By: Wilmer Arellano FIU Spring 2009

Overview

•E-mails•Introduction to Proposal Style•General Recommendations

▫Section Headings▫References

•Title Page

ReferencesOne of the most impressive sites regarding technical writing. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/I encourage you to visit this Website. Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)IEEE (2006) TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, AND LETTERS, Information for Authors. Retrieved January 10, 2008 from IEEE Web site:http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/pubs/transactions/auinfo03.pdfC.W. POST CAMPUS APA Citation Style. Retrieved January 10, 2008 from Long Island University Web site:http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm

E-mails•When you e-mail me please:

▫Copy all your team members▫Include team ID in your subject▫Include all the team names in the signature

Introduction to Proposal Style• Technical reports are used to communicate the results of:

▫ research, ▫ field work, ▫ proposals and other activities.

• Often, a report is the only concrete evidence of your work.• The quality of the project may be judged directly by the

quality of the writing. • Most technical reports contain the same major sections,

although the names of the sections vary widely, and sometimes it is appropriate to omit sections or add others.

• Always check for specific requirements and guidelines before beginning to write your research report.

General Recommendations1. A 12-point Times New Roman font and

single line spacing should be used for the text.

2. Headings can be done in bold or using a larger font.

3. 1” page margins have to be used.4. The report pages have to be numbered

throughout.

General Recommendations

•Start all your sections with an opening paragraph.▫Do not start with a Figure, a Table or a

Result•When Possible use bulleted or numbered

lists to highlight different ideas, topics or other Items.▫See next example

IV. MULTI DISCIPLINARY ASPECTS

Our team consists of four members, Mary Smith, Peter Scott, John Martinez and Alex Miller. Since the autonomous landing RC airplane consists of hardware, software and aeronautic implementations it is necessary to form a team with multidisciplinary areas of engineering. Mary is majoring in Computer Engineering with a strong background in computer science and math. Mary has a great interest in aviation and holds a commercial pilot’s license. In obtaining a CPL she studied various subject areas such as aerodynamics, radio aids, instruments, navigation, meteorology and flight planning which will contribute to our proposed project. Peter is majoring in Electrical Engineering he has held many leadership positions on campus and is founder of a fraternity at University Park.. His Interests include financial algorithms, robotics, Linux hacking, and RC devices. John is majoring in Computer Engineering with strong leadership skills along with good technical skills developed by extensive experience in areas such as CAD, project management, database applications. He is an electronics and gadget enthusiast. In addition, experience in other disciplines such as civil engineering adds a valuable perspective to the projects the group will undertake. Alex is majoring in Computer Engineering with a great deal of experience with networking gained while working at a law firm for 5 years. He was responsible for setting up the network and maintaining it if any problems aroused.

IV. MULTI DISCIPLINARY ASPECTS

Our team consists of four members, Mary Smith, Peter Scott, John Martinez and Alex Miller. Since the autonomous landing RC airplane consists of hardware, software and aeronautic implementations it is necessary to form a team with multidisciplinary areas of engineering.

Mary is majoring in Computer Engineering with a strong background in computer science and math. Mary has a great interest in aviation and holds a commercial pilot’s license. In obtaining a CPL she studied various subject areas such as aerodynamics, radio aids, instruments, navigation, meteorology and flight planning which will contribute to our proposed project.

Peter is majoring in Electrical Engineering he has held many leadership positions on campus and is founder of a fraternity at University Park.. His Interests include financial algorithms, robotics, Linux hacking, and RC devices.

John is majoring in Computer Engineering with strong leadership skills along with good technical skills developed by extensive experience in areas such as CAD, project management, database applications. He is an electronics and gadget enthusiast. In addition, experience in other disciplines such as civil engineering adds a valuable perspective to the projects the group will undertake.

Alex is majoring in Computer Engineering with a great deal of experience with networking gained while working at a law firm for 5 years. He was responsible for setting up the network and maintaining it if any problems aroused.

