DEBRE-TABOR UNIVERSITY

FACULITY OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER

ENGINEERING
[Title of the Thesis]

By

[XXXXXXXXX YYYYYYYY]

Advisor

[XXXXXXXXXXXXXX]

A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Specialization: XXXXXXX

In partial fulfillment for award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical

& Computer Engineering (Specialization)

June , 2018

Debre Tabor,

Ethiopia

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1.1 Order and Components
The following order is required for components of thesis/project:

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Declaration
4. Copyright Page (optional)
5. Approval page
6. Dedication (optional)
7. Acknowledgements
8. Abstract
9. Abstract (In Amharic, optional)
10. Table of Contents
11. List of Abbreviations (if applicable)
12. List of Figures
13. List of Tables
14. List of Symbols (if applicable)
15. Main body of the Thesis, including:
1. Introduction (CHAPTER ONE)
1.1. Background,
1.2. Statement of the problem
1.3. Objective of the study
1.4. Scope of the study
1.5. Significance of the study
1.6. Limitation of the Thesis
2. Literature review (CHAPTER TWO)
3. Methodology( Materials and Methods) (CHAPTER THREE)
4. Result and Discussion (CHAPTER FOUR)
5. Conclusion and recommendation (CHAPTER FIVE)
References
Appendices (if applicable)

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 1.1.1 Cover Page
The cover page should be informative and consist of the names of the university (Debre
tabor University), the name of the program (the academic degree sought), the title of the
Thesis, the name of the graduate student, The month and year followed by the location
are the last items on the cover page. Title case letters are recommended in the style of
writing although the names of the University and Faculty should be in bold capital.

1.1.2 Title Page

The title page of a thesis must include the following information:

1. The title of the thesis in all capital letters font sized 12 and centered 2″ below the
top of the page.
2. Your name, centered 1″ below the title. Do not include titles, degrees, or
identifiers.
3. The following statement, centered, 1″ below your name: “A [thesis] submitted to
Debre Tabor University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
[insert degree] in the [insert department or program name] in the [named
faculty].” End this statement with a period.
4. One single-spaced line below that, center the city and the year in which your
committee approves the completed thesis. This need not be the year you graduate.

1.1.3 Declaration Page

This page should declare that the thesis comprises one’s own work. In compliance with
internationally accepted practices, it should acknowledge and refer all materials used in
the work.

1.1.4 Approval page

Before submission the thesis should be approved by an advisor, examiners and also by a
faculty dean.

1.1.5 Dedication, Acknowledgements, Preface (Dedication and Preface are

optional)

If you choose to include any or all of these elements, give each its own page(s).

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A dedication is a message from the author prefixed to a work in tribute to a person,
group, or cause. Most dedications are short statements of tribute beginning with “To…”
such as “To my family”. The dedication must be listed in the Table of Contents. In
Microsoft Word, to get "Dedication" to show up in the Table of Contents without
appearing here, change the color of the word "Dedication" to white.

Acknowledgements are the author's statement of gratitude to and recognition of the people
and institutions that helped the author's research and writing.

A preface is a statement of the author's reasons for undertaking the work and other
personal comments that are not directly germane to the materials presented in other
sections of the thesis. These reasons tend to be of a personal nature.

Any of these pages must be prepared according to the following guidelines listed below:

1. Do not place a Heading on the dedication page.

2. The text of short dedications must be center of the page.
3. Headings are required for the “ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS” and “PREFACE”
pages. Headings must be in all capital letters and centered 2″ below the top of the
page.
4. The text of the acknowledgements and preface pages must begin one double-
spaced line below the heading and be aligned with the document's left margin
with the exception of indenting new paragraphs.
5. Subsequent pages of text return to the 1″ top margin.

6. The page(s) must be numbered with consecutive lower case Roman numerals.

1.1.6 Abstract ( take in to account some introduction, the proplem to be

motivate to do this project, the method you set, the type of software to
be used and finally expected output has to be mension here)
key words are expects here.
Include an abstract page according to the following guidelines:

1. Include the heading “ABSTRACT” in all capital letters, and center it 2″ below
the top of the page.

2. Abstracts cannot exceed one page for a thesis.

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 3. Number the abstract page with the lower case Roman numeral.

4. Avoid mathematical formulas, diagrams, references and other illustrative

materials in the abstract. Offer a brief description of your thesis and a concise
summary of its conclusions. Be sure to describe the subject and focus of your
work with clear details and avoid including lengthy explanations or opinions.

1.1.7 Table of Contents

Include a table of contents following these guidelines:

1. Include the heading “TABLE OF CONTENTS” in all capital letters, and center it
2″ below the top of the page.
2. Include one double-spaced line between the heading and the first entry.
3. The table of contents must list all parts of the thesis that follow it.
4. If relevant, be sure to list all appendices and a references section in your table of
contents. Include page numbers for these items but do not assign separate chapter
numbers.
5. Entries must align with the document's left margin or be indented to the right of
the left page margin using consistent tabs.
6. Major subheadings within chapters must be included in the table of contents. The
subheading(s) should be indented to the right of the left page margin using
consistent tabs.
7. If an entry takes up more than one line, break up the entry about three-fourths of
the way across the page and place the rest of the text on a second line, single-
spacing the two lines.
8. Page numbers listed in the table of contents must be located just inside the right
page margin with leaders (lines of periods) filling out the space between the end
of the entry and the page number. The last digit of each number must line up on
the right margin.
9. Information included in the table of contents must match the headings, major
subheadings, and numbering used in the body of the thesis.
10. Subdivisions of headings should not exceed three levels.

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 11. The Table of Contents page(s) must be numbered with consecutive lower case
Roman numerals.

1.1.8 List of Abbreviations

If you use abbreviations extensively in your thesis, you must include a list of
abbreviations and their corresponding definitions following these guidelines:

1. Include the heading “LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS” in all capital letters, and

center it 1″ below the top of the page.
2. Arrange your abbreviations alphabetically.
3. Abbreviations must align with the document's left margin or be indented to the
right of the left page margin using consistent tabs.
4. If an entry takes up more than one line, single-space between the two lines.
5. Include one double-spaced line between each entry.
6. The List of Abbreviations page(s) must be numbered with consecutive lower case
Roman numerals.

1.1.9 List of Symbols

If you use symbols in your thesis, you may combine them with your abbreviations, titling
the section “LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS”, or you may set up a
separate list of symbols and their definitions by following the formatting instructions
above for abbreviations. The heading you choose must be in all capital letters and
centered 1″ below the top of the page.

1.1.10 List Figures and Tables

If applicable, include a list of table and list of figures, following these guidelines:

1. Include the heading(s) in all capital letters, centered 1″ below the top of the page.
2. Include one double-spaced line between the heading and the first entry.
3. Each entry must include a number, title, and page number.
4. Assign each table, figure, or illustration in your thesis an Arabic numeral. You
may number consecutively throughout the entire work (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2,
etc.), or you may assign a two-part Arabic numeral with the first number
designating the chapter in which it appears, separated by a period, followed by a

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 second number to indicate its consecutive placement in the chapter (e.g., Table
3.2 is the second table in Chapter Three).
5. Numerals and titles must align with the document's left margin or be indented to
the right of the left page margin using consistent tabs.
6. If an entry takes up more than one line, break up the entry about three-fourths of
the way across the page and place the rest of the text on a second line, single-
spacing the two lines.
7. Page numbers must be located just inside the right page margin with leaders (lines
of periods) filling out the space between the end of the entry and the page number.
The last digit of each number must line up on the right margin.
8. Numbers, titles, and page numbers must each match the corresponding numbers,
titles, and page numbers appearing in the thesis.
9. All Lists of Tables, Figures, and Illustrations page(s) must be numbered with
consecutive lower case Roman numerals.

1.1.11 Main Body of the Thesis

In the main body of the thesis, the author presents the narrative argument. The text is
divided into major divisions (Chapters), each presenting a main point in the argument.
Each major chapter usually contains subdivisions that will aid the reader in understanding
the given information.

