Course Objectives Introduction to Graduation Project

ECE Department College of Engineering and Technology Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU) Dr. Ing.-Murad Abusubaih

How to write a proposal. How to write your introduction report. How to Present your work. Presentation Preparing and Training. Detailed Discussions of Project Ideas.
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Agenda
How to Write Project Proposal ? Team Work. Proposal Elements. What do we expect from you this semester ? How to Write Project Report ? Report Organization. Presentation Skills.
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How to Write Project Proposal ?

Introduction. Proposal has to briefly describe all what you plan to do in your project. You do not need to specify details of your ideas. You should convince us that your has some challenges. You should point out how your project differs from other related projects (if there are?).
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Team Work
Team members have to collaborate in work. Work has to be divided between team members.
You should identify work tasks. You should put a work plan. You should identify the interests of each team members.
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Team Work (cont.)

You should learn and fill any skill needed for each member. (Do that this semester) (Do that this semester) Do not work together on same task. (Risk not to finish on time). Report to your supervisor any misunderstanding/problems among team members (important). (important). Note that some members just want join a team without any interest in project or intention to work. ().
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Proposal Elements

Proposal Elements Project Title

Title has to reflect the work in the project. Title has to be kept short enough but one has to understand what is the project about. Consult your supervisor to agree on project title.
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Project Title. Small Abstract. Project Team. Project Supervisor. Project Objectives. Motivation. Project idea (Approach). Project Requirements. Preliminary Plan.

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Proposal Elements Small Abstract

Abstract should summarize what is the project about. What is to be done/achieved. What is the expected outcome. Do not explain technologies in this part. Focus on the work to be executed.
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Proposal Elements Project Team

Just list members

names

of

team

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Proposal Elements Project Supervisor

Proposal Elements Project objectives List the objectives of your project. Write them in an attractive way (). Example:
Remote control. Make the life easier. Achieve better quality and so on.
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List the name of your supervisor. Please make sure that your supervisor has interest in your project. Please make sure that your supervisor has experience / interests in your project field. (Electronics, Networks, Programming, and so on). We know that you do not have long selection list, but try to keep this in mind).
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Proposal Elements Motivation

You should motivate your project. You should state why the project is important. You should state how your project differs from other related projects:
Approach. Technology. Some additions. Better Expected Performance..
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Proposal Elements Approach

Here you have to highlight the approach you plan to follow in your work. Motivate the approach. State possible other approaches. State if your approach differs from others.

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Proposal Elements Requirements

Explain What you need to work on your project. Identify both:
Software. Hardware.

Proposal Elements Preliminary Plan

Identify any skill that may be needed.

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Write a plan of your work. As Said, identify the tasks. Arrange them. Estimate the time for each task. Try to identify possibly parallel tasks. Assign Tasks to members (if possible at this phase)
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What do we Expect from you this semester ?

Project Report

Complete Understanding of Project Idea. Complete Assignment of Tasks among Members. Learning and fulfilling all needed skills, or missing experience. Preparing and Finding all required tools and components. (Hardware and software) Prepare a preliminary design plan of your project. (Blocks/subsystems, Relations among blocks, information needed for each block) Full Project Report.
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How to Write a Project Report

How to Write a Project Report

Do not use previous reports and copy from them. Do not follow previous reports. Do not Cheat. (). Use References with proper numbering. Quote any text for others and cite it.
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Project Name. Abstract. Acknowledgements. Table of Content. List of figures. List of Tables. List of Abbreviations. Chapters.

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How to Write a Project Report Abstract

As said for Proposal but could be:
a bit longer after completing the first phase. Modified version. One to two pages.

Acknowledgements
You should thank all people helped you in the project, especially your supervisor (). This is important. Do not forget your neighbors for being quiet ().

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How to Write a Project Report Table of Content

List all project chapters, sections, subsections. Make sure that table and page numbers are correct.

How to Write a Project Report- List of Figures, Tables, and Abbreviations

This is Important. Why ?

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How to Write a Project Report Chapters

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter One: Introduction
Should motivate the project. Should State the project objectives, approach, any new technology. It is an extended abstract (but not a copy). Should include related work section. Should include Summary of expected results. Reader of Introduction chapter has to understand everything about your project.
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How to Write a Project Report Chapters

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter One: Introduction
Possible Organization:
Motivation. Problem Statement. Related work. Needed Technology. Expected Outcomes/Results.

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How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

Chapter Two: Background Chapter Two: Background
Should detail any required background, material, technology, needed for the project. Best Place where you can include any relevant material. Please do not Copy, paste here. Please cite any used material.

How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

Chapter Three: Design Chapter Three: Design
You may have two chapters. One for Hardware. One for Software. Also: You may put preliminary design in a chapter and detailed system design in the next chapter. (Ask your Supervisor). Block diagrams, system blocks, how do blocks interact, information exchange between blocks.
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How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

Chapter Four: Plan for the Next Chapter Four: Plan for the Next Semester: Semester:
Put your plan. Design of Experiments. Scenarios.

How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

Chapter Four: Implementation Chapter Four: Implementation
Write / Explain your implementation. Design sheets. Hardware. Specification of algorithms. Summary of codes.

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How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

Chapter Five: Testing and Results Chapter Five: Testing and Results
Specify testing scenarios. Specify Evaluation methods and metrics. Specify Measurement Parameters. Detail experiment setup and configurations. Include the Results. Discuss the results. Are the results as you expected ? If not Why ?
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How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

Chapter Chapter Work Six: Conclusions and Future Six: Conclusions and Future

Summarize the work in your report. Summarize the results of your work. Point out any task that is not completed. Point out any future work that can extend your project or probably new. Point any idea that you may have to improve your work.
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How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

Appendices Appendices
Data Sheets. Codes.

How to Write a Project Report Chapters (cont.)

References: References:
Example:
In [1], the authors have proposed a new scheme for . However, their approach depends on The authors of [1] have proposed Do NOT write
A new scheme for . is an approach for ..

[1] Authors names, Reference Title, Book Or Journal OR Conference, Page numbers, Publisher, Month, Year
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Presentation Preparation
Agenda/Content/Mile Stones. Introduction.
Project Idea. Motivation Approach.

Presentation Preparation (cont.)

Design. Results. Discussion of Results Allow Questions.

Related Work. Background.

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Presentation Preparation (cont.)

Hints: Do not include too much details. Keep it summarized. Do not put much equations. (No body will follow you ). Do not detail known facts and information. Do not Repeat info. Do not include all results, just Include Impressive results.

Projects

Do not read the slides.

Divide the time between the members. You should finish on time.
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Now we will discuss your projects. We should know the teams. You should prepare a presentation and update it regularly.
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