FINALYEARPROJECTREPORTGUIDELINES

DEPARTMENTOFELECTRICALENGINEERING
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1.1 Cover/Submission/ApprovalPages:
TheformatofthesethreepagesisgiveninAppendixAoftheguidelines.

1.2 Dedication(Optional):
Thestudent(s)maydedicatethereportandtheprojecttoanindividual,severalpeople,organizationor
place.

1.3 Acknowledgements(Optional):
Thestudent(s)mayacknowledgetheassistanceofvariousindividualsororganizationsinthesuccessful
completionoftheproject.Keepacknowledgementsshort,thelengthoftheacknowledgementshould
notexceedthreequarterofpage.

1.4 Abstract:
TheAbstractshouldnotbemorethanonepageandshouldallowthereaderwhoisunfamiliarwiththe
worktogainaswiftandaccurateimpressionofwhattheprojectisabout,howitaroseandwhathas
beenachieved.

Itisimportantnottoconfuseanabstractwithanintroduction.Insomecontexts,anabstractiscalledan
ExecutiveSummary.Theabstractshouldbewritteninthepresenttense.Agoodabstractconsistsofthe
followingcontent:
StatemainobjectivesWhatdidyouinvestigateandwhy?
DescribemethodsWhatdidyoudo?
SummarizeimportantresultsWhatdidyoufindout?
StatemainconclusionsWhatdoyourresultsmean?

1.5 TableofContents:
Thetableofcontentsshouldlistallsections,chaptersandsubheadingsalongwiththerespectivepage
numbersonwhichtheybegin.Thetableofcontentsservesasbothanoutlineofthereportandamean
for locating specific sections. Students should strictly follow the format of table of contents given in
AppendixBoftheguidelines.

1.6 ListofFiguresandTables
If the report contains figures or tables; a list of these should be provided. Figures include diagrams,
photographs, drawings, graphs, charts and maps. The list should give the table or figure number, the
title of the table or figure and the page number. Remember that all figures and tables used must be
referredtointhetext.Thefigure/tablenumbersshouldincludethechapternumberandthenumberof
figure/tableinthatchaptere.g.Figure2.1.Itmustbenotedthatifthereareanumberoffigures/tables

presentinthereport,thenthelistoffiguresandlistoftablesshouldbelistedonseparatepages.The
formatforlistoffigures/tablesisgiveninAppendixB.

1.7 Text(BodyofProjectReport)
1.7.1 Introduction
Thisshouldbetreatedasthefirstchapterinprojectreport.Inthischapter,thestudent(s)shouldadda
briefbackground,motivation,problemstatementandobjectivesoftheproject.Thischaptershouldalso
list the organization of the thesis. Introduction should not be confused with literature review. Ideally,
theintroductionchaptershouldbe34pages.

1.7.2 Literature Review

Theliteraturereviewshouldnot bejustacompilationorreproductionoftheworksofothers.Itishighly
recommended to explain the ideas in your own words along with proper referencing. The literature
review requires the student to examine and comment critically on the literature relevant to the
studentsareaofresearch.Itshouldclearlyindicatevarioustechniques/ideasinthisareaofstudy.Itis
againsuggested thatallthematerial usedinthis chaptershouldbeproperlyreferenced to.Incase,a
pieceofinformationisdirectlycopiedfromasource,itshouldbeclearlydistinguishedfromrestofthe
text.

1.7.3 Methodology
Thissectioncouldbedividedintoanumberofchaptersandsubchapters.Eachoftheseshouldcontain
a reasonably separate topic of discussion and be arranged in a logical sequence. The student must
clearly and coherently describe the method(s) he/she has adopted in the project. Use past tense to
describewhatyoudid.Dontaddyourresultsinthissection,justlisttheprocedures.
Thepossiblesubsectionsareasfollows:
1.7.3.1 Design Procedure (or appropriate title related to project)
Discuss your design decisions for each subproject at the most general level: What alternative
approachestothedesignwerepossible,whichwaschosen,andwhyisitdesirable?Introducethemajor
designequations,orotherdesigntoolsused;show thegeneral formof the circuitsanddescribetheir
functions.
1.7.3.2 Design Details (or appropriate title related to project)
Presentthedetaileddesign,withdiagramsandcomponentvalues.Showhowthedesignequationswere
applied.Giveequationsanddiagramswithspecificdesignvaluesanddata.

1.7.4 Results and Discussion

Discussthetestingofthecompletedprojectanditsmajorsubprojects.Includethedetailsofallsortsof
simulations done to verify your design and also provide details of the data collected during hardware
testing. Provide solid technical data, and present it in an easily grasped manner, using graphs where
possible.

1.7.5 Conclusion
Thischapterbringstogether,concisely,thefindingsoftheprojectandtheconclusionstobedrawnwith
specificreferencetotheprojectobjectives.Theseconclusionsneedtorelatebacktotheobjectivesthe

studenthassetatthestartoftheprojectreporttooutlinethesuccessoftheproject.Thepurposeof
this chapter is to convince the reader that the proposed design will work. Any sort of uncertainties,
expectedorunexpectedfindingsshouldbementionedanddiscussed.
The recommendations for the future work related to the project should also be listed in this chapter.
However,usewordsonlyandavoidstatingany sort of equations or diagrams for this purpose.

1.8 References
Allreferencescitedinthetextshouldbelistedhere.Thereferencesshouldbenumberedandlistedin
order of appearance in the body of the report. The format for writing references in this section is as
givenbelow:
Book:

[#]<Author(s)>,<BookTitle>,<Edition>,<Publisher>,<YearofPublication>

ForExample: [1]J.A.Prufrock,Lasers,2nded.,McGrawHill,2004.