In a longer thesis, the following main chapters should be included, but not limited,:

1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Statement of the Problem
1.3. Objective of the study
1.4. Scope of the study
1.5. Significance of the study
1.6. Limitation of the Thesis
2. Literature Review( related theory has to mension)

3. Methodology( Materials and methods, some block diagram and flow chart
has to mension here )

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 4. Result and discussion ( some introduction has to mension whether the
result expresses in tabular form and/or in figure) technical Explanation
expected here.
5. Conclusion and Recommendation

Reference
Appendix (if available)

1.2 Literature Review Considerations

 The listed and stated literatures should be from standard journals ( IEEE, IET and
others ) that indicate the current state of the art in the area:
 What has been done so far in the area
 What are their approach towards the problem
 What are the major draw backs in the stated work
 Then at the end , your contribution to solve the above problems
 At least you should review more three standard journals that are directly or
indirectly related to your thesis work.
 Related theory has to take in to account in Litarature review.( it would mean that
some literature survy has to mension)

1.3 Formatting Guideline

The thesis should be written and printed with A4 paper size. Many of the thesis
components following the title and copyright pages have required headings and
formatting guidelines, which are described in these subsections.

1.3.1 Margins
All copies of a thesis must have the following uniform margins throughout the entire
document:

 Style of Formatting and Editing

 Paper Margins

 3 cm left, 2.5 cm top and bottom, and 2 cm right side

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  Font Type: Times New Romans

 Line Spacing : 1.5

 Font size :

 12 for body: 14 bold for title. 16 for chapter

 Alignment : justified

 Cover page and figure pages should be in color print.

 Figure numbering:

 Figure x.y: where x indicates the chapter number and y indicates the figure number
in that chapter

1.3.2 Font Type and Size

The body of the text should be 12 points in size and Times New Roman in font. Heading
font type should be: HEADING 1 TIMES NEW ROMAN, font size 14 and BOLD

CAPITALS, Heading 2 Times New Roman, font size 13 and bold, Heading3 Times
New Roman with font size 12and bold. The cover page of the thesis is presented in 14-
point font size. A thesis will also have an additional title page where 12-point font size
shall be used.

1.3.3 How to Caption Tables and Figures

Tables, and figures, vary widely by discipline. Space permitting, headings and captions
for the associated table, or figure must be on the same page. The name of the figure
should be below the figure whereas the name of the table should be above the table. Each
table and figure inserted in the report should be explained and analyzed explicitly.
Figures and tables that are not essential to the smooth reading/understanding, but which
still are of significant interest should be put in main Appendix.

1.3.4 References
You are required to list all the references you consulted. Your reference pages must be
prepared following these guidelines:

1. Always begin references on a separate page either immediately following at the

end of your entire document.

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 2. Select an appropriate heading for this section based on the style manual you are
using ( “REFERENCES”)

[1]. Yongwan Park and Fumiyuki Adachi, “Enhanced Radio Access Technologies
for Next Generation Mobile Communication”, Springer, 2nd edn. , 2007 .

• The general format is the following :

• For Book:

o Name of the Author, “Title of the Book”, Publisher, Place publication, Edition,
year of publication.

o Make the title of the book italic

o If the author is more than two: use as; Abebe, Bekele

• For Journal :

o Name of the Author, “Title of Journal”, Magazine Name, Volume Number,

Magazine Number, page, publication date.

o Make the magazine name italic

o If the author is more than two: use as; Abebe, Bekele

o Example: D. Li and H.Liu, “Computationally Efficient Bandwidth Allocation

and Power control for OFDMA”, IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communication,
Vol.2, No.6, PP1150-1158, 2003.

OPTIONAL

1.2.7 Citations of Print Sources

Whenever you include another person's information or wording in a document, you must
acknowledge the source and include a citation that will tell the reader where you obtained
it. If you do not do so, you deprive your reader of the ability to locate information that he

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or she might want to explore further. In addition, you may be committing intellectual
theft, plagiarism. Therefore, you should carefully list all references used (both in a
reference list at the end of the document and throughout the text as quoted; for proper
referencing, you can use APA/IEEE/ referencing style. show examples for citation and
referencing of different sources, but for detail information check .

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx.

