AY14-15 S1 Guidelines

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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reg. No. 200604393R

Block N1, #1a-29, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798Telephone: +65 6791 1744 Telefax: +65 6791 0676Internet:http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cee A School of the College of Engineering

MEMORANDUM

To: Final Year Project Students AY 2014-15 (Semester 1)30 July 2014

STUDENT GUIDELINES FOR FINAL YEAR PROJECT (FYP)

INTRODUCTION

This set of guidelines is intended to provide you with the relevant information on final yearproject implementation and report preparation.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

1. The FYPs are now underway and you should have already discussed the scope andmethodology of the project with your supervisor(s). Based on the discussion, you shouldprepare a written plan on how you plan to carry out the project over 2 semesters. As thework progresses, the plan may be modified as necessary subjected to the approval ofyour supervisor(s).

2. You should note that it is your responsibility to do the FYP work, with guidance fromyour supervisor(s).

3. You should think through your project strategy, plan and arrange for the necessarysetting up of equipment and test apparatus, analyze the relevant factors, identify outsideorganizations which you want to contact for case studies or other general information,summarize the results obtained, and deduce conclusions. Your supervisor(s) will assistyou and provide the necessary guidance. Therefore you should consult your supervisor(s)on a regular basis, especially during the initial period and critical moments of your project.

4. In carrying out your project, you should exhibit initiative, develop an ability to extend ideasand expand on suggestions, and show a sense of responsibility.

5. The current timetable for the final year envisages 10 hours per week for the project overtwo semesters. However, you are expected to spend additional time on the projectappropriate to its importance in consideration of the award of honours.

PROGRESS REPORT, FINAL REPORT AND PROJECT PRESENTATION

1. Progress Report:During the course of the project, the students' progress will be closelymonitored by the supervisor(s), through meetings and the submission of a progressreport. This report must be submitted by the third week after the first semester break.The report should consist of the objective of the study, scope of work, some literaturereview, methodology, and tentative plan. Preferably, some preliminary results ofinvestigation and future plan should also be included. The progress report should beconcise and not too long.


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2. Final Report:A formal final report is required from each project student. The guidelinesfor writing the final report are in Appendix A. Each student is required to submit two ring-bound copies of the report for examination by the supervisor(s) and a moderator (to beappointed later). You need to run your report through the text matching softwareTURNITINbefore submission to you supervisor(s).

3. Project Presentation: Each student is required to do an oral presentation of the FYPwork. Both the supervisor(s) and the moderator will attend and assess the oral

presentation. Other faculty members and students may also attend the presentation ifthey choose to do so.

FINAL SUBMISSIONS

After the oral presentation, students are required to make amendments (if any) to the finalreport and to submit a ring-bound copy of the report to the supervisor within two weeks afterthe end of oral presentation. In addition all students will need to submit electronically a fulltext report of the project in one PDF file via the Digital-Repository (DR)-NTU system. Astudent who fails to provide the above required submissions at the stipulated due datemay be deemed to have failed the course.

For outstanding project reports and selected projects, such as the Industrial SponsoredProjects, the student will need to submit a hard bound copy of the report to the School ofCEE. Students of these selected project titles will be notified by the School.

PROJECT EXECUTION DATES

The following dates*for Final Year Project are to be adhered to during the academic year2014-2015:

Project Plan/Strategy 14 Sept 2014Progress Report 26 Oct 2014

Draft of Final Report 23 March 2015Final Report 19 April 2015Oral Presentation 11 14 May 2015Amended Final Report (PDF) to be submittedto DR-NTU and supervisor

21 May 2015

Project Plan/Strategy 14 Sept 2014

ASSESSMENT

Your final year project will be assessed continuously. How you plan and execute your projectwill form part of this assessment. This includes your initiative, your ability to extend ideasand expand on suggestions, and your sense of responsibility in making decisions during the

implementation stage. Your ability to analyze, to relate previous works to the project andmake use of references, and to make relevant discussions on the findings of your project willalso contribute to the assessment. These elements should be reflected in your progressreport, your draft of the final report and the final report.