Section Headings• Primary section headings within papers are enumerated by

Roman numerals and are centered above the text. For the purpose of typing the manuscript only, primary headings should be capital letters. Sample:

I. PRIMARY HEADING(TEXT)

• Secondary section headings are enumerated by capital letters followed by periods (“A.”, “B.”, etc.) and are flush left above their sections. The first letter of each word is capitalized. In print the headings will be in italics. Sample:

A. Secondary Heading(TEXT)

Section Headings• Tertiary section headings are enumerated by Arabic

numerals followed by a parenthesis. They are indented, run into the text in their sections, and are followed by a colon. The first letter of each important word is capitalized. Sample:

1) Tertiary Heading: (TEXT)

• Quaternary section headings are rarely necessary but are perfectly acceptable if required. They are identical to tertiary headings except that lowercase letters are used as labels and only the first letter of the heading is capitalized. Sample:

a) Quaternary Heading: (TEXT)

References

•It is important to include a References section at the end of a report in which you list your other sources.

•Informal or short reports may not have a references section or only a short one

•while more formal reports will likely have reference sections, sometimes very lengthy ones.

References• Books: Author. (year, month day). Title. (edition) [Type of medium]. volume (issue). Available:

site/path/file▫ Example:▫ [1] J. Jones. (1991, May 10). Networks. (2nd ed.) [Online]. Available: http://www.atm.com

• Journals: Author. (year, month). Title. Journal. [Type of medium]. volume (issue), pages. Available: site/path/file ▫ Example:▫ [2] R. J. Vidmar. (1992, Aug.). On the use of atmospheric plasmas as electromagnetic reflectors. IEEE Trans.

Plasma Sci. [Online]. 21(3), pp. 876–880. Available: http://www.halcyon.com/pub/journals/21ps03-vidmar• Papers Presented at Conferences: Author. (year, month). Title. Presented at Conference title.

[Type of Medium]. Available: site/path/file▫ Example:

• [3] PROCESS Corp., MA. Intranets: Internet technologies deployed behind the firewall for corporate productivity. Presented at INET96 Annu. Meeting. [Online]. Available: http://home.process.com/Intranets/wp2.htp

• Website• Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 1997, from Psi Phi:

Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html

• Article from an Internet Database• Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). Star trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds.

American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database

• Last two examples from:• http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm

References• Reports and Handbooks: Author. (year, month). Title.

Company. City, State or Country. [Type of Medium]. Available: site/path/file▫ Example:▫ [4] S. L. Talleen. (1996, Apr.). The Intranet Architecture:

Managing information in the new paradigm. Amdahl Corp., CA. [Online]. Available: http://www.amdahl.com/doc/products/bsg/intra/infra/html

• Computer Programs and Electronic Documents: ISO recommends that capitalization follow the accepted practice for the language or script in which the information is given.▫ Example:▫ [5] A. Harriman. (1993, June). Compendium of genealogical

software. Humanist. [Online]. Available e-mail: HUMANIST@NYVM Message: get GENEALOGY REPORT

Title

• The title page contains several main pieces of information

ABSTRACT• An ABSTRACT can be the most difficult part of

the research report to write because in it you must:▫ introduce your subject matter, ▫ tell what was done, ▫ and present selected results, ▫ all in one short (about 50 to 250 words) paragraph.

• The most common type of ABSTRACT is the informative abstract. A good way to develop an informative abstract is to devote a sentence or two to each of the major parts of the report.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EGN-1002– Engineering Orientation

Spring 2009

GPS Oriented Autonomous Car (GOAC)

Team Number 17

Team Member 1

Team Member 2

Team Member 3

Team Leader 4

Name of Project

Submitted to:

Professor Wilmer Arellano

04/20/2009

•Double click on the white area of this slide to open the Word page that contains the Title Page.•Copy the entire Title Page and paste it into a new Word 2007 document.•My example does not have any formatting. Please use some creativity here

