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