WRITING UP FYP REPORT

Prabakaran Poopalan Maizatul Zolkapli

March 2009     

MAJOR SECTIONS OF THE REPORT

FRONT SECTION – The Preliminaries

MIDDLE SECTION – The Main Body and Text

BACK SECTION – Reference Materials

FRONT SECTION: The Preliminaries Title Page Approval and Declaration Acknowledgements Table of Contents List of Tables, Figures, and Plates List of Symbols, Abbreviation and

Nomenclature Abstract

i. Title Page Logical Accurate Descriptive Grammatically correct

Avoid using abbreviations or short forms.

Example of bad report titleThesis Title: “Fan Controller”

Suggestion: “Design and fabrication of a fan

controller”

Example of bad report titleTitle: “Automatic classroom”

Possible title: “Mathematical modeling and simulation of an automatic classroom.”

WRITING ABSTRACT Brief explanation of the entire report Brief exposition of project problems,

objectives, approaches and methods used to solve problems

Summary of findings

Example of paper abstract

An overview is given on research activities in the field of fluid components or systems built with microfabrication technologies. This review focuses on the fluidic behavior of the various devices, such as valves, pumps and flow sensors, as well as the possibilities and pitfalls related to the modeling of these devices using simple flow theory. Finally, a number of microfluidic systems are described and comments on future trends are given.

Paper Abstract In this paper the design of thermo-acoustic

refrigerators , using the linear thermo-acoustic theory, is described. Due to the large number of parameters, a choice of some parameters along with dimensionless variables will be introduced. The design strategy is a guide for the design and development of thermo-acoustic coolers. Optimization of the different parts are also given.

MIDDLE SECTION: Main Body

Introduction Literature Review Research Methodology Results And Discussion Conclusion, Future Work And

Commercialization Potential (If Any)

i. INTRODUCTION Background Rationale Problem Statement Objectives Scope Limitations Assumptions

ii. LITERATURE REVIEW Review on previous work relating to:

Research problem: Define, Explain, Justify Methodology: Define, Explain, Justify Result: Reliability, Significance, Etc

How should it be written: Critical evaluation of writings directly related to

research Establish what is known or otherwise Identify areas of controversy Formulate questions for further research

WHY DO WE NEED LR? To find out knowledge and ideas that

are already established on a topic, including the strengths and weaknesses.

[To Define, Explain, Justify Decisions On Starting Research]

iii. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Experimental Setup Design/Development Of Mathematical

Model Simulation And Analysis Destructive Analysis

iv. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Analysis and presentation of data

v. CONCLUSION Interpret the results of the study Stressing the significance, implications

and limitations of the findings

BACK SECTION: Reference Materials

References/ Bibliography Appendices

i. REFERENCES Due acknowledgement must be given to all Ideas, Concepts, Texts, Data, Results that are not your own and must be

included in the reference list

Quote: Use Exact Words Paraphrase: Use Ideas In Different Words Summaries: Use Main Points

Thank you