Insert a new page

Copy and Paste the outline into your document

Delete information regarding to Title page

RESEARCH REPORT OUTLINE

TITLE PAGE AND CONTENTS Title Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures ABSTRACT

I. INTRODUCTION 250 WORDS II. PROBLEM STATEMENT 125 WORDS III. Project Objectives 125 WORDS IV. OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR

A. History 750 WORDS B. Sub disciplines 500 WORDS

V. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COURSES AT FIU A. Required strengths 750 WORDS

VI. EXEMPLARS A. Carrier Life 250 WORDS B. Life Outside work 250 WORDS

VII. ETHICAL CASES 1000 WORDS VIII. FUTURE TRENDS OF THE MAJOR 500 WORDS IX. POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS 500 WORDS

A. Design B. Analysis C. Customer Service D. …..

X. IMPORTANT FACTS 250 WORDS A. College Enrollment Trends B. Job Placement Trends C. Salary Trend

1) Bachelor 2) Master 3) PHD

D. Cost of loosing one semester E. Cost of changing to other major in second year

XI. EMPLOYMENT 500 WORDS A. Main Employers in Florida B. Main Employers Nationally C. Job Stability D. Internships E. Voluntary work F. Job Postings

XII. TECHNICAL ORGANIZATIONS 250 WORD XIII. STRATEGY (LIST ALL SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT) 500 WORDS

A. Plan of Action B. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) C. Gantt Charts D. Signed Sheet with the specific members contributions and

dedicated time XIV. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS (DIFFERENT MAJORS AND

SKILLS PER TEAM MEMBER) 250 WORDS XV. PERSONNEL (RESUMES THAT YOU WROTE BEFORE, UNIFORM

STYLE) ONE PER PAGE XVI. CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY 1500 WORDS XVII. CONCLUSION 500 WORDS XVIII. REFERENCES

Remove all numbering and formatting

Select the whole outline and click Style Normal

Don’t Forget to delete additional comments

RESEARCH REPORT OUTLINE

TITLE PAGE AND CONTENTS Title Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures ABSTRACT

I. INTRODUCTION II. PROBLEM STATEMENT III. Project Objectives IV. OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR

A. History B. Sub disciplines

V. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COURSES AT FIU A. Required strength

VI. EXEMPLARS A. Carrier Life B. Life Outside work

VII. ETHICAL CASES VIII. FUTURE TRENDS OF THE MAJOR IX. POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS

A. Design B. Analysis C. Customer Service D. …..

X. IMPORTANT FACTS A. College Enrollment Trends B. Job Placement Trends C. Salary Trend

1) Bachelor 2) Master 3) PHD

D. Cost of loosing one semester E. Cost of changing to other major in second year

XI. EMPLOYMENT A. Main Employers in Florida B. Main Employers Nationally C. Job Stability D. Internships E. Voluntary work F. Job Postings

XII. TECHNICAL ORGANIZATIONS XIII. STRATEGY (LIST ALL SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT)

A. Plan of Action B. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) C. Gantt Charts D. Signed Sheet with the specific members contributions and

dedicated time XIV. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS (DIFFERENT MAJORS AND

SKILLS PER TEAM MEMBER) XV. PERSONNEL (RESUMES THAT YOU WROTE BEFORE, UNIFORM

STYLE) ONE PER PAGE XVI. CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY XVII. CONCLUSION XVIII. REFERENCES

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION PROBLEM STATEMENT Project Objectives OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR History Sub disciplines BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COURSES AT FIU Required strength EXEMPLARS Carrier Life Life Outside work ETHICAL CASES FUTURE TRENDS OF THE MAJOR POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS Design Analysis Customer Service ….. IMPORTANT FACTS College Enrollment Trends Job Placement Trends Salary Trend Bachelor Master PHD Cost of loosing one semester Cost of changing to other major in second year EMPLOYMENT Main Employers in Florida Main Employers Nationally Job Stability Internships Voluntary work Job Postings TECHNICAL ORGANIZATIONS STRATEGY (LIST ALL SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT) Plan of Action Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Gantt Charts Signed Sheet with the specific members contributions and dedicated time MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS (DIFFERENT MAJORS AND SKILLS PER TEAM MEMBER) PERSONNEL (RESUMES THAT YOU WROTE BEFORE, UNIFORM STYLE) ONE PER PAGE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY CONCLUSION REFERENCES

