RESEARCH PROJECT IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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RESEARCH PROJECT IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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Richard J. T. Lin

Project Report ME000-2017 or MT000-2017

Co-worker: Rajnish N. Sharma Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Krishnan Jayaraman

Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Auckland 06 March 2017

ME00-2017 or MT00-2017

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INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE RELATING TO RESEARCH PROJECT IN MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING

R. J. T. LIN

ABSTRACT

The Part IV Research Project in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering provides an opportunity for students to work under supervision, largely on their own initiative, on some topic of interest in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics. It counts as two papers, one in each of the two semesters, and the project work takes place over a complete academic year.

The aims of the project are to undertake problem formulation, management and solution; to acquire technical, personal and professional competencies; and to learn and practice communication skills.

The project is made up of an electronically submitted project report of no more than 20 pages (worth 50% of the final grade); a literature review report (5%); a mid-year progress report (10%); a formal seminar presentation of 20 minutes per project group (10%); a display for invited judges from industry (10%); and oncourse assessment by the supervisor for each semester (7.5% each, total 15%). To be able to complete the project work, each student must demonstrate that he or she has satisfactorily completed appropriate risk assessment(s), and which must be reported upon within the mid-year and final reports. To pass the projects course, it is mandatory for the student to obtain a pass grade for the final report, in addition to obtaining an overall pass grade.

Students are also required to submit in March a project information sheet, a safety sheet, and a specification for the project in the form of an abstract and planning schedule. The safety sheet submission and completion of a risk assessment are required to get permission to work in the laboratories; the specification is necessary to plan the work.

This handbook gives all necessary details for the project and its various components.

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DECLARATION

Student I ........................................................... hereby declare that:

1. This report is the result of the final year project work carried out by my project partner (see cover page) and I under the guidance of our supervisor (see cover page) in the 2017 academic year at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland.

2. This report is not the outcome of work done previously. 3. This report is not the outcome of work done in collaboration, except that with a

project sponsor as stated in the text. 4. This report is not the same as any report, thesis, conference article or journal paper, or

any other publication or unpublished work in any format. In the case of a continuing project: State clearly what has been developed during the project and what was available from previous year(s):

Signature: _________________________________ Date: ______________

Supervisor I confirm that the project work undertaken by this student in the 2017 academic year is / is not (strikethrough as appropriate) part of a continuing project, components of which have been completed previously. Comments, if any:

Signature: _________________________________ Date: ______________

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Table of Contents

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ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................................... ii

DECLARATION .................................................................................................................................. iii

Acknowledgements............................................................................................................................... vi

Glossary of Terms ............................................................................................................................... vii

Abbreviations....................................................................................................................................... vii

Nomenclature....................................................................................................................................... vii

Schedule of Critical Dates: Deliverables, Events, Seminars (PLANNER)....................................viii

1 Nature, Scope and Aims of the Final Year Project.................................................................... 1

2 Project Registration...................................................................................................................... 2

3 Formal Requirements of Paper MECHENG 700A&B ............................................................. 2

4 Seminars and Lectures................................................................................................................. 3

5 Deliverables, Submission Dates and Procedure, and Assessment ............................................ 4

6 Project Work: General................................................................................................................. 5

6.1 Time management, supervision, and record keeping ................................................................................5 6.1.1 Time management and supervision.......................................................................................................5 6.1.2 Record keeping......................................................................................................................................5

6.2 Experimental work ....................................................................................................................................5 6.3 Laboratory access, safety, technical assistance, manufacturing, and purchasing......................................6 6.4 Computer simulation tools and resources .................................................................................................7 6.5 Intellectual property (IP) ...........................................................................................................................8 6.6 Project administration and communication ...............................................................................................8

7 Elements of Semester 1 Work...................................................................................................... 9

7.1 Safety Induction Form, Project Information Sheet, and Risk Assessment ...................................................9 7.2 Abstract and planning schedule ....................................................................................................................9 7.3 Literature review report ..............................................................................................................................10 7.4 Mid-year progress report ............................................................................................................................11

8 Final Report ................................................................................................................................ 12

8.1 General information ................................................................................................................................12 8.1.1 Individuality of the report ...................................................................................................................12 8.1.2 Assessment of report ...........................................................................................................................12 8.1.3 Submission deadline............................................................................................................................12 8.1.4 Notes on plagiarism ............................................................................................................................13 8.1.5 Past years project reports ...................................................................................................................13

8.2 Online submission of the final report (one per student) ..........................................................................13 8.4 Format of the report ................................................................................................................................13 8.5 Structure of the report .............................................................................................................................14 8.6 Presentation and style..............................................................................................................................16 8.7 Length .....................................................................................................................................................16 8.8 The process of writing the report: suggestions........................................................................................16 8.9 Feedback on your report..........................................................................................................................17 8.10 Large amounts of raw data .................................................................................................................17 8.11 Confidentiality issues .........................................................................................................................17 8.12 Subsequent publication.......................................................................................................................17

9 Project Conference ..................................................................................................................... 17

9.1 Mid-year practice presentations (MYPP)................................................................................................18 9.2 Project conference...................................................................................................................................18 9.3 Assessment of the conference presentation.............................................................................................19

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10 Displays Day and Award Function Evening ........................................................................... 19 10.1 General guidelines for the display ............................................................................................................19 10.2 Formatting and submission of the display poster......................................................................................20 10.3 Project function and prizes .......................................................................................................................20

11 Project Completion Checklist.................................................................................................... 21 Appendix A Formatting Instructions for the Final Project Report................................................ 22

A.1 Font, spacing, margins, justification, page numbering, report length.................................................22 A.2 Headings.............................................................................................................................................22 A.3 Use of references ................................................................................................................................23 A.4 Use of SI units ....................................................................................................................................23 A.5 Abbreviations .....................................................................................................................................23 A.6 Mathematical symbols and equations.................................................................................................23 A.7 Illustrations: guidelines ......................................................................................................................24

A.7.1 Illustrations and captions in the main body of report.........................................................................24 A.7.2 Captions in the appendices.................................................................................................................25 Appendix B Criteria for the Assessment of the Final Project Report ............................................ 26 Appendix C Guidelines on Referencing ............................................................................................ 27 C.1 University of Auckland Engineering (numbered) style......................................................................27 C.1.1 Example: Numbered system of referencing for final year projects ? Text and corresponding List of References ? Heather Silyn-Roberts, 2012. ................................................................................................27 C.1.2 Referencing conference papers using University of Auckland Engineering (numbered) style ......28 C.2 Harvard referencing style ...................................................................................................................29 C.2.1 Example: Harvard system of referencing for the text and reference list in C.1.1. .............................29 C.2.2 Referencing conference papers using Harvard style..........................................................................30 C.3 How to reference problematic sources ...............................................................................................31 Appendix D Assessment of Mid-year and Conference Presentations............................................. 33 Appendix E Advice about Project Display Day ................................................................................ 34

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