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(Exercise 10) Choosing a Topic

Sometimes it's hard to decide on a topic for an essay or a report. Use this exercise to
help you brainstorm and come up with a final topic for explanatory essay.

1. Brainstorm on the Topic topic you find interesting.

Topics
1 Structure Engineering

2 Plant and Livestock System and Environment Control

3 Agricultural and Biosystem Waste Management

2. Go to your online library resources. . Do a quick search for books, journals and other
resources that relate to the topics on your list. Write down at least 3 resources you find for
each of your topics.

Topics References Found on the Topic

1 Structure Engineering
(APA Style)
3 references per topic
Lehký, D., Novák, L., & Novák, D. (2023).
Surrogate Modeling for Stochastic
Assessment of Engineering
Structures. Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, 388–
401. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-
031-25891-6_29

Dimiduk, D. M., Holm, E. A., & Niezgoda,

S. R. (2018b). Perspectives on the
Impact of Machine Learning, Deep
Learning, and Artificial Intelligence
on Materials, Processes, and
Structures Engineering. Integrating
Materials and Manufacturing
Innovation, 7(3), 157–
172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192
-018-0117-8

Gutzler, R. (2016). Band-structure

engineering in conjugated 2D
polymers. Physical Chemistry
Chemical Physics, 18(42), 29092–
29100. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp
06101j
2 Plant and Livestock System
Tasho, R. P., & Cho, J. Y. (2016).
and Environment Control
Veterinary antibiotics in animal
waste, its distribution in soil and
uptake by plants: A review. Science
of the Total Environment, 563–564,
366–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.s
citotenv.2016.04.140

Green, B. T., Welch, K. D., Lee, S. T.,

Stonecipher, C. A., Gardner, D. R.,
Stegelmeier, B. L., Davis, T. Z., &
Cook, D. (2023). Biomarkers and
their potential for detecting livestock
plant poisonings in Western North
America. Frontiers in Veterinary
Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/
fvets.2023.1104702

Molento, M. B., Chaaban, A., Gomes, E.

N., Da Silva Santos, V. L., &
Maurer, J. B. B. (2020). PLANT
EXTRACTS USED FOR THE
CONTROL OF ENDO AND
ECTOPARASITES OF
LIVESTOCK: A REVIEW OF THE
LAST 13 YEARS OF
SCIENCE. Archives of Veterinary
Science, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.53
80/avs.v25i4.72145
 3 Shcherbak, V., Ganushchak-Yefimenko, L.,
Agricultural and Biosystem
Waste Management
Nifatova, О., Kosiba, J., Holota, T.,
& Yatsenko, V. (2022). The Use of
University Biosystem Environmental
Protection Platform to Prevent a
New Outbreak of the COVID-19
Pandemic. Acta Technologica
Agriculturae, 25(1), 47–
52. https://doi.org/10.2478/ata-2022-
0008

Sanai, M. (1980). Field experiments on

application of treated municipal
waste waters to vegetated lands.
Mendeley. https://www.mendeley.co
m/catalogue/26cb3df5-6794-3130-
b33a-e3ba62a5de58/

Pratelli, A., Cinelli, P., Seggiani, M.,

Strangis, G., & Petri, M. (2022).
Agricultural Plastic Waste
Management. WSEAS Transactions
on Environment and
Development, 18, 1312–
1319. https://doi.org/10.37394/2320
15.2022.18.124

3. Choose one topic from the list above. State the reason why you choose the topic for
your business plan and write it below:

Final Topic

Topic:

Reason in Choosing the Topic: