(85 Marks) Content 35%
42013 Progress Report
(85 Marks) Content 35%
Knowledge 35%
Communication 30%
Report Components
An introductory section about the background of the engineering problem addressed
A literature review section addressing the state-of-the-art of research relating to the research question and establishing the relevance and significance of the project
A methodology section defining the research design and the methods of data collection and processing
A plan for the completion of the project
Knowledge (35%)
Appropriate research methodology
Robustness of research design
Systems thinking
Content (35%)
Literature review
Plan for Data collection
Plan for Data analysis
Written communication features (30%)
Clear definition and focus of the research question
Critical perspective on research
Clear justification of research methodologies
Convincing arguments for the significance of the research
Appropriate academic language
Well structured (presentation and organisation) and correct referencing as per Harvard-UTS style
As a guide the progress report is expected to be approximately 40 pages (not including appendices)
High Distinction
(85-100%) An outstanding 42013 Progress Report provides the reader a comprehensive and insightful understanding of each of the components.
The report resembles a highly professional publishable work. The report presents clearly focused research work justified by scholarly acknowledged research methodology. Project plan demonstrates highly proficient engineering rationality and systems thinking. Progress statement demonstrates professional project management skills including time management and mitigation of uncertainties and risks. The report demonstrates highly proficient engineering problem-solving competencies and systems thinking. The report presents original knowledge that has the potential to be applied to real engineering contexts. Language use is highly appropriate and professional. The report communicates its intentions with clarity. The report is extremely well presented and organised. Accurately referenced throughout.
Distinction
(75-84%) A superior report that provides the reader with a solid understanding of each of the components.
The report resembles a professional project report for an engineering R&D or a scholarly research project. The report presents substantial research work justified by scholarly acknowledged research methodology. Project plan demonstrates proficient engineering rationality and systems thinking. Progress statement demonstrate sufficient project management skills including time management and mitigation of uncertainties and risks.
Language use is mostly appropriate, clear and professional. The report is well presented and organised. Accurately referenced throughout with minor or occasional lapses.
Credit
(65-74%) The report provides the reader with a good understanding of each of the components.
A major part of research work presented can be justified by scholarly acknowledged research methodology. Project plan demonstrates engineering rationality and systems thinking. Progress statement demonstrate project management skills including time management and mitigation of uncertainties and risks. at the professional level. The report reflects some original thinking.
Language use is comprehensible and mostly professional with some lapses in formality or accuracy. The report is mostly well presented and organised with some areas for improvement. Limited inaccurate referencing in places.
Pass
(50-64%) The report provides the reader some understanding of each of the components.
The report presents some research in the work (eg literature study) justified by research methodology. However, the methodology might not be completely appropriate. Project plan demonstrates engineering rationality and systems thinking. Progress statement demonstrate rudimentary project management skills including time management and mitigation of uncertainties and risks. Language use is comprehensible and mostly professional with some lapses in formality or accuracy. Writing style in places may lead to vagueness of understanding for the reader. The report is presented and organised with some areas needing improvement. There has been some attempt at Referencing.
Progress ReportThe progress report will be submitted through Canvas. In some circumstances, your supervisor may request that you email them a copy of your progress report. Students are advised to confirm this requirement with their supervisors.
Document structure/layout
The progress report body text size of the characters shall be 12 point in a serif font (such as Times New Roman); the line spacing shall be 1.5 spacing.
If you are printing your report then use double-sided printing only. Provide a 40mm left hand margin for binding, and 25mm right hand margin. If you include folded pages, such as large photos fold-out charts, they must be folded at least 1cm from the right hand edge. To accommodate double sided printing, use the mirror margins option (located in page set-up in Mircrosoft Word ).
The number of pages in the report will depend to an extent on the nature of the work undertaken. Your supervisor will be able to offer relevant advice. As a guide you could expect to write approximately 40 pages for your progress report (not including appendices).
Please use the following structure. The first page will be a title page as shown in the example below.
University of Technology, Sydney
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
APPLYING TECHNOLOGY TO PLANT MANTENANCE MANAGEMENT
STUDY SITE - THIESS MT OWEN MINE
by
John Lucas Smith
Student Number: 10123456
Project Number A12-099
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Supervisor: Dr David Eager
Industry Co-supervisor: Mr Fred Brown (Thiess Bros Pty Ltd)
26 July 2012
Example Format for Final Report Title page
The second page should be a signed Statement of Originality in which you declare that you are the sole author of the report, that you have not used fragments of text from other sources without proper acknowledgment, that theories, results and designs of others that you have incorporated into your report have been appropriately referenced and all sources of assistance have been acknowledged. If your project extends work you undertook in (say) another subject then you must declare this and clearly identify the extent of this material in your report. The subject coordinator reserved the right to fail any student who does not sign a statement of originality.
The next pages should include the Contents, List of Figures, and List of Tables sections. These sections should include appropriate numbering right justified.
These pages should be followed by a Nomenclature section that lists symbols and abbreviations used in the text.
The remainder of the written report may be arranged in Chapters as follows:
Introduction: The problem is defined and the contents of each Chapter discussed briefly.
Literature Review: This Chapter includes the results of the literature survey on or related to the report topic (see References example below).
Two or three Chapters: These should appropriately describe, under suitable headings and subheadings, the main theory behind the work done, any experimental or other results already done, techniques and equipment used. In particular, aspects which demonstrate the quality of the work done should be emphasised (e.g. how problems were overcome, the theoretical model of the problem tackled). There should also be a chapter detailing what tasks remain to be undertaken in the following subject to complete the project, including a gantt chart or similar showing a timeline for completion.References: Others works that have been used for information should be listed. They should be listed alphabetically by author. The Faculty uses the Harvard or author/date referencing style. UTS Library has a clear guide to this style at:
http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/students/discover-your-library/referencing-and-writingThe following is an example of references in a text and their associated bibliography in the Harvard style which was created using EndNote. EndNote is a bibliographic software program for managing references. Information about EndNote is available at: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/endnote/index.htmlPublicly funded research institutes in most countries have been pressed by economic NgAxADQARQBEAEYAQgA4ADAAMAA3ADgAQQAzADYAOAA1ADYAMQAwADAAMAAwADgAMwAyAEMARgA2
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References
ADDIN ENBbu Bell, T. 1999, Commercialisation of research cultures, PhD Thesis, University of Technology, Sydney.
Duta, M. 2000 'Management of technological innovation in a transition economy', In IEEE International Engineering Management Conference 2000 IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 236-238.
Porter, M. E. 1998, The competitive advantage of nations: with a new introduction, Macmillan, London.
Tomkovick, C. & Miller, C. 2000, 'Perspective - riding the wind: Managing new product development in an age of change', Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 17, no. 1, pp.413-423.
Walker, J. 2001, Research management to-day, http://www.uts.edu.au (17 August, 2001).
Appendices: Material of interest that would be a distraction if it was placed in the main text. The appendices may include details of design calculations, theoretical analysis and data sheets and so on.
Your report should not contain any material that cannot be justified as either contributing to your explanation of the problem that you are tackling or explaining the chosen solution.