FAKULTI TEKNOLOGI KEJURUTERAAN

JABATAN TEKNOLOGI KEJURUTERAAN AWAM

PROJECT (20%)
Writing a Technical Paper/Review Paper

BNP 20103

HYDRAULICS AND HYDROLOGY

 BNP20103 Hydraulics and Hydrology Project

Instruction:

1. Please select ONE of the titles below and write a technical paper according to the title
you have chosen.

a) Water Management in Malaysia

b) Issues and challenges in Water Governance in Malaysia.
c) A Review of the Chemical Pollution of Rivers in Malaysia
d) Impacts of land use on hydrological components in the river basin, Malaysia
e) Impacts of climate change on hydrological components in the river basin, Malaysia
f) Rainwater harvesting in Malaysia
g) Hydrological modeling in Malaysia
h) Climate change in Malaysia
i) Flood management in Malaysia
j) