DEPARTMENT OF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
MADRAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS
FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF REPORT
FOR THE LABORATORY COURSE
PR 8612- CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE PROJECT
1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:
The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be
as follows:
1. Cover Page & Title Page
2. Bona fide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Table of Contents
5. List of Tables
6. List of Figures
7. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
8. Chapters
9. Appendices
10. References
The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.
2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:
The dimensions of the report should be 290 mm x 205 mm. Standard A4 size
(297 mm x 210 mm) paper may be used for preparing the copies.
The Report /Thesis (at the time of submission) should have the following page margins:
Top edge : 24.5 mm
Bottom edge : 24.5 mm
Left edge : 38.1 mm
Right edge : 24.5 mm
The report should be prepared on good quality white paper preferably not
lower than 80 gsm.
Tables and figures should conform to the margin specifications. Large size figures
should be photographically or otherwise reduced to the appropriate size before insertion.
3. PREPARATION FORMAT:
The report should conform English (India) and SI units. Third person narrative
description should be followed. Reproducing text as such from internet, books, journals etc
should be avoided.
The general text of thesis shall be typed in font style Times New Roman and font
size 12 and 1.5 spacing. Same quality of paper should be used for the preparation of the
entire report / thesis.
The headings of all items 2 to 10 listed in section 4 should be typed in capital letters
without punctuation and centred 50 mm below the top of the page. The text should
commence 4 spaces below this heading.
3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the project
report are given in Appendix 1.
3.2 Bona fide Certificate – The Bona fide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font
Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 2.
The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the supervisor’s
name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),
department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided the student.
The term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s name
and academic designation.
3.3 Abstract – Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed double line
spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.
3.4 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material which precedes it. The title page and Bona fide Certificate will not find a place
among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower
case Roman letters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in Appendix 3.
3.5 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the
tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.
3.6 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the
figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head. Graph should have proper axis title and units and values should be more than font size
8.
3.7 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should be
adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be
used.
3.8 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory chapter, (ii)
Chapters developing the main theme of the project work (iii) and Conclusion.
The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further
divided into several divisions and sub-divisions, for example 4.1.2.
Each chapter should begin from new page.
Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.
Chapter I - Introduction of work
Chapter II - Literature Review / Survey of Social issues / Industrial problems
Chapter III – Theoretical background / Concept / Methodology / Aim/ Problem Statement/
Scope / Design /Modelling / Experimental details.
Chapter IV – Results and Discussions
Figures and Graphs of Data / Analysis/ fabricated
Compare with literature
Cost involved / Estimation/ Limitation
Chapter V – Conclusion and Scope of Future Work
References
3.9 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is
included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.
Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2,
etc.
Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and
referred to as appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.
Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made in
the contents page also.
3.10 List of References – Any works, if used either directly or
indirectly, should be indicated at appropriate places in the report. The citation
may assume any one of the following forms.
Examples of citation
i. An improved algorithm has been adopted in literature (Tsychiya 1980)
ii. Jankins and Walts (1968) have dealt at length this principle.
iii. The problem of mechanical manupulators has been studied by Shin et al
(1984) and certain limitations of the method used, has been pointed out by
Shin et al (1984 a)
EXAMPLES OF FORMAT FOR REFERENCES
Journal format
1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X
Asx’, Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.
Conference Proceeding
1. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of
Mechanical Manipulations and its Applications’, Proc. Amer. Contr. Conf., San
Diego,CA, pp. 1231-1236.
Book
1. Sir Alan Cottrell, “ Introduction to Metallurgy”, Universities Press , Second edition,
India, 2012
3.10.1 Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of the
project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of
the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams
may be designated as figures.
Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they are cited. Table caption should appear at the top of the table.
Figure caption should appear at the bottom of figure.
3.10.2 Numbering of Tables and Figures-Tables and Figures appearing anywhere in the thesis
should bear appropriate numbers. The rule for assigning such numbers is illustrated through
an example. Thus, if a figure in Chapter 3, happens to be the fourth then assign 3.4 to that
figure. Identical rules apply for tables except that the word Figure is replaced by the word
Table. If figures (or tables) appear in appendices then figure 3 in Appendix 2 will be
designated as Figure A 2.3. If a table is to be continued into the next page this may be done,
but no line should be drawn underneath an unfinished table. A table continued into the next
page should have a caption like, Table2.1 (continued), placed centrally and underlined.
3.10.3 Numbering of Equations- Equations appearing in each Chapter or Appendix should be
numbered serially, the numbering shall commence freshly for each Chapter or Appendix.
Thus for example, an equation appearing in Chapter 2, if it happens to be the eighth equation
in that Chapter should be numbered (2.8), while referring to this equation in the body of the
thesis it should be referred to as Equation (2.8)
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APPENDIX 1
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TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT
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A PROJECT REPORT
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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S) AND
ROLL NO.’s
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in fulfilment of Laboratory Course
PR 8612- CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE PROJECT
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B.E PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
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NAME OF THE COLLEGE
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ANNA UNIVERSITY:: CHENNAI 600 025
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MONTH & YEAR
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SPECIMEN
SOME PERFORMANCE ASPECTS CONSIDERATIONS OF
A CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted by
SANDHYA A (2012507046)
GAYATHRI R (2012507064)
in fulfilment of Laboratory Course
PR 8612- CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE PROJECT
of
B.E. PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
MADRAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS
ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI - 600 044
MAY 2017
APPENDIX 2
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ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025
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BONA FIDE CERTIFICATE
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Certified that this project report “……….TITLE OF THE PROJECT……………..”
is the bona fide work of “…………..NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S) AND
ROLL NUMBERS.…………” who carried out the project work under my
supervision. Certified further that to the best of my knowledge the work reported
herein does not form part of any other thesis or laboratory report on the basis of which
a degree or award was conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate.
<<Signature of the Supervisor>>
SIGNATURE
<<Name>>
SUPERVISOR
<<Academic Designation>>
<<Department>>
<<Full address of the Dept & College >>
INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER
APPENDIX 3
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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
1.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 45
1.4 .................. 58
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 69
2.1 GENERAL 75
2.2 .......... 99
2.2 ……………. 100
