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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 Power Engineering

2 Renewable Energy

3 Machinery and Mechanization

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 Power Engineering
(APA Style)
3 references per topic
Mhamdi, H. S., Kerrou, O., Thakar, C. M.,
Bakraoui, M., & Aggour, M. (2022).
Role of Artificial Intelligence in
Energy and Power
Engineering. Smart Innovation,
Systems and Technologies, 269–
275. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-
981-19-0108-9_28

Andrishunas, A. M., Kleyn, S., Goryaev, D.

V., Balashov, S. Y., & Zagorodnov,
S. Y. (2022). Hygienic assessment
of air protection activities at heat-
and-power engineering
enterprises. Gigiena I
Sanitariia, 101(11), 1290–
1298. https://doi.org/10.47470/0016
-9900-2022-101-11-1290-1298

Opris, I., Costinas, S., Ionescu, C. S., &

Nistoran, D. E. G. (2018). Step-by-
step augmented reality in power
engineering education. Computer
Applications in Engineering
Education, 26(5), 1590–
1602. https://doi.org/10.1002/cae.2
1969
2 Renewable Energy
Chen, S., Zhang, C., & Lu, X. (2023).
Energy Conversion from Fossil Fuel
to Renewable Energy. Handbook of
Air Quality and Climate Change, 1–
44. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-
15-2527-8_42-1

Hamza, A. (2023, March 10). Renewable

Energy Integration.
ResearchGate. https://www.researc
hgate.net/publication/369139705_R
enewable_Energy_Integration

Güney, T. (2019). Renewable energy, non-

renewable energy and sustainable
development. International Journal
of Sustainable Development and
World Ecology, 26(5), 389–
397. https://doi.org/10.1080/135045
09.2019.1595214

3 Liu, X., & Li, X. (2023). The Influence of

Machinery and Mechanization
Agricultural Production
Mechanization on Grain Production
Capacity and
Efficiency. Processes, 11(2),
487. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11020
487

Scolaro, E., Beligoj, M., Estevez, M. a. P.,

Alberti, L., Rossi, M., & Molari, G.
(2021). Electrification of Agricultural
Machinery: A Review. IEEE
Access, 9, 164520–
164541. https://doi.org/10.1109/acce
ss.2021.3135037

Isaak, M., Yahya, A., Razif, M. R. M., &

Mat, N. (2020). Mechanization
status based on machinery
utilization and workers’ workload in
sweet corn cultivation in
Malaysia. Computers and
Electronics in Agriculture, 169,
105208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.co
mpag.2019.105208
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: