4000ENG/7001ENG Research Methods: Final Assignment This is 60% of the marks for the course Due Date: 4pm, 5th October 2018 Submit to d.thiel@griffith.edu.au as a *.pdf file with your name in the title of the file. Aim: To write a comprehensive research paper with a research plan based on extending the research outlined in the journal paper you have selected at the start of the course. In undertaking this exercise, you must demonstrate the following: • Technical knowledge of the research topic • A review of the previous work in the field (a literature review in which at least 5 references which have been carefully analysed etc) • A research plan including  a research hypothesis,  an outline of the planned methods to be used,  the method of gaining and analysing the data,  the statistical methods needed to prove your hypothesis,  follow up research plan  referenced plots, figures, equations, flow charts, maps, etc. • Appendix A: A time plan/schedule with 5 intermediate milestones with deliverables, the research team needed to implement the plan, A cost estimate covering the salaries, equipment, travel etc. (see Workshop 8) • Adherence to the template and a correctly formatted list of references. You must demonstrate an understanding of the lecture material and the workshops conducted during the course. Obvious inconsistencies with the lecture material will degrade the final score significantly in addition to failure to follow suggestions in the Assignment 1 feedback. Template: The plan must be written using one of the two templates provided (IEEE or ACES). The document should include the relevant equations (correctly formatted and referenced in the main text), the predicted data plots, appropriate statistical methods etc. The number of pages MUST be less than 6 pages in either the IEEE format or the ACES format provided with a maximum of 2 additional pages for Appendix A. The file must be submitted as a *.pdf document with your name in the title of the *.pdf document. The Assessment Plan (maximum score 60): 48-60: 36-47: 28-35: 16-27: Excellent plan, excellent layout (conforms to the template), clear outline, excellent analysis of prior publications (> 5 papers), comprehensive details of plan, budget, expected outcomes, demonstrated understanding of the topic, statistical analysis, excellent English expression etc. Good coverage of all requirements. Good understanding and attention to detail, some details lacking or unclear. Good English expression, adequate adherence to the template. Marginal effort. The understanding of the topic is not good. There is little clear analysis of the requirements and little attention to the required details. Template, statistics and figures not clear. Sub-standard effort. Failure to follow the basic requirements outlined during the lectures and the requirements of the assignment. Poor layout and poor English. 1-15: 0: No understanding of the topic. Poor research plan and no idea about achieving a clear, achievable outcome. Some parts of the document copied from other sources without appropriate referencing. Did not submit on time. (Note: The due date is Friday week 12 at 4pm meaning that there is very little time to mark. Failure to submit on time will result in a loss of marks, a result with-held or a fail grade in the assignment and so the course.) Paper Title Here Student Name and student number following manner [1] with other references included [2] throughout the body of your text [3-5]. 1Abstract—An abstract is a brief summary of what your paper is about. It should be less than 250 words following the instructions given in lectures. It must include details of the planned experiment and the benefit to humankind. There should be no references in the abstract. B. Review Stage Your ability to communicate your ideas and your ability to follow the format outlined in this document. Please note that the plagiarism policy of Griffith University School of Engineering and Built Environment will be enforced. Thus all copied text, plots, equations, etc must be referenced in the text and listed in the references. Index Terms—4-6 keywords words or phrases separated by commas. I. INTRODUCTION T document is a template for Microsoft Word versions 6.0 or later. It has been obtained from the IEEE and modified for the course. You should follow exactly the format outlined in here for your final Assignment 2. You are expected to replace all text in this template document with your own words including the section titles. The maximum number of pages is six with a possible additional 2 pages for an appendix. Make sure you submit your final version as a *.pdf document by email with your name in the title. This is the introduction section where you introduce your research topic. HIS IV. HELPFUL HINTS A. Figures and Tables Figures and tables should be included in this assignment. They must be in numerical order and mentioned in the main text. Fig. 1 and Table 1 provide examples of the format. Figure axis labels are often a source of confusion. Use words rather than symbols. As an example, write the quantity "Magnetization," or "Magnetization, M," not just "M." Put units in parentheses. Do not label axes only with units. As in Fig. 1, write "Weight (g)" and not just "g". Do not label axes with a ratio of quantities and units. For example, write "Temperature (K)," not "Temperature/K." Multipliers can be especially confusing. Write "Magnetization (kA/m)" or "Magnetization (103 A/m)." Do not write "Magnetization (A/m)  1000" because the reader would not know whether the top axis label in Fig. 1 meant 16000 A/m or 0.016 A/m. Figure labels should be legible, approximately 8 point type. The figure captions should be located beneath the figure and the table captions should be located above the table. Make sure that the captions of figures and tables clearly outline what is important in the figure or table. The figures and tables must all be mentioned in the main text, usually before they occur in the complete document. II. DOCUMENT FORMAT You must follow this template for your assignment. The simplest method is to add your information in the middle of a section and then delete the words from the template. This generally preserves the format. Your major sections are to be headed with roman numerals. Sub headings begin with a capital letter. Microsoft word uses heading1, heading2 etc… to do this automatically. See