Thesis Formatting (Sept 2015)

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+UniKL MICET

FYP SEMINAR

THESIS FORMATTING

OCTOBER 2015

Prepared by:DR NORZAHIR SAPAWE

FYP Campus Coordinator, MICET

07th October 2015



+ Agenda1. Typing and Font

2. Margins

3. Spacing

4. Numbering Chapters and Sub-sections5. Pagination

6. Tables

7. Figures8. Equations and Formulae

9. Reference Style

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+

Please refer and download from

UniKL MICET E-Learning homepage

(http://elearn.micet.unikl.edu.my/)all the necessary guidelines & manuals.

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4Typing and Fonts

Paragraphs must be JUSTIFIED and use font Arial Size 11



+Margins 5

For the entire thesis

including appendices, references,

preliminaries page, etc. the margins are:

Left (binding edge): 1.5 inchRight: 1 inch

Top: 1 inch

Bottom: 1 inch

*There is 1 exception (2 inch margin for the

top of the 1st

page of NEW CHAPTER)

Counted as“1” but NOT

printed



6Spacing1. Spacing throughout thesis must be 1.5 line spacing. This

includes:i. Spacing between title of sub-section and first line of

text.

ii. Spacing between paragraphs.

iii. Spacing between last line of text and a table, or a figureor an illustration.

2. 2 x 1.5 line spacing is needed for these cases:

i. Spacing between chapter number and title.

ii. Spacing between title and first line of text.

iii. Spacing between last line of text with title of a

subsection.





+Example: Cover Page 8

1.5

inch

1

inch

1 inch

1 inch

4 x single line

spacing

10 x single line

spacing

20 x single

line spacing

4 x single line spacing

Tit le

Name



9Example: Thesis Spine

AHMAD SAUFI MD YAAKOB UniKL2008

0.1inch

0.1inch

Take note !Correction from UniKL

Thesis Manual

Bac. of Chem. Eng. Tech. (Food)

Bac. of Chem. Eng. Tech. (Hons) in Food

Bac. of Chem. Eng. Tech. (Hons) in Polymer Bac. of Chem. Eng. Tech. (Hons) in Biosystem

Bac. of Chem. Eng. Tech. (Hons) in Bioprocess

Bac. of Chem. Eng. Tech. (Hons) in Environment

Bac. of Chem. Eng. Tech. (Hons) in Process



10Example: Front page

1.5

inch1

inch

1 inch

1 inch

4 x single line

spacing

8 x single line

spacing

Tit le

Name

ID No

8 x single line

spacing

8 x single line

spacing

8 x single line

spacing



11Example: Front page

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of therequirements for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

Technology (Hons.) in Process

Take note !

Correction from UniKLThesis Manual

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Technology (Hons.) in Food

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Technology (Hons.) in Polymer

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Technology (Hons.) in Biosystem

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Technology (Hons.) in Bioprocess

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Technology (Hons.) in Environment

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Technology (Hons.) in Process



12Example:

New

Chapter (Take Note!)

1inch

1 inch

1 inch

1 inchNote:

Exception

in margin!

First line:

0.5 inch

indent

2 x 1.5 line spacing


1.5 line spacing

1.5 line spacing


1.5inch



13Numbering Chapters and

Sub-sections

1. All chapters and sub-sections must be labeledand numbered.

2. The chapters are numbered using Arabic numeric

(Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.)

3. Sub-sections NO NEED to be indented but must be

arranged NOT more than 4 levels:

2 Fir st level (Tit le o f the chap ter )

2.1 Second leve l (Ti tle of the sub-section)

2.1.1 Third level (Ti t le of the sub-sub -sect ion )

2.1.1.1 Fou rth level (Tit le o f the sub-sub-sub -

sect ion)



14Example:

New

Chapter (Take Note!)

First level:

Chapter title

Second level:

Title of sub-section

Third level:

Title of sub-sub-section



15Pagination: Preliminary Pages Page numbers should be printed at the RIGHT bottom of page

(footer)

Preliminary pages of a thesis, starting from title page should be

numbered using small letter Roman numeric (i, ii, iii..).

The first page should be the front page. This page should be

counted “i” but should NOT be printed.



+Pagination: Preliminary pages 16

Front PagePreliminary Pages of

a Thesis

Counted as

“i” but NOT

printed



17Pagination: Texts The texts should be numbered using Arabic numerals

(1,2,3…).

The first page of text should be counted “1” but the number

should NOT be printed.

Similarly, the 1st page of all chapters should be counted but

NOT be printed.



18Tables All tables must be numbered using Arabic numerals.

A caption should be positioned at the TOP of the table. If caption is in a SINGLE line, it should be CENTRED. If

the caption more than a line, it should be ALIGN to

LEFT.

Table must be numbered with respect to the chapter. For example, Table 3.5 is the 5th table that appears in

Chapter 3.

The caption Table and number must be in BOLD.

(Example: Table 4.1 Liquid constituents in LCMS)

Spacing between the last line of a text and a table or

table with the first line of text should be 1 x 1.5 line

spacing.

