Guidelines for the Final Report of B.Tech. Project - 2013 General 1.

Please note that the format of the final report of the B.Tech. project would be somewhat different from the format of the reports submitted by you so far, since the final report is to be archived. Thus, this report will not have a Gantt chart. On the other hand, it must have additional sections like certificate, abstract, acknowledgements, nomenclature etc., as given in the specific guidelines below. Please also note that you will submit a softbound report before the presentations, with the title page listing the project number and the examiner. After the presentations, you will need to incorporate the changes as required by the examiner and the BTP committee. The final report for submission will have a different title cover as given below without the examiners name and without the project number. This report will have to be hard bound and then submitted to the department office/library within two days of your viva-voce. PLEASE WRITE THE REPORT IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE. Copying sentences verbatim from any other source without due acknowledgement is plagiarism. If an important statement is to be reproduced verbatim, it must be in quotes and the corresponding reference must be provided. If your work is continuation of the work carried out by another B.Tech / M.Tech student at IITD, you must NOT copy any part of the earlier report. Do not include any downloaded pictures / scans or photocopies of diagrams. If it is unavoidable, please give reference no. (from your reference list) for the material you download or copied from other books/papers next to the figure in [xx]. Credit will be given to those reports which contain self made diagrams / sketches / schematic diagrams. The guidelines given here is not sacrosanct and the format of the main body of the report may deviate if the work to be reported is better presented in a different format. Specifically chapters 3,4 & 5 must present the work done, giving the details of approach, mathematical modelling or experimental rig and the final results. If required the above can be presented in four chapters (chapters 3-6). Each of these chapters can have suitable titles in accordance with the kind of work carried out. Every figure and table must be referred to in the text. In addition, they must be used to explain/illustrate some specific point being made. The reader is not expected to come to conclusions by looking at the pictures unless specific description is highlighted. Else, please remove them from the document. Each figure and table should have a number and title, which should be linked to the List of Figures and List of Tables, respectively. References must be given in accordance with ASME guidelines, the link to which is provided again for the final report in the detailed instructions below. Every reference in the list of references must be included in the main text and every reference discussed in the main text must find a place in the list of references.

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Appendices: You can discuss with your supervisor whether there is any information, which does not form part of the main report, but is useful for the reader and hence can be included in the Appendix. If you have been interacting with any vendors for experimental rig/instrumentation/software purchase and the like, you must include the name of the vendor, contact addresses (with names of contact persons) and phone numbers in one appendix. You must also include one appendix giving your expected contact details assuming you graduate: permanent address, phone number(s) and e-mail id. Suggestions for typesetting of the report Word processing Set the page size to A4, margins 25 mm (i.e., 1 inch) on all sides. Set default font as Times New Roman, size 12 pt., 1.5 line spacing. In titles/headings, dont capitalize every word (only the first) Headings styling: Heading level 1 Font size 14 & all capitals, centered Heading level 2 Font size 12 & bold, left aligned Heading level 3 Same font & size, underline, left aligned Heading level 4 Same font & size, italics, left aligned Place figures at locations where they can be referred to or at the end of the chapter. Auto generate Table of Contents, Figure number, Table number and use cross-referencing options in the word processor to add references in the body. Figure numbering scheme: Chapter 1 1.1, 1.2, and so on Chapter 2 2.1, 2.2, and so on Figure numbering style Figure 2.5. This is the figure title. Auto generate List of Figures and list of tables

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The report must be printed on both sides of the paper. Specific instructions for the report to be submitted before the presentation : a. Two copies of the report, soft bound with light green/blue cover must be submitted. Please do not use a plastic sheet cover. b. The title page must include project number and examiners name. c. It must be read, checked and duly signed by the supervisor (s). (pl give enough time to your supervisor(s) to go through your written report, no last minute RUSH for signatures only!)

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Specific instructions for the report to be submitted AFTER the presentation :

a. The title page of the final report must not have either the project number or the name of the examiner. The month at the bottom would be May and not April. b. One copy of the hard bound (black cover) report must be submitted in the department library and one each must be submitted to the supervisors. c. Each of the hard bound copies (the library copy or the supervisor copy) must have a CD with the following : (i) Soft copy of the report (pdf version) (ii) A copy of the programme you might have written for your work, or case files in case you used software. These must include detailed instructions on how to use the programme case files. This is for the benefit of those who will carry your work forward.

Format of Title Page for the Report to be submitted on April 26, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________

Project No: ---

B.Tech Project Report on

Title

Submitted by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Entry No: XXXXXXXXX) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Entry No: XXXXXXXXX) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Entry No: XXXXXXXXX)

Supervised by [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Examiner xxxxxxx

Mechanical Engineering Department Indian Institute of Technology Delhi April 2013

Format of Title Page for the Final Hard Bound Report to be submitted after presentation. _____________________________________________________________________

Title
A report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree of

Bachelor of Technology
in

Mechanical Engineering / Production & Industrial Engineering

by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (only name) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (only name) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (only name)

under the supervision of

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Mechanical Engineering Department Indian Institute of Technology Delhi May, 2013

Format of the Rest of the Report ___________________________

Contents Certificate Abstract Acknowledgements Nomenclature List of Figures List of Tables i ii iii iv yy yy

1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Methodology (or any other suitable title)

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4. & 5 Work Accomplished organized appropriately with suitable chapter titles. 6. Conclusions References Appendices

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The work presented in this report has been carried out by me/us for the course XXXXXX. The report accurately reflects the work done by me/us. All the material taken from other sources has been fully acknowledged.

_____________ (Signatures, name(s) and entry number of all the students)

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XXXXX and XXXXX (names of students) have worked under my/our supervision. I/We have read this report. It accurately reflects the work done by the students.

_______________ (Signatures and Name(s) of the Supervisor(s)

Abstract [Maximum 1 page] [Write in brief about what are the project objectives, expected benefits, methodology and what has been achieved at the end of the project. Abstracts should usually be not more than 150-200 words] 1. Introduction Discuss following in brief: What did you attempt in this project work? In other words what did you design or solve? What motivated you to take up this problem/work? Were there any prior attempts to solve this problem? If so, what were their deficiencies? How did you go about attempting this problem? What are the benefits of present work, who is going to get benefit from your work? State the objectives of the work clearly in this chapter. 2. Literature Review Discuss what the previous attempts from engineers/researchers were worldwide to solve the problem that you attempted. In view of the literature review, state what was the scope of your work and how was it different from others work. The scope of work is expected to be more elaborate than the objectives. The scope of work should clearly state whether your approach is computational or experimental or both. 3. Methodology: This chapter can get another suitable title like Mathematical Modelling or Design of Experiments On what basis was the work planned for your project? The plan of work is expected to be further expansion of scope of work with clear identification of work elements. 4. & 5 Work Accomplished (Give Suitable Titles) Describe what you have been able to accomplish in this project. Discuss this in terms of study of literature (including standard texts on fundamentals), market survey, experimental planning, experiments conducted or efforts towards new software/product/process development if any. What were the results of your efforts? Present this in detail. Include both successes and failures. 6. Conclusions Discuss in a nutshell what you were able to achieve in the present project. Identify further work needed to be done for your results to be used by industry/society? References Indicate all the resources you have used for your work and report preparation. Every reference should be cited at appropriate places using the style given in ASME Citation Guidelines in the following website. http://www.asme.org/kb/proceedings/proceedings/references For different kinds of references, viz., books, journal papers, reports etc, follow referencing format as given in ASME guidelines.