman, size 12 pt., 1.5 line spacing.

In titles/headings, dont capitalize every word (only the first)

Headings styling:

Heading level 1 Same font & size all capitals

Heading level 2 Same font & size, bold

Heading level 3 Same font & size, underline

Heading level 4 Same font & size, italics

Place figures at locations where they can be referred to or at the end of the

chapter.

Auto generate Table of Contents, Figure number, Table number and usecross-referencing options in the word processor to add references in the body.

Figure numbering scheme:Chapter 11.1, 1.2, and so on

Chapter 22.1, 2.2, and so on

Figure numbering style Figure 2.5. This is the figure title.

Auto generate List of Figures and list of tables

10. The report must be printed on both sides of the paper.11. Specific instructions for the report to be submitted before the presentation :

a. Two copies of the report, soft bound with blue cover must be submitted.Please do not use a plastic sheet cover.

b. The title page must include project number and examiners name.c. It must be signed by the supervisor (s).

12. Specific instructions for the report to be submitted AFTER the presentation :a. The title page of the final report must have the project number . The

month at the bottom would be May and not April.

b. One copy of the hard bound (black cover) report must be submitted in thedepartment and one each must be submitted to the supervisors.

c. Each of the copies (the department copy or the supervisor copy) musthave a CD with the following :

(i) Soft copy of the report (pdf version)(ii) A copy of the programme you might have written for yourwork, or case files in case you used a software. These must

include detailed instructions on how to use the programmecase files. This is for the benefit of those who will carry your

work forward.


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Format of Title Page for the Report to be submitted on April 27, 2012.

_____________________________________________________________________

Project No: ---

Mini Project Reporton

Title

Submitted byxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Entry No: XXXXXXXXX)

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Entry No: XXXXXXXXX)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Entry No: XXXXXXXXX)

Supervised by[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Examiner

xxxxxxx

Mechanical Engineering DepartmentIndian Institute of Technology Delhi

April 2012


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Format of Title Page for the Final Report to be submitted after presentation

_____________________________________________________________________

Title

A mini Project report for the courseMED 310/ 320

byxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (only name)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (only name)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (only name)

under the supervision of

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Mechanical Engineering DepartmentIndian Institute of Technology Delhi

May, 2012


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Format of the Rest of the Report

___________________________

Contents

Certificate i

Abstract ii

Acknowledgements iii

Nomenclature iv

List of Figures yy

List of Tables yy

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review

3. Methodology (or any other suitable title)

4. & 5 Work Accomplished organized appropriately with suitable chapter titles.

6. Conclusions

References

Appendices


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Certificates

The work presented in this report has been carried out by us/me for the courseMED310/320. The report accurately reflects the work done by us/me. All the materialtaken from other sources has been fully acknowledged. The report is free of plagiarism.

_____________ ___________

(Signatures, names and entry numbers of all the students)

______________________________________________________________________

XXXXX and XXXXX (names of students) have worked under my/our supervision. I/Wehave read this report. It accurately reflects the work done by the students.

_______________(Signatures and Names of the Supervisors)


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Abstract [Maximum 1 page]

[Write in brief about what are the project objectives, expected benefits, methodology andwhat has been achieved at the end of the project. Abstracts should usually be not more

than 100-150 words]

1. IntroductionDiscuss following in brief:

What did you attempt in this project work? In other words what did you design or solve?

What motivated you to take up this problem/work. Were there any prior attempts to solvethis problem? If so, what are their deficiencies? How did you go about attempting this

problem? What are the benefits of present work? State the objectives of the work clearly

in this chapter.

2. Literature ReviewDiscuss what were the previous attempts from engineers/researchers to solve the problem

you attempted. In view of the literature review, state what was the scope of your work

and how was it different from others work. The scope of work is expected to be moreelaborate than the objectives. The scope of work should clearly state whether your

approach is computational or experimental or both.

3. Methodology : This chapter can get another suitable title like Mathematical

Modellingor Design of ExperimentsOn what basis was the work planned for your project? The plan of work is expected to be

further expansion of scope of work with clear identification of work elements.

4. & 5 Work Accomplished (Give Suitable Titles)

Describe what you have been able to accomplish in this project. Discuss this in terms ofstudy of literature (including standard texts on fundamentals), market survey,

experimental planning, experiments conducted or efforts towards new

software/product/process development if any.

What were the results of your efforts ? Present this in detail. Include both successes andfailures.

6. ConclusionsDiscuss in a nutshell what you were able to achieve in the present mini project. Identify

further work needed to be done for your results to be used by industry/society? Does this

project needs further work leading to a one year B. Tech Project?

ReferencesIndicate all the resources you have used for your work and report preparation. Every

reference should be cited at appropriate places using the style given in ASME CitationGuidelines in the following website.

http://www.asme.org/kb/proceedings/proceedings/references

For different kinds of references, viz., books, journal papers, reports etc, follow

referencing format as given in ASME guidelines.
http://www.asme.org/kb/proceedings/proceedings/referenceshttp://www.asme.org/kb/proceedings/proceedings/referenceshttp://www.asme.org/kb/proceedings/proceedings/references

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