All tables must be listed in List of Tables page.



+ Example:

Tables

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>1 line:

Aligned to left

Single line:

Centred

1.5 line spacing

Remember: Table and

Number must be in Bold.

Example:Table 4.1 Liquid constituents

quantified by HLC

1.5 line spacing

1.5 line spacing



20Example:

List of

Tables

1.5

inch

1

inch

1 inch

1 inch

4 x single line

spacing

4 x single linespacing

2 x single line

spacing



21Figures All figures must be numbered using Arabic numerals.

A caption should be positioned at the BOTTOM of the

figure.

If caption is in a SINGLE line, it should be CENTRED. If

the caption more than a line, it should be ALIGN to

LEFT. Figures must be numbered with respect to the chapter.

For example, Fig. 3.5 is the 5th Figure that appears in

Chapter 3.

The caption Figure and number must be in BOLD.(Example: Fig. 4.1 Liquid constituents in LCMS)

Spacing between the last line of a text and a figure

should be 1 x 1.5 line spacing.

All figures must be listed in List of Figures page.



+ Example:

Figures

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1.5 line spacing

Remember: Fig. and Number

must be in Bold.

Example:Fig. 4.1 Experimental

apparatus 1

>1 line:

Aligned to left

Single line:

Centred

1.5 line spacing

1.5 line spacing



23Example:

List of

Figures

1.5

inch

1

inch

1 inch

1 inch

4 x single line

spacing

4 x single linespacing

2 x single line

spacing



+Equations and Formulae 24

Equations and formulae should be typed clearly

using appropriate Equation editor. Must be numbered in order with respect to the

chapter.

For example Equation 6.11 is the 11th equation

appears in Chapter 6.





26References

We are currently using APA (American

Psychological Assoc iat ion)

Referencing System.

Author’s names are listed using

surname (Family name) followed by

initials.

We will focus on identifying surname(family name) and also how to

reference journal articles, books and

online resources.



27References: Journal ArticlesIn journal articles, the given names will most commonly be written first,

followed by the family name (or surname). For example below, the surname

is Savage. This journal only has 1 author.

In text citation:Savage (1999) reported that “Water near its critical point can serve as an

environmentally benign solvent, a reactant, and a catalyst in organic chemical reactions”OR

The ion product, or dissociation constant for water as it approaches the critical point, is

about 3 orders of magnitude higher than it is for ambient liquid water (Savage, 1999).

Reference List:

Savage, P.E. (1999). Organic chemical reaction in supercritical water. Chem. Rev. 99,603 –621.

R f J l A ti l



28References: Journal ArticlesFor example below, the surnames are Sapawe and Hanafi. This journal has 2 authors.

In text citation:Sapawe and Hanafi (2015) concludes “Introduction of Zr and Zn onto HY zeolite by

electrochemical method shows excellent photodecolorization of methylene blue”

OR

The study established a new structural model of catalyst (Sapawe & Hanafi, 2015).

Reference List:

Sapawe, N., & Hanafi, M.F. (2015). Facile one-pot electrosynthesis of high photoreactivehexacoordinated Si with Zr and Zn catalyst. RSC Advances. 5 , 635 –642.

References: Journal Articles



29References: Journal Articles

For example below, this journal has more than 2 authors.

In text citation:The study by Sapawe et al. (2012) concludes “The presence of more Si-O-Zr bonds in

the HY framework through isomorphous substitution inhibits the photoreaction”

OR

Their study established that the production of methane gas from wood chips wassignificantly enhanced by the pretreatment methods (Take et al ., 2006).

Reference List:Sapawe, N., Jalil, A.A., Triwahyono, S., Adam, S.H., Jaafar, N.F., & Satar, M.A.H. (2012).

Isomorphous substitution of Zr in the framework of aluminosilicate HY by an

electrochemical method: Evaluation by methylene blue decolorization. Appl. Catal. B:Environ. 125 , 311 –323.



30References List: Book

Reference List:Felder, R.M., & Rousseau, R.W. (2000). Elementary Principles of Chemical

Processes. (3rd Edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

References List:



31References List:

Article in a Book

Reference List:Matsumura, Y., & Yong, T.L.K. (2014). Production of chemicals in supercritical water. In

Fang, Z., & Xu, C.C. (Ed), Near-critical and supercritical water and their applications for biorefineries. (pg. 427 –437). New York: Springer



32References List: Source from Internet

Reference List:Sluiter, A., Hames, B., Ruiz, R., Scarlata, C., Sluiter, J. & Templeton, D. (2008).

Determination of ash in biomass. [Online]. [Accessed 28-10-2014]. Available fromworld wide web: www.nrel.gov/biomass/pdfs/42622.pdf.

(www.nrel.gov/biomass/pdfs/42622.pdf).

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33Reference List

1.5

inch1

inch

1 inch

Take note !

Addition to theUniKL MICET Thesis

Manual


2nd line:

0.5 inch

indent

References

listed based

onalphabetical

order




34Tips to manage references database

Suggestions:

Named the source file with the

name of the author(s) and title



+ Thank YouGood Luck!

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