FORMAT FOR SEMINAR REPORT

Each student is required to write a comprehensive report about the seminar. The report should
consist of 20 to 25 pages describing the topic presented. The report should be in the format as
described below. It is important that you adhere to these guidelines.

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the seminar report material should be arranged and bound is as follows:
1. Cover Page & Title Page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Contents
5. List of Abbreviations
6. List of Symbols
7. List of Figures
8. List of Tables
9. Main Body
10. Appendices
11. References

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS

The dimension of the seminar report should be in A4 size. The seminar report should be soft bound
using flexible cover of sky blue color. Two copies of the report (hard copy only) should be
submitted. Prepare a file of all the seminar topics together (hard bound) for department
reference along with a soft copy in pdf format.

3. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:

One and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be justified
and typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 12.
CHAPTERS (Centre aligned) shall be typed in the Font style ‗Times New Roman‘ and Font size 14
and bold. – Upper case.
SECTIONS (Left aligned) shall be typed in the Font style ‗Times New Roman‘ and Font size 12
and bold –upper case.
Subheading (Left aligned) shall be typed in the Font style ‗Times New Roman‘ and Font size 12
and bold— Sentence case
Margins-- Left-38mm; top -25mm; bottom-25mm and right – 25 mm.
Printing—single side
Header – Seminar topic (Left), Semester VII (Centre), 2018 (Right) – Font style ‘Times New
Roman’ and Font size 10.
Footer- Department of Mechanical Engineering (Left), Page number (Centre), College of
Engineering, Adoor (Right) – Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 10.

4. PREPARATION FORMAT:
Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the seminar
report are given in Appendix 1.
Bonafide certificate- See Appendix2
Abstract – Abstract should be one page synopsis (in two or three paragraphs), it should summarize
the objectives, findings conclusions and implications of the topic of your seminar, typed with 1.5
line spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size12.
Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material, which precedes it. The page numbers of which are in lower case Roman letters. One and
a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head. A specimen copy of the
Table of Contents of the seminar report is given in Appendix3.
Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 4 parts (i) Introductory chapter i.e.
developingthemainthemeofthetopic(ii)Literaturereviewofthetopicselected(iii) Detailed description of
the topic (iv) and Summary or Conclusions
The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided into
several divisions and sub-divisions.
 Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.

 Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the reference
where they are cited.
Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which if included in
the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.
 es and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and referred to an
appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.

contents page also.

List of References- The listing of references should be typed 2 spaces below the heading
―REFERENCES‖ in alphabetical order in single spacing left –justified.

collected together in the reference list at the end of your report. The references should be numbered
in the order they are used in the text.

A typical illustrative list given below relates [Citation number] If there are no authors,
to the citation example quoted above. corporate author, editor, compiler, or
Anonymous work translator, omit the author spot. Begin the
entry with Title of the Book, year, Publisher,
Location.
Example [1] Collaborative Writing in Industry:
Investigations in Theory and Practice, 1991,
Baywood Publishing Co., Amityville, NY.
Book with one author or a chapter in a [Citation number] Author‘s Name, year, Title
book of Book, Publisher, Location. [For chapters in
a book, add chapter number (if any) at the end
of the citation following the abbreviation,
―Chap.‖]
Example [1] Saxby, G., 1996, Practical Holography,
2nd ed., Prentice Hall, New York, NY, Chap.
6.
Book with two or more authors [Citation number] For each author, surname
followed by initials. List the authors in the
order given in the source. Note that commas
go between each name, and also that "and"
comes before the last name in the list.
Example [1] J. H. Watt, J. H. and van der Berg, S. A.,
1995, Research Methods for Communication
Science, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA.
Edited or translated book To the standard author entry, simply insert the
names of the editor or translator between title
and publication information, separated by a
Comma. Note that, as with authors, you use
the editor's/translator's initials, followed by
the full surname, omitting professional titles
but including personal titles such as "Jr." or
"III". Immediately after, identify that person's
role by using either Ed./Eds. (editor/multiple
editors) or Trans. (covers both single and
Multiple translators), followed by a comma.
Example [1] Sarunyagate, D., Ed., 1996, Lasers,
McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
Journal article [Citation Number] Author(s), year, "Article
Title," Journal Title, vol. no. (issue no.), pp.
Example [1] Dahl, G. and Suttrop, F., 1998, ―Engine
Control and Low-NOx Combustion for
Hydrogen Fuelled Aircraft Gas Turbines,‖ Int.
J. Hydrogen Energy, 23(8), pp.695-704.
Web Page [citation number] Author(s), year, ―Title of
Web Page.‖ Report Number (if applicable),
fromurl.
Example [1] McBride, B.J. and Gordon, S., 1996,
―Computer Program for Calculation of
Complex Chemical Equilibrium Compositions
and Applications – II. Users Manual and
Program Description,‖ NASA Ref Publ. No.
1311, from
 APPENDIX 1