BookChapter:[#]<Author(s)>,<ChapterName,>in<BookTitle>,<Edition>,<Publisher>,<Yearof
Publication>,pp.<PageNumbers>

ForExample: [2] A.ReziandM.Allam,Techniquesinarrayprocessingbymeansoftransformations,in

ControlandDynamicSystems,vol.69,AcademicPress,1995,pp.133180.

Journal Paper: [#] <Author(s)>, <Title,> <Name of Journal>, vol. <#>, pp. <Page Numbers>, <Month
andYearofPublication>
For Example: [3] G. Liu, TDM and TWDM de Bruijn nets and shufflenets for optical communications,
IEEETransactionsonComputers,vol.46,no.1,pp.695701,June1997.
ConferencePaper:[#]<Author(s)>,<Title,>in<NameofConferenceProceedings>,<Year>,pp.<Page#>
ForExample: [4]S.AlKuran,TheprospectsforGaAsMOSFETtechnologyindcacvoltageconversion,
inProceedingsoftheFourthAnnualPortableDesignConference,1997,pp.137142.

1.8.1 Bibliography (Optional)

TheBibliographycontainsdetailsofbooks,articlesetcthatarenotreferenceddirectlyinthetextbut
were read by the author and were used during the project as significant information sources. All the
itemsinbibliographyshouldusethesameformatasgiveninreferencesabove;however,theywillnot
benumberedandwillbearrangedinalphabeticalorder.

1.9 Appendices
AppendixA:Addallthecodesinthissection.Addthenameofthefile,programmeranddateontopof
eachcode.However,ifthecodesaretoolengthy,thenitisrecommendednottoaddittotheprinted
report.
AppendixB:Thecostofalltheparts/laborusedintheprojectshouldbelistedhere.
AppendixC:Attachthedatasheetsofthecomponentsusedintheprojecthere.Itshouldbenotedthat
onlytherelevantandimportantpagesofthedatasheetshouldbeadded.

FINALYEARPROJECTREPORTFORMATTING
DEPARTMENTOFELECTRICALENGINEERING
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2.1 Paper
Standard A4 size
Width: 8.27"
Height: 11.69"
Weight: 90 Grams

2.2 Fonts, Type Styles

Font
Chapter Title
Sub-title
Heading 1 (Font Size)
Heading 2 (Font Size)
Heading 3 (Font Size)
Normal Text (Font Size)

= Times New Roman

= 20 bold (Times New Roman)
= 18 bold (Times New Roman)
= 16 (Bold)
= 14(Bold)
= 12 (Bold, Italics)
= 12

2.3 Margins
Top = 1.5"
Bottom = 1.0"
Left = 2.0"
Right = 1.0"

2.4 Spacing
Line Spacing = 1.5
Paragraph Spacing = 6 pts

2.5 Indentation

There should be no indentation in paragraphs and headings.

However, any quotation or extract from another piece of writing must be
indented by a tab space.

2.6 Page Numbers

Except for the title pages, number all pages which come before the first page of
the body chapters (i.e. starting from Dedication) consecutively with upper
case roman numerals (I,II, III, IV).

 Starting from the first page of Chapter 1 (Introduction), number all the pages in
numerals (1,2,).
Mention page numbers on the Bottom right of the page.

2.7 Headers

The header should be underlined using the auto header style of MS word.
Odd page headers should consist of Air University aligned to left and Project
Title aligned to right side of the header
Even page headers should consist of Air University aligned to left and
Chapter Name aligned to right.
There should be no header on the first page of every chapter/section.
Use Times New Roman with Font Size 10 for the headers.

2.8 Deliverables
The deliverables should be

Project Report

CD

(3 sets)

The CD should contain the final report, coding, schematics, videos,

picture demonstrations and all reference material. The CD should be
attached at the back of hard cover of each project report in a CD pouch.
The documentation should be in separated folders. The CD must include:

Folder 1: Project Report (Doc and Pdf files)

Folder 2: Project Presentation

Folder 3: Codes and Schematics

Folder 4: Pictures and videos

Folder 5: All reference material

2.9 Binding guidelines

The final report should be hard-bound in Dark Blue cover with Project
information Written in Silver color.
Spine of report should also be labeled with session, project title and university
name.

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A Finnal Year Project

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Appendix A

ApprovalPage

Approval for Submission

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It is to certify that the project report titled

PROJECT TITLE
has met the required standard for submission
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of degree of
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
at Air University, Islamabad.

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Project Supervisor

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Head of Department

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Appendix B

Table of Contents

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Dedication ..................................................................................................................... .I
Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................... II
Abstract ........................................................................................................................ III
Table of Contents .........................................................................................................IV
List of Figures ............................................................................................................ VII
List of Tables ............................................................................................................ VIII
1

Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1
1.1

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1.2

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Literature Review.....................................................................................................
2.1

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2.2

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2.2.1

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2.2.2

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2.3
3

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Design Procedure .....................................................................................................

3.1

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3.1.1
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Design Details ..........................................................................................................

4.1

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Results and Discussion ............................................................................................

5.1

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Conclusions ..............................................................................................................

References .......................................................................................................................
Bibliography ....................................................................................................................
Appendix A ......................................................................................................................
Appendix B ......................................................................................................................
Appendix C ......................................................................................................................

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Appendix B

LIST OF FIGURES

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