Title of the research

provides a concise, accurate and

informative title which immediately
orientates your reader to the focus of
your project.

student name:
Supervisors:
Project Background
 explains why you are doing the project. It provides a brief
overview of the background to the project and
establishes a particular area, or problem, that needs to be
investigated further. It provides a clear statement of the
topic of the proposed work.
Literature Survey
 The Literature review can be classified according to the
directions of the research as to the following example
chart: Distribution Network
Reconfiguration
(DNR

DNR for Loss

DNR for
Reduction &V-
V.S Mitigation
profile

V.S Cost
DNR By PSO Minimization
(15- papers) (2+1)

DNR By Graph V.S Magnitude

Theory Mitigation
(6- papers (1)
DNR By Other
Tools V.S Duration
(16-papers) Reduction (3-
Papers)
 Problem Statement
 Present the origins and environment of the problem
 State the motivation to the idea of project
 Clearly present the problem you want to solve
Objectives of the Project
 To develop …
 To design …
 To formulate …
 To Apply New Technique….
 To implement modern engineering program
 clearly states the aims of the project (to measure, to
devise, to design, to establish, to identify, etc). If there is a
general aim, try to establish a number of specific aims as
well. Aims can also be incorporated in the Introduction.
Scope of research
 To study …
 To investigate …
 To compare …
 describes what you will do. It is a plan of the tasks which will enable you to achieve
the stated aims of your project. To devise a plan, you need to break the project
down into a series of steps or stages, and you then outline the tasks within each
stage (for example, In stage 1, I will devise a survey which…..; carry out the
preliminary experiments; design the …….. In Stage 2, I will interview three
engineers; carry out further experiments; build the ….). If possible, you could also
identify concrete outcomes for each stage of the project (eg, Outcomes of stage
1are a series of graphs showing ……The outcome of stage 2 is a brief review of the
research papers on ...…. . Outcomes of stage 3 are the collection and analysis of
data on the effect of …...). Try to provide as much detail as possible in your plan as
this planning should help you to carry out the project work more effectively and
efficiently.
 The project plan should also include a timetable in which you plan the timing for
the main tasks. This timetable can help to keep you on track throughout the
project.
Methodology
 outlines how the project will be undertaken (by conducting a series of
experiments; by developing a model; by conducting a survey of engineering
practice; by reading and critically reviewing a number of research papers; by
doing fieldwork; etc).You can introduce a flowchart to explain the
proposed methodology such as in the following example:
 Schedule of work
TASK Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Perform preliminary research and
***** | | | | | | |
preparation
Search for new finding using
***** *** | | | | | |
literature survey

Examine mathematical modeling,

** ***** ***** | | | | |
measurements, etc.
Research historical background of
** ***** ***** | | | | |
the topic
Create sketches | ** ***** ***** | | | |
Analyse structures | | ** ***** ***** | | |
Access information re: current
| ***** ***** | | | | |
designs
Scan photos, sketches, etc. | | | ***** ***** ***** | |
Write and code learning module
| | | | ***** ***** ***** |
for …….
Write progress report | | ***** ** | | | |
Prepare oral presentation | | | | | ** ***** |
Write & submit final dissertation | | | | | ** ***** **
Project Work completed in first semester -
presents a report of your progress to date. You need to describe the
work that you have done (for example, the first stages of a design; a
preliminary literature review; some experimental work). You then need
to discuss the outcomes of your investigation so far. This section may
include headings such as literature review, preliminary experimental
work, design calculations, data analysis, case studies, and findings to
date.
Project Plan for the second semester –
is similar to the Project Plan that you submitted in your Project
Proposal. However, based on the work completed in Semester 1, you
can provide a more detailed and more focussed plan of the work
which needs to be done in order to achieve the aims of your project.
results
Expected outcome
Conclusions
 briefly summarizes the main information in the report.
References
 Example Journal Paper:
 [1] Didier Le Gall, “MPEG: A video compression standard for multimedia
 applications,” Communications ACM, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 46–58, April 1991.
 Example Conference Paper:
 [2] Gulistan Raja and M. J. Mirza, “Performance comparison of advanced video
 coding H.264 standard with baseline H.263 and H.263+ standards,” in Proc. 4th
 IEEE International Symposium on Communications & Information Technologies,
 ISCIT 04, Sapporo, Japan, 2004, pp. 743–746.
 Example Book:
 [3] Iain E.G. Richardson,Video Codec Design, Great Britain, John Wiley & Sons,
 2003, ISBN: xx-yyyy-zzzz.
 Example Web Link:
 [4] MPEG Software Simulation Group, “The MSSG homepage”, available on-line at
 http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/ MSSG, 2004.
Appendices –
can be used to provide additional information to
the reader about the details of, for example, the
calculation procedures, the design features of a
particular piece of equipment, the raw data
collected in the laboratory or in the field, etc. You
must refer to each appendix in the text of the
report.