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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION PROBLEM STATEMENT Project Objectives

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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION PROBLEM STATEMENT Project Objectives OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR History Sub disciplines BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COURSES AT FIU Required strength EXEMPLARS Carrier Life Life Outside work ETHICAL CASES FUTURE TRENDS OF THE MAJOR POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS Design Analysis Customer Service ….. IMPORTANT FACTS College Enrollment Trends Job Placement Trends Salary Trend Bachelor Master PHD Cost of loosing one semester Cost of changing to other major in second year EMPLOYMENT Main Employers in Florida Main Employers Nationally Job Stability Internships Voluntary work Job Postings TECHNICAL ORGANIZATIONS STRATEGY (LIST ALL SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT) Plan of Action Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Gantt Charts Signed Sheet with the specific members contributions and dedicated time MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS (DIFFERENT MAJORS AND SKILLS PER TEAM MEMBER) PERSONNEL (RESUMES THAT YOU WROTE BEFORE, UNIFORM STYLE) ONE PER PAGE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY CONCLUSION REFERENCES

•Click on the pull down arrow of breaks in the Page Layout menu and select next page

One Example

INTRODUCTION

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Another Example

Observe that Sub Sections must remain within their section

OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR

History

Sub disciplines

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Select Define New Multilevel List

• Select levels 1 thru 4 and:

• Set for all levels :• Number Alignment Left• Aligned at: 0”• Text Indent .25”• Link levels to style

headings 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively

Edit the Headings according to IEEE styleClick the pull down arrow

Center Primary Heading

Use Italics for secondary, tertiary and quaternary headings

Use automatic color for all headings

Use Bold for all headings

INTRODUCTION

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I. INTRODUCTION

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•Click on the pull down arrow of the citation button.•Insert new Citation Source so that a reference that you enter here will appear automatically in the table of references

•Put the cursor where you want to add a reference

•This time click the Citation button in the center and then select the citation from the list.

•Insert figure and table captions so they will appear automatically in the list of figures

Insert figure citations to the figures, just as we did before

In the same form you should introduce caption for tables.

Make sure that you select Table from the pull down menu

Word 2007 handles page numbers independently for the different “Document Sections”

According to the way the page breaks were inserted, each chapter is a MS Word Section

Go to the first page, click somewhere on it and from the Insert Menu select Page number

Go to the first page, click somewhere on it and from the Insert Menu select Page number (Make sure to use the pull down arrow)

This will number both sections of the document

Now click just before the first letter of each chapter and from the insert menu select Format Page Numbers

This will give different number format for the chapters

Go to the title page and double click on the page number

Follow instructions in the next slides

Double click on the number and then click Different First Page.

Do not exit this menu

In the same menu, select Format Page Numbers

Select lower case roman numbers:• i, ii, ii

This concludes this step

List of FiguresList of Tables

You must have a blank page after the Title Page Insert six line feeds and position the cursor in the

first one From the Reference Menu select Table of Contents This will insert your Table of Contents

Position the cursor in the third of the line feeds

In the same page and from the same menu select Insert Table of Figures

This will insert your Table of Figures

This same exact procedure is used to insert the List of Tables

Select Table from the Pull Down

Click on the References Page and insert the references

This procedure will create an extra heading, delete it

The table of Contents, The List of Figures, List of Tables and the References must be updated manually when you change your document

Right click on each table and select Update Field

Later select Update Entire Table if you are offered the option