Title of the paper

Author (Student) Name(s) and ID(s)

School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, NSW 2751, Australia

Abstract

One-paragraph summary of the entire research/project work. It provides an overview of the study, including its background/significance, project aim and research questions, experimental and/or simulation method, results and conclusions.

Normally no more than a half page.

Keywords:up to six keywords

Guideline/Instructions:

• 3000-4000 word (about 6-10 pages), not including the appendix if any.
• Font format: Times New Roma or Arial (recommended)
• Font size: 12
• Spacing: before 0 pt and after 0 pt, line-spacing: Single

1. INTRODUCTION

Your introduction should give an outline of:

• why you are writing a review, and why the topic is important
• the scope of the review what aspects of the topic will be discussed
• the criteria used for your literature selection (e.g., type of sources used, date range)
• the overview organisation of the review.

Use Endnote (available to bedownloaded from library) to insert references with Harvard style (Frenkel 2015).

Cite a figure using Word/References/Cross-reference.

Recommend 1 to 2 pages for Introduction.

2.METHODS

This section provides a brief description of the theoretical and/or experimental methods that have been used for the study of your review topic accordingly to your literature survey. It also includes the data and information analysis that you have used.

2.1. Introduction of methods

Number the equations if any and cite them as Eq. (1).

(1)

(2)

Number the table if any.

Table 1: Table caption

2.2. Data and information analysis methods

Recommend 1-2 pages in this section.

3.LITERATURE REVIEW

Each paragraph should deal with a different theme that is relevant to your review topic. You will need to evaluate and synthesise your review readings, and organise your findings/understanding into each paragraph, so that there is a clear connection between the various sources. You will need to evaluate and critically analyse each source for how they contribute to the themes of your review topic.

For each source you are reviewing, ask yourself these questions:

• What are the key findings and conclusions?
• How relevant is this article to my review topic?
• What are the differences and similarities between the sources?
• Are there any gaps in the literature that require further study?

Recommend 3-6 pages in this section.

4.CONCLUSIONS

The conclusions should give a summary of:

• The main agreements and disagreement in the literature
• Any gaps or areas for further research
• Your overall perspective on the review topic

In about a half page.

References (10-20)

List of articles and any books cited using theHarvard Referencing style.Endnoteis a program for storing, managing, and citing your references. For examples

Books

Lodge, D. and Wood, N. (2000) Modern criticism and theory: a reader. 2nd edn. Harlow: Longman.

Journals

Lomolino, M. et al. (2013) Of mice and mammoths: generality and antiquity of the island rule, Journal of Biogeography, 40(8), pp. 1427-1439.

Newspaper or magazine

Ingle, S. (2020) Geraint Thomas insists he has nothing to prove at road world championships, The Guardian, 24 September.

Social media and other online sources

Cramer, K. [@SenKevinCramer] (2020) Supreme Court vacancies are an important issue to the people I serve [Twitter] 24 September.

Not included in word number and page count.

APPENDIX

Supplementary information (optional). Additional information that is not critical to understanding the research paper, such as a list of experiment stimuli, details of a secondary analysis, or programming code, is provided.

Not included in word number and page count.