Fillable Printable Format for Preparation of Project Report

Format for Preparation of Project Report

ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT

FOR

B.E./ B. TECH. / B. ARCH.

1.ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

Thesequence inwhich the project report material shouldbe arranged and bound should be as

follows:

1.Cover Page& TitlePage

2.BonafideCertificate

3.Abstract

4.Table ofContents

5.List of Tables

6.List ofFigures

7.List ofSymbols,Abbreviations and Nomenclature

8.Chapters

9.Appendices

10.References

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriateplaces.

2.PAGE DIMENSIONAND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

Thedimension ofthe project report shouldbe inA4 size. The project report should be

bound using flexiblecover of the thick white art paper. The cover shouldbe printed in

black letters and the text for printing should be identical.

3.PREPARATION FORMAT:

3.1Cover Page & TitlePage –A specimen copy of the Cover page& Titlepage of the project

report aregiven in Appendix 1.

3.2Bonafide Certificate–TheBonafide Certificate shall beindoublelinespacingusingFont

Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, asper theformat in Appendix 2.

Thecertificateshall carry thesupervisor’s signature andshall be followed by the supervisor’s

name, academic designation (not any other responsibilitiesofadministrativenature),

department and full addressof the institutionwherethe supervisor hasguided thestudent.

Theterm‘SUPERVISOR’mustbe typedin capitallettersbetween thesupervisor’sname

and academic designation.

3.3Abstract –Abstractshould beone page synopsisofthe project report typed double line

spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.

3.4Tableof Contents –Thetable of contents should listall materialfollowing itaswell asany

material whichprecedesit.ThetitlepageandBonafideCertificatewillnot find aplace

among the itemslisted inthe Table ofContentsbut thepagenumbersofwhich are inlower

case Roman letters. One and a half spacing shouldbe adoptedfor typing the matter under this

head.A specimen copy ofthe Table of Contents of the projectreportisgiven inAppendix 3.

3.5List of Tables –Thelist shoulduseexactlythesamecaptionsastheyappear above the

tablesin the text.One and a halfspacing shouldbeadoptedfortyping the matter underthis

head.

3.6List of Figures –Thelist shoulduse exactly the samecaptionsasthey appear below the

figuresinthetext. Oneand a halfspacingshouldbe adopted for typing the matterunderthis

head.

3.7List of Symbols,Abbreviationsand Nomenclature–One and ahalfspacingshouldbe

adopted or typing thematter under thishead.Standard symbols,abbreviationsetc.shouldbe

used.

3.8Chapters – The chapters may bebroadly divided into 3 parts(i) Introductory chapter, (ii)

Chapters developing the main theme of theproject work (iii) and Conclusion.

Themain text will be divided intoseveral chaptersand each chapter may befurtherdivided

into several divisions and sub-divisions.

Eachchapter should be given an appropriate title.

Tablesand figuresina chapter shouldbe placed in the immediatevicinityofthe

referencewhere they arecited.

Footnotesshould be used sparingly.Theyshould be typed singlespace andplaced

directly underneath in the verysamepage, which refers to the material they annotate.

3.9Appendices –Appendices areprovided togivesupplementaryinformation,which is

included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.

Appendicesshould benumbered using Arabic numerals,e.g.Appendix 1, Appendix

2, etc.

Appendices, Tablesand Referencesappearing inappendicesshouldbe numberedand

referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.

Appendicesshall carry thetitleofthe work reported andthe sametitle shall bemade

inthe contents page also.

3.10 List of References –The listing ofreferencesshould be typed 4spacesbelow theheading

“REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left –justified.The reference

material shouldbe listed in the alphabetical order ofthe first author. Thenameofthe

author/authorsshould be immediately followed by the year and other details.

Atypical illustrative listgiven below relates to the citation example quoted above.

REFERENCES

1.Ariponnammal,S.and Natarajan,S. (1994) ‘TransportPhonomena of Sm Sel –X

Asx’, Pramana – Journal of PhysicsVol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.

2.Barnard, R.W. andKellogg,C. (1980) ‘Applications ofConvolution Operatorsto

Problems inUnivalentFunction Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.

3.Shin,K.G. andMckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open LoopMinimum TimeControl of

MechanicalManipulationsand itsApplications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego,

CA, pp. 1231-1236.

3.10.1Table andfigures - By theword Table, ismeanttabulated numerical data inthe body of the

project report aswell as in the appendices. All other non-verbalmaterials used in the body of

the project work and appendicessuchascharts, graphs,maps, photographsanddiagrams

may be designated as figures.

4.TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:

The impression on thetypedcopiesshould be black in colour.

Oneanda halfspacing should beused for typingthe general text.The general text shall be

typed in the Font style ‘Times NewRoman’ and Fontsize 14.

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APPENDIX 1

(Atypical SpecimenofCover Page & Title Page)

TITLE OF PROJECTREPORT

<1.5 line spacing>

A PROJECT REPORT

Submittedby

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S)

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

<1.5 line spacing><Italic>

NAME OF THE DEGREE

BRANCH OF STUDY

NAME OF THE COLLEGE

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

<1.5 line spacing>

MONTH& YEAR

SPECIMEN

SOMEPERFORMANCE ASPECTS CONSIDERATIONS OF

A CLASS OF ARTIFICIALNEURAL NETWORK

A PROJECT REPORT

Submittedby

SANDHYA. A

GAYATHRI.R

in partial fulfillment for the awardof the degree

BACHELOR OFENGINEERING

INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING

XXX ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KANCHEEPURAM

ANNA UNIVERSITY:: CHENNAI 600 025

MAY 2005

APPENDIX 2

(Atypical specimen of Bonafide Certificate)

ANNA UNIVERSITY :CHENNAI 600 025

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report “……….TITLE OF THE PROJECT……………..”

is the bonafide workof “…………..NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S).…………”

who carried out the project work under my supervision.

<<Signature of the Head of the Department>> <<Signatureofthe Supervisor>>

SIGNATURESIGNATURE

<<Name>> <<Name>>

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENTSUPERVISOR

<<Academic Designation>>

<<Department>> <<Department>>

<<Full address of the Dept&College >> <<Full address of the Dept & College >>

APPENDIX 3

(Atypical specimen of tableofcontents)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO.TITLEPAGE NO.

ABSTRACT iii

LIST OF TABLE xvi

LIST OF FIGURESxviii

LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1GENERAL 1

1.2 . . . . . . . .. . . . . 2

1.2.1General 5

1.2.2 . . . . . .. . . . .12

1.2.2.1 General 19

1.2.2.2 . . . . .. . . . . 25

1.2.2.3 . . . . . . .. . . 29

1.2.3 . .. . . . . . . . . . 30

1.3. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . 45

1.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 58

2. LITERATURE REVIEW69

2.1GENERAL 75

2.2. .. . .. . . . . 99

2.2 ……………. 100