TITLE OF SEMINAR
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ADOOR
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SPECIMEN
PERFORMANCE ASPECTS OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT NETWORK
A SEMINAR REPORT

Submitted by

Mr. XYZ

in partial fulfillment for the award of the

degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

of
A P J ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
at

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ADOOR
NOVEMBER 2018
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar report titled <TITLE OF THE SEMINAR>
is a bonafide record of the <SUBJECT CODE>Seminar presented by <Name
of the Student><(Register No)> in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical
Engineering of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University at College Of
Engineering Adoor during the year 2018-2019.

Oral presentation held on

<NAME> <NAME>
Seminar Coordinator Head of the Department
 APPENDIX 3

CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations ii
List of Symbols iii
List of Figures iv
List of Tables v
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Problem Definition 2
1.3 Outline of the Report 2
2 Review of Literature 4
2.1 Significance of Models 5
2.1.1 Art of Modeling 5

4 Results and Discussion 60

5.1 Results 61
5.2 Analysis 65
5 Conclusions and Scope for Future Work 68
6.1 Conclusions 68
6.2 Scope for Future work 69
Appendix I: Title of Appendix 70
Appendix II: Title of Appendix 72
References 74

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

COP Coefficient of Performance

EDM Electric Discharge Machining
FEA Finite Element Analysis

FMS Flexible Manufacturing System

PV Photovoltaic
WJM Water Jet Machining

Abbreviations shall be given in the alphabetical order. Give sufficient spacing between
the abbreviation and its expanded form.

List of Abbreviations shall be included only if there are more than 3 abbreviations used in
the report.

When it appears for the first time in the text of the report, the expanded form
shall be given with the abbreviation in the parenthesis. For example: ―Flexible
Manufacturing Systems (FMS) are extensively used …‖

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 LIST OF SYMBOLS

n Hardening exponent
q Charge of an electron (1.6 × 10-19 C)
t Time (s)
A Diode ideality factor (1 to 5)
Io Output current (A)
K Boltzmann constant (1.38 × 10-23 J/K)
T Absolute temperature (K)
Vo Output voltage (V)

Subscripts and Superscripts

t
X Quantity X evaluated at time t
tt
X Quantity X evaluated at time t t
Aij Row i and column j element of matrix/tensor A

Use the following order listing: lower case Greek symbols, upper case Greek
symbols, lower case English letters and upper case English letters. Each group
should be arranged in alphabetic order.
Subscripts and Superscripts may be mentioned separately, if required,
after giving a subheading:
Subscripts and Superscripts (12 point, Bold, Title case)

Mention the numerical values (if any) and units (if any) in parenthesis as shown
above.

The symbols here shall be modified as per requirement, even though some
of them are shown in black color.

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 LIST OF FIGURES
Page no

1.2 Schematic Diagram of EDM 12

2.3 A Flexible Manufacturing System 21
5.1 Variation of Thermal Conductivity of Platinum with Temperature 63
5.3 Temperature Contour in the Work piece 64

The general format for the figure/table number is ―x.y‖, where ―x‖ is the chapter number and ―y‖ is the
serial number of the figure/table in that chapter.

Include the lists of figures/tables, only if there are three or more figures/tables in the report.

LIST OF TABLES
Page no

3.1 Sutton Chen Parameters for Copper 26

4.1 Surface Roughness Values 45
5.4 Comparison of Results for Lathe and WJM 62
5.7 Cost Comparison for Machining Methods 63

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PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGIN

Paper size: 80 gsm. Standard A4 size (210 mm X 297 mm)

Margins

Top edge : 1 inch (25 mm)

Left side : 1 ½ inch (38 mm)
Bottom edge : 1 inch (25 mm)
Right side : 1 inch (25 mm)
Print out: LaserJet or Inkjet printer, printed on only one side
Font size (regular Text): Times New Roman of 12 pts
Spacing: 1.5 line spacing
Chapters: 14 pts bold Centre aligned (Upper case)
Sections: 12 pts bold left aligned (Upper case)
Subsections: 12 pts bold left aligned (Lower case)
Page numbers (Chapters) : Bottom – centered – 10 pts (1, 2, 3…)
Page numbers (Preliminaries) : Bottom – centered – 10 pts / Roman numerals (i, ii,
iii….)
Binding: Soft bound using flexible cover of sky blue colour.

Number of copies

2 (Candidate (as individual), Department (all together in hard cover))

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