if you can get it to do this for you. You may use as many headings as you feel appropriate. Do not use a paragraph, subsection or section that contains only one sentence. You must integrate the sentence into a paragraph. III. UNITS PROCEDURE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION A. Submission Stage Your paper is to be submitted to Prof. David Thiel by the due date. You are expected to complete your paper on a suitable article that you have selected from the article assigned to you. This article must be referenced in the Table 1. First five normalized natural frequencies (kHz) of a clamped beam with internal hinge at 4 different locations. There is a consistent monotonic increase in frequency with beam size. The frequency was measured with an error of +50Hz. AB1 AC2 AD3 DB4 DA5 Student Name (student number) is studying XXXX engineering in the Griffith School of Engineering and buildt Environment, Griffith University. Email F.Author@griffithuni.edu.au . 1 A = 0.56 (metres) 14.06 61.67 88.13 199.85 246.78 B = 0.69 (metres) 18.56 44.78 118.15 173.12 255.94 C = 0.75 (metres) 22.08 44.58 101.22 194.49 284.66 parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the parentheses.) In American English, periods and commas are within quotation marks, like "this period." Other punctuation is "outside"! The quality of your English expression is important. Please take care that your sentences make sense logically and the spelling is correct. D. References Pay particular attention to the format requirements of the references. All references in the list must be mentioned in the main text and all references in the main text must be in the reference list. Make sure you do not use capital letters in the title of the papers apart from the first word. Refrain from using the word ‘in’ before the title or the conference or the journal. Fig. 1: The weight changes of samples A and B as a function of time. The weight increase is approximately linearly with time (r = 0.98) for sample B. Please ensure that the font sizes are readable. E. Appendices You can include additional information in an Appendix. In Assignment 2 you are required to use an appendix for the budget, timelines, milestones and personnel requirements for the project. B. Equations All symbols must be typed in italics. Number equations consecutively with equation numbers in parentheses flush with the right margin, as in (1). To make your equations more compact, you may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or appropriate exponents. Use parentheses to avoid ambiguities in denominators. Punctuate equations when they are part of a sentence, as in  V. CONCLUSION Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest applications and extensions to the work. You must outline why the research is important and what further work is required to follow up on the research. r2 0 F ( r,  ) dr d = [ r2 / ( 2  0 )]    0 exp( − | z j − z i | ) −1 J 1 (  r2 ) J 0 (  ri ) d . (1) ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author would like to thank XXXXX for discussions and the scholarship support. Be sure that all of the symbols in your equation have been defined in the text either before the equation appears or immediately following. Refer to "(1)," not "Eq. (1)" or "equation (1)," except at the beginning of a sentence: "Equation (1) is ...". REFERENCES [1] [2] [3] C. Other Recommendations Use one space after periods and colons. Hyphenate complex modifiers: "zero-field-cooled magnetization." Avoid dangling participles, such as, "Using (1), the potential was calculated." [Did the potential use (1)?] Write instead, "The potential was calculated by using (1)," or "Using (1), we calculated the potential." Use a zero before decimal points: "0.25," not ".25." Use "cm 3 ," not "cc." Indicate sample dimensions as "0.1 cm  0.2 cm," not "0.1  0.2 cm 2 ." Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of units: use "Wb/m 2 " or "webers per square meter," not "webers/m 2 ." When expressing a range of values, write "7 to 9," not "7-9" or “7~9,” except for references [1]-[3]. A parenthetical statement at the end of a sentence is punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis (like this). (A [4] [5] [6] W. Sweet, "China’s Big Dams," IEEE Spectrum. vol 210, pp. 47-51, September 2001. J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed., vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp. 68-73. I. S. Jacobs and C. P. Bean, "Fine particles, thin films and exchange anisotropy," in Magnetism, vol. III, G. T. Rado and H. Suhl, Eds. New York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271-350. Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, "Electron spectroscopy studies on magneto-optical media and plastic substrate interface," IEEE Transl. J. Magn. Jpn., vol. 2, pp. 740-741, August 1987 M. Young, The Technical Writer's Handbook. Mill Valley, CA: University Science, 1989. D.V. Thiel, Research Methods for Engineers, CUP, 2014. APPENDIX Here you must include your budget details including the personnel, equipment items, a list of deliverables, the timelines for the project to take place and some sentences of explanation. This appendix should not be more than two pages in length. 2 4000ENG/7001ENG Research Methods Workshop 8 Do you agree with the following statements? Please place a cross in the box for each statement Bridge Survey (an instructional exercise) 5 point Likert scale questionnaire Statement Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree Bridges made from wood are the best The colour of the bridge makes me feel secure I like bridges with vegetation Sports survey 4 point scale questionnaire Statement Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Soccer is an excellent game to watch The Brisbane Lions are an excellent football team I prefer watching sport rather than going to the movies We will analyse the class statistics in the workshop to demonstrate how to reach conclusions from a survey. 4000ENG/7001ENG Research Methods Workshop 9: Budget and time lines 1. Write out your research hypothesis here: 2. Enter your personnel requirements here: Role Appt Time Cost/week Total Cost level (weeks) 3. Enter your budget costs here Items Cost/week Total cost 4. Enter your timelines here Deliverable/milestones Q1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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