1 .Citation and Referencing APA Format (Book and eBook)

Material Type
Book and eBook
In-Text Citation Reference List
Book: Single (Pegrum,2009) Pegrum, M. (2009). From blogs to
author bombs: The future of electronic
technologies in education.
Crawley, W.A: UWA Publishing.
Book: Two (Page & Stritzke, 2015) Page, A. C., & Stritzke, W. G. K.
authors But when outside (2015). Clinical psychology for
parenthesis: trainees: Foundations of science-
Page and Stritzke (2015) informed practice (2nd ed.).
suggested that ... Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Book: 3-5 authors First citation: (Ranzijn, Ranzijn, R., McConnochie, K., &
McConnochie, & Nolan, Nolan, W. (2009). Psychology and
2009) indigenous Australians:
Subsequent citations: Foundations of cultural
(Ranzijn et al., 2009) competence. South Yarra, Vic:
Palgrave Macmillan.

2. Citations and Referencing APA Format (Journal Articles)

Material Type In Text-Citation References

Journal Articles
Journal article in Sohrabi, H. R., Weinborn, M., Badcock,
print: 8 or more (Sohrabi et al., 2011) J., Bates, K. A., Clarnette, R.,

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authors Trivedi, D., … Martins, R. N. (2011).
New lexicon and criteria for the
diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Lancet Neurology, 10(4), 299-300.

Journal article (Gagné et al., 2015, p. Gagné, M., Forest, J., Vansteenkiste, M.,
online: With 185) Crevier-Braud, L., van den Broeck, A.,
direct quotation or Or Aspeli, A. K., . . . Westbye, C. (2015).
paraphrase Gagné et al. (2015) The Multidimensional Work
reported that “Results Motivation Scale: Validation evidence
showed that the MWMS in seven languages and nine countries.
had an invariant European Journal of Work and
configuration in the Organizational Psychology, 24(2),
three languages” (p. 178-196.
185), ... http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.20
13.877892

3 Citation and Referencing APA Format (Conference Proceeding)

Material Type (Game, 2001) Game, A. (2001). Creative ways of

being. In J. R. Morss, N.
Conference Stephenson & J. F. H. V. Rappard
Proceedings (Eds.), Theoretical issues in
Paper in psychology: Proceedings of the
conference International Society for
proceedings in Theoretical Psychology 1999
print Conference (pp. 3-12). Sydney:
Springer.
Paper in (Balakrishnan, 2006) Balakrishnan, R. (2006, March). Why
conference aren't we using 3D user interfaces,
proceedings and will we ever? Paper presented
online: Electronic at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User
database Interfaces.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vr.2006.1
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4. Citations and Referencing APA Format (Report)

Material Type In-Text Citation Reference List

Reports
Government (Western Australia. Western Australia. Department of
reports Department of Health Health Nursing and Midwifery
Nursing and Midwifery Office. (2013). Aboriginal Nursing

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 Office, 2013). and Midwifery Strategic Plan 2011-
2015. Retrieved from
http://www.nursing.health.wa.gov.au/
projects/
Non-government (Kendall, 2011) Kendall, C. (2011). Report on
reports psychological distress and depression
in the legal profession: Prepared for
the Council of the Law Society of
Western Australia. Retrieved from
http://www.mhlcwa.org.au/wp-
content/uploads

5. Citation and Referencing APA Format (Standards and Patents)

Material Type In-Text Citation Reference List

Standards and Standards Australia. (1994). Information
Patents (Standards Processing - Text and office systems -
Standard: Print Australia/New Zealand Office Document Architecture (ODA)
Standard, 1994) and Interchange format: Part 10:
Formal Specifications (AS/NZS
3951.10:1994). Homebush, NSW:
Standards Australia.
Standard online: (Standards Australia, Standards Australia. (2008). Personal
Electronic 2008) flotation devices – General
database requirements (AS 4758.1-2008).
Retrieved from Standards Online.
Patent (U.S. Patent No. Hornak, P. (1996). Resonator for
5,641,424.7, 1996) magnetic resonance imaging of the
ankle. U.S. Patent No. 5,641,424.7

6. Citation and Referencing APA Format (Theses)

Material Type In-Text Reference List

Citation
Theses Lockhart, E. (2009). The physical education
Thesis in print: (Lockhart, 2009) curriculum choices of Western Australian
Unpublished primary school teachers (Unpublished
master’s thesis). University of Western
Australia.
Thesis in print: (May, 2007) May, B. (2007). A survey of radial velocities in
Published the zodiacal dust cloud. Bristol, UK: Canopus
Publishing.
Thesis online: (Rich, 1989) Rich, P. D. (1989). The rule of ritual in the
Electronic Arabian Gulf, 1858-1947: The influence of
database English public schools (Doctoral dissertation).
Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and