Al l 3 reports (progress, draft of final and final report) wi ll be assessed individually andwill contr ibute towards your final mark. It is important not to neglect your progress reportand the draft of the final report. In the preparation of these reports, you should pay attentionto the layout, technical writing and neatness of the reports.

Your oral presentation will contribute towards the final assessment. The period of oralpresentation will be fixed by the School. The detailed schedule for each studentspresentation will be announced around three weeks before the start of oral presentation.

*Any changes in dates will be announced to you through E-mail or CEE webpage onhttp://www.cee.ntu.edu.sg/CurrentStudents/undergraduatestudents/Pages/FinalYearProject.aspx


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Unless a special approval has been obtained from the Office of Academic Services by thestudent or a rescheduling is necessary as required by the School, no request forrescheduling outside the presentation period will be entertained.

CONTACT WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS

Any written requests for information from outside organizations should first be approved bythe supervisor(s). If it is necessary for the request to be channeled through the Chair's office,

a short handwritten note from the supervisor to the Chair's office indicating approval,enclosed with the letter, will suffice. An example of the covering letter sent out from theChair's office is attached in Appendix B.

EXPENSES

Consumable Materials

In order to defray part of costs incurred in carrying out the final year project, each solo projecthas been allocated a fund of $500 towards the purchase of consumables required for theproject. For dual projects, the allocated fund is $1,000 for each project. No request foradditional budget will be entertained. As a general rule, all acquisitions of the materialsshould be channeled through the relevant laboratories, as determined by the supervisor, byfilling out a special purchase requisition form for final year projects. The supervisor(s) foreach project will monitor and approve each purchase and the total expenditure.

Others

As indicated above, the project fund of $500 is intended mainly for the purchase ofconsumables such as cement, reinforcing bars, strain gauges, etc. It is not possible to list allthe items that will be approved. Obviously the requirements are different for each discipline.For example, it is expected that the cost of postage will be reimbursed if required for mailingquestionnaires for, say, a transportation survey project. As another example, the costs for

the purchase and development of films for a project that employs time-lapse photography willalso be reimbursed. Reimbursement for the purchase and development of films or specialpapers will be limited to those needed for recording of experimental or field test results only.Expenses incurred by students for typing, drafting and printing of their reports will not bereimbursed. Neither will the costs of copying technical papers. You are expected topurchase your own floppy disks/CDs for your project use and retention. However, the Schoolmay issue floppy disks/CDs for your use if the softwares developed by you are returned tothe School for teaching and research use.

TRANSPORTATION

In general, transportation costs incurred by students in getting to places outside the campus

for the project work will not be reimbursed. You are expected to use public transport forthese purposes. The University vehicles may be used to assist in moving equipment,collecting samples, or trips to remote sites, provided that the requests are made by yoursupervisor(s) and endorsed by the Chair at least 5 days in advance.

Digital Repository (DR-NTU) SUBMISSION

Follow the guidelines for DR-NTU submission in the following website

http://repository.ntu.edu.sg/drntu/procedure.htm


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Appendix A GUIDELINES FOR WRITING

THE FINAL YEAR PROJECT REPORT

1. The report should be type-written in English in one-and-a-half line spacing usingTmes New Roman Font 11. The expected length of the main body (items h, i and j)of the report should be around 6,000 words, and no more than 40 pages. However,

for reports which do not meet these guidelines, the supervisors will determine whetherthey should be accepted on a case-by-case basis. The Standard InternationalSystem of Units (SI) should be used.

2. The contents of the report should include the following and be presented in the orderindicated:

(a) a title page on white paper (see the attached example)

(b) a summary of not more than one page

(c) an acknowledgement page to give recognition of any advisory or financialassistance received in the course of the work on which the report is based.

