TITLE OF YOUR PROJECT

GWDD Candidate: Your Name; Supervisor: Supervisor Name; BME Sponsor: Sponsor Name or N/A
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

Introduction: This section provides the
background of your project: what is the rationale for
doing this work and how it can lead to improvement
of diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases.
You can also describe your project in relation to
overall work in your supervisor’s lab. Make sure to
clearly state the goal of your work.
Methods: This section shortly describes the
methods you used in your study. You do not have
space to go into all details. Give an overview,
pointing out methods that you developed. Make sure
to emphasize the engineering content of your work.
Results: This section is a summary of your most
important results. You do not have to include every
result you obtained: be selective and make sure to
include those results that support your conclusions
(below). If your have space, you can include a
figure or a table. They need to be labeled (figure
should have a caption and table should have a title)
and they need to be quoted in your abstract.
Acknowledgements: In this section, you need to
acknowledge other individuals who contributed to
your project. If you worked with other students or
lab personnel, your own work should be clearly
differentiated from their contributions.
References: Optionally, you can include references
to scientific publications that you used in your work
and quoted in the abstract. For the sake of saving
space, each reference should include only the first
author, abbreviated journal name, volume, pages,
and year. Example:
1. Yamaguchi F et al., J Neuro-Oncol, 93: 121-
125, 2009.
Your abstract is limited to one page,
11-point Times New Roman font,
single spaced.

Figure 1. The figure should have a concise caption

that describes its content. Label the axes and all data
sets. Make sure that the lettering on the figure is
readable.

Conclusion: This section should state conclusions

from your study. Do not summarize your results;
instead, say what is novel about them and what are
their implications and significance. Make sure that
your conclusions are supported by your results. You
may also put forward ideas for follow-up studies.