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 Theses - UK & Ireland. (AAT 8918197)
Thesis online: (Brydges, 2014) Brydges, C. (2014). The development of
Institutional executive functions: Evidence from
repository behavioral and electrophysiological
perspectives. (Doctoral dissertation,
University of Western Australia, Crawley,
WA). Retrieved from http://research-
repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/the-
development-of-executive-functions-
evidence-from-behavioural-and-
electrophysiological-persepctives(6dce2f55-
4ab2-4bfe-85c7-5fba8545f186).html

6 .Citation and Referencing APA Format (Web Pages)

Material Type In-Text Citation Reference List

Web Pages
Web page (Australian Psychological Australian Psychological Society.
Society, 2008) (2008). Substance abuse: Position
statement. Retrieved from
http://www.psychology.org.au/pub
lications/statements/substance/

7. Citation and Referencing APA Format (Tables and Figures)

Material Type In-Text Citation Reference List

Tables & Figure 6. Adapted from Marsh, A., & Viglione, D. J. (1992). A
Figures “A Conceptual Conceptual validation study of the texture
Validation Study of the response on the Rorschach. Journal of
Texture Response on Personality Assessment, 58(3), 571-579.
the Rorschach, " by A.
Marsh and D. J. Republished or adapted tables, figures or data
Viglione, 1992, Journal must be clearly marked and the original source
of Personality provided in text and appended to the caption of
Assessment, 58(3), p. the table or figure.
576. Copyright 1992 by
Society for Personality
Assessments. Adapted

1.3.5 Appendix

Appendices should be placed at the end of the thesis. They represent important material
to support your hypothesis, but too large to fit in the main frame of the text. Generally,
they contain detailed background data tables, detailed formulas, maps etc. You can also

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provide interesting illustrations. Although appendices do not contain any text
information, a title could be provided for each appendix.

If your thesis has appendices, they must be prepared following these guidelines:

1. Appendices must appear at the end of the document and not the chapter to which
they pertain.
2. When there is more than one appendix, assign each appendix a number or a letter
heading (e.g., “APPENDIX 1” or “APPENDIX A”) and a descriptive title. You
may number consecutively throughout the entire work (e.g., 1, 2 or A, B), or you
may assign a two-part Arabic numeral with the first number designating the
chapter in which it appears, separated by a period, followed by a second number
or letter to indicate its consecutive placement (e.g., “APPENDIX 3.2” is the
second appendix referred to in Chapter Three).
3. Include the chosen headings in all capital letters, and center them 1″ below the top
of the page.
4. All appendix headings and titles must be included in the table of contents.

Page numbering must continue throughout your appendix

1.4 Approval of documents

Student should obtain written approval from advisor/s to submit thesis for defense.

Initial Submission: Student makes formal submission. At this stage, the thesis should be
in its final version and ready for defense. Once submitted, the thesis examination process
has begun.
Examination: Unless and otherwise agreed to, the examination date must be set a minimum
of one week for thesis after the candidate initial submission of the thesis. The head shall fill
in the examination schedule form and submit the same to the head of the department.

1.5 THESIS /PROJECT/ EXAMINATION

1.4.1. The BSC Thesis/PROJECT/ Examination

Thesis Progress Examination

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A progress presentation shall be conducted as an interim progress report. The evaluation
is done by the thesis progress evaluation form prepared for this purpose.

Final Thesis Examination

Unless otherwise agreed to, the defense is generally scheduled within two one week from
the student’s initial submission of the thesis.
Name of the Candidate’s:_________________ ___________________ ID No._____
Thesis/ Topic: ____________________________________________________
Evaluation Parameters/Criteria of the Thesis:

No Focus Areas
Marking Score
1 Data collection 15%
2 Data Analysis 15%
3 Preliminary result presented 15%
4 The extent of specific objectives achieved 10%
5 Work progress in comparison with the work plan 15%
6 Progress presentation skill, slide organization and time 10%
management
7 Response to the questions raised during the defense 10%
8 Overall judgment of the examiner 10%
total 100%

Is there any plagiarism? ____________________________________________________

General Comments (use extra sheet if required):_________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

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