(d) a table of contents (see the attached example)

(e) a list of tables (if any)

(f) a list of figures (if any)

(g) a list of symbols (if any)

(h) an introductory chapter

(i) the text chapters

(j) references

(k) appendices (if any)

3. Each reference, be it from a journal, text book or conference proceedings, should belisted alphabetically and in the manner as shown below:

Appan, A., Alsagoff, F. and Tan, K.W., 1988. A Feasibility Study on the

Utilisation of Surface Runoff from a Small Paved Catchment as aSupplementary Source for Non-portable Use. Proceedings of the 6th WorldWater Congress, Ottawa, Vol. 1, pp 172A7.

Broms, B.B., 1984. Expander Bodies as Ground Anchors. GroundEngineering. Vol. 18, No 7, pp. 19-23.

Chen, C.N. and Wong, T.S.W., 1987. Comparison of Kinematic Wave andRational Methods for Site Drainage Design. Proceedings of TechnicalSession D. XXII IAHR Congress and the 4th International Conference inUrban Storm Drainage, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 264-269.

Choa, V., 1987. Instrumentation and In-situ Testing in Hydraulic Fill Projects.

Proceedings of the 8th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics andFoundation Engineering. Kyoto, Vol. 1, pp. 15-26.


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Fan, H.S.L., 1988. Microwave Landing System Impact on Runway Capacity.Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers,Vol. 114, No 5, Sept, pp. 607-621.

Koo, T.K., 1988. Graphic Database Exchange: Direct Translator vs UniversalTranslators. The Cartographic Journal. British Society of Cartography, Vol.25, No. 4, pp. 104-108.

Low, B.K., 1985. Analysis of the Behaviour of Reinforced Embankments onWeak Foundations. PhD Thesis, University of California, Berkeley.

MacGinley, T.J. and Ang, T.C., 1987. Structural Steelwork: Design to LimitState Theory. Butterworth.

Peck, R.B., Hanson, W.E. and Thornburn, T.H., 1974. Foundation Enginee-ring. 2nd Ed, Wiley, New York.

Tay, J.H., 1987. Bricks Manufactured from Sludge. Journal of EnvironmentalEngineering. American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 113, No 2, pp. 278-283.

4. White A-4 size bond paper of at least 80 g weight per square metre should be used.

5. One-and-a-half-line spacingshould be used for the text of the report.

6. The margin on the left hand side must be about 3.5 cm while the right hand marginsshould be around 2.5 cm. On the top and bottom sides, a margin of 3 cm isrecommended.

7. Students should prepare both hard copy and soft copy (diskette) of the project report.

A hard copy (could be ring-bound or hard-bound) of the report should be submitted toyour supervisor. The soft copy may be submitted to your project supervisor if sorequired.

8. For selected reports, a dark blue hard cover may be required by the School. Samplesof the cover, inside front page and the spine are attached.


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Sample cover Page

YOUR FINAL YEAR PROJECT TITLE

STUDENT'S NAME

SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

2013/14


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Sample

First

Page

YOUR FINAL YEAR PROJECT TITLE

Submitted byStudent's Name

School of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCollege of Engineering

Nanyang Technological university

A Final Year Project presented to the Nanyang Technological Universityin partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Degree of Bachelor of Engineering

2013/14


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

SUMMARY ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF SYMBOLS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background1.2 Purpose and scope

CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF THEORY AND PREVIOUS WORK

2.12.2

CHAPTER 3

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CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C


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Appendix B

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reg. No. 200604393R

Date

Ref :CEE/C6.43

Dear Sir

This is to confirm that the following is a final year student of of theSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,undertaking a project on "".

Name of Student NRIC No.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The faculty supervising this project is

This project is part of the final year curriculum leading to the . Inorder to carry out their project, certain information/data are required from your organisation,as indicated in the attached request from the students. Any assistance rendered by yourorganisation would be greatly appreciated.

Yours sincerely

Assoc Professor Fung Tat ChingAssociate Chair (Academic)

Enc

Block N1, #1a-29, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798Telephone: +65 6791 1744 Tel: +65 6791 0676Internet: http://www.ntu.edu.sg A School of the College of Engineering

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