CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL & MINING RESEARCH PROJECT: PARTS 1 & 2 [Issued: 6/04/2015]

CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL & MINING RESEARCH PROJECT PARTS 1 & 2

Final Project Report [2nd Semester of your Final Year Research Project] Presentation Date: Refer to Course Profile

Weighting: 30%

1 SUMMARY The Final Project Report should be presented in a structured and logical order. The report will include your literature review, test methods, results, and conclusions.

The report:

Must conform to the Style Guide for Presentation of Final Year Research Reports

Must include a cover printed on bright yellow paper/card and based on the Final Project Report Cover Template

Excluding references and appendices, must not exceed 70 pages (for one student) or a maximum of 100 pages (for two students or more in a group).

A list of persons contacted as part of the research, their contact details including address, company, telephone number, fax number and email should be included as the last appendix of the report.

Extra material, such as computer outputs, should be submitted separately or included in the Project File (refer below).

Allow for congestion and problems in the CATS and with final printing and binding. Excuses in relation to these will not be accepted. Plan to submit early. Late submission will result in a penalty of 0.5 marks per hour.

In addition to your Final Project Report, you are required to also submit a project or activity file of your research work.

2 SUBMISSION DETAILS The Final Project Report has the following submissions:

1. Draft Final Project Report ............................ refer to the Course Profile for the submission deadline 2. Final Project Report ..................................... refer to the Course Profile for the submission deadline 3. Project File .................................................. refer to the Course Profile for the submission deadline

2.1 DRAFT FINAL PROJECT REPORT

The suggested format for the Draft Final Project Report is to email a digital file (.docx) to your Supervisor for their review and feedback comments. Some Supervisors might prefer to receive a printed version of the Draft Final Project Report. You should discuss these arrangements with your Supervisor in advance of the submission deadline.

Your Supervisor will provide feedback (suggestions, comments and/or corrections) and shall return the Draft Final Project Report to your group by the deadline stated in the Course Profile.

2.2 STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY

A signed Statement of Originality must be included in the Final Project Report. The Statement of Originality must include the text:

We (I) declare that all the material within this report is our (my) own work with the exception of where the work of others is referenced, in accordance with the University Policy Statement on Plagiarism, Collusion and Related Forms of Cheating.

We (I) give permission for this project to be reproduced and submitted to other academic staff for the purposes of assessment, and to be stored in the Schools library as reference material.

CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL & MINING RESEARCH PROJECT: PARTS 1 & 2 [Issued: 6/04/2015]

2.3 FINAL PROJECT REPORT

Each group is to submit both of the following:

HARD-COPY: One (1) bound hard-copy of the Final Project Report Submit to the School Office by the submission deadline stated in the Course Profile

DIGITAL: One (1) pdf version of the Final Project Report Prior to creating your pdf, ensure that you COMPRESS ALL IMAGES within your document. Submit to the appropriate Digital Submission on MyUni by the deadline stated in the Course Profile. NOTE: Only ONE person from each group needs to make the digital submission. The submission is then automatically linked to all of the group's members.

Each individual group member is to submit the following:

DIGITAL: Peer Assessment Complete the online (MyUni) Peer Assessment for your group for the project.

2.4 PROJECT FILE (DIGITAL: CD-ROM / USB)

Each person or group is required to keep a Project File for their Research Project. This Project File should contain:

All papers collected, and any summaries of papers compiled, during the literature review stage;

Notes taken during the project;

All rough calculations used in preparing the report;

All word (.doc or .docx files) of the all formal submissions (Initial Project Report, Final Project Report and Conference Paper); and,

Minutes of your weekly meetings with your Supervisor.

The Project File will be used in the assessment of the Research Project component as well as for deciding on the best project.

Each group is required to submit:

One (1) CD containing a full copy of the Final Report. Label the CD (ON the CD itself) with the following information: YYYY (Year) | your Group Number | Title of your Final Report | your Supervisor’s name [FYI: These CDs are retained in the School Office and are loaned to future students/staff as requested.]

Project File - on a labelled USB or CD (check with your own Supervisor as to what they would prefer). Each CD-ROM or USB should contain the Project File information listed above as well as copies of all computer programs developed in the project, all input data files used and examples of output data files, all relevant results figures and photographs. [FYI: These are a source of MUCH more comprehensive information which may be used for further/future research...]

CDs must be submitted in a sleeve (not a CD box) which can be provided by the School Office staff. Failure to submit a Project File will result in a deduction of 10%.

3 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA / MARKING RUBRIC Refer to the Final Project Report – Marking Rubric for the criteria used in assessing your Final Project Report.