Semester Project Guidelines

The following represents the guidelines that shall be followed for the Semester Project. There
are four (4) phases in the semester project: (1) Project proposal; (2) conducting the project; (3)
reporting the results of the project; and (4) formally presenting the results of the project. The
project assignments and group assignments will be made prior to working on the project. There
will be three (3) people per project team; no more, no less.

The Final Report and the Presentation are due on 19 November 2021.

The following is the format to be followed for the Project Report.

Section Content

Letter of Transmittal: Letter to project sponsor / technical monitor introducing the

project and the members with their contact information.
(Who the project is being done for (sponsor); Who the project was done
by (group members)

Title Page: The title page will include only the following: Title of the project, Abstract
and Keywords

Abstract: The abstract will immediately follow the Title of the project. Summary of
the project; what the problem is, what you did, what you found and what
recommendations you have. The length of the abstract is restricted to
300 words.

Keywords: At least 3 keywords (e.g., Ergonomics, Children, Education) will be

provided immediately following the abstract under the heading
Keywords.

Introduction: Detail of the current conditions and why you are doing the project
including any organization statistics and/or plans that have driven
them/you to engage this project.

Background: What has been done in this area before, and who did the work. This will
require doing your homework in the form of a literature and reference
search. This help establish the procedures you will follow the execute
your project.

Method: Participants – demographics of the people involved, if applicable;

Apparatus – what equipment will you use to conduct the project (i.e.,
tape measure, force gauge, computer to perform analyses, software
packages used, etc.);

Procedure – how you will go about conducting the activities in the

project;

Experimental Design – what are your Null and Alternative Hypotheses

and what are the appropriate statistical tests that you will use;
 Data Analysis – what will you use to analyze the data that you are going
to collect.

Results: What do you expect the results will be? This should be an outline of the
presentation of the results in the project (e.g., time study of the original
condition, time study of the ‘improved’ condition and any differences that
might be found).

Discussion: This section presents your thoughts and understandings of the results
and why you might get the results you will get.

Conclusion(s): What decisions can be made based on your project.

Recommendation(s): This is what is recommended based on the research and includes:

Specific recommendations – provide at least three: one that will just

get them to buy, one that is the blue sky ideal word condition and the
middle one should be what you want them to do. Each of these should
be accompanied by a Costs/Benefits Analysis ($, person hours, capital
investment, payback period, etc.);

Product information – provide product information, cut sheets are ideal

but name and phone number of potential sources for equipment and/or
services is a minimum;

Additional work required – provide ideas on additional work that may

/ should be conducted before a final decision is made;

Implementation plan – provide guidelines as to personnel assignment,

time line for implementation of recommendations, etc.

References: Site references in the text as you use them and provide a list of those
references after the recommendations. Do NOT provide a bibliography;
only list the references that you actually used.

EXAMPLE of citations in the body of the report:

Niebel (1962) believes that industrial engineering techniques should not

be restricted solely to manufacturing industries.

Opportunities for the application of industrial engineering principles

exists and are equally important in a wide variety of businesses such as
hotels, restaurants, department stores, hospitals, etc. (Niebel, 1962).

EXAMPLE of citation in reference section:

Niebel, B. W., 1962. Motion and Time Study (3rd ed.). Homewood, IL:
Richard D. Irwin, Inc. Chapter 1, 1-5.
Scoring: The scoring sheets that will be used to grade both the project and the
presentation, respectively, are available on the Engineering Blackboard
Course Site.

Project Length: The Project Report should be a sufficient length to cover all of the
sections above. However, the maximum length of the manuscript is 20
pages including all photographs, drawings, costs/benefits analyses etc.
If additional information is to be provided, that information should appear
in the Appendix (or appendices) of the report.

Project Format: In addition to the project being formatted in the order of the sections
presented previously,

All graphics (pictures, graphs, etc) and tables will follow in the text
immediately after they have been referenced. If you are unsure about
how this looks, just look at any refereed journal article. The format will
be one column, not 2 or more columns on one page. The APA
publications guidelines are located on Blackboard learn under the
Supporting Documents folder.

Project Deliverables: Both the report and the presentation are due on 21 April 2021. The
report will be submitted in MS Word format (no other format is
acceptable) via Turnitin on Blackboard Learn. The presentation will be
recorded in MS PowerPoint (no other format is acceptable) and
submitted via Turnitin on Blackboard Learn

Additional Guidelines: The report will be written in the 3rd person.

There will be no anthropomorphizing.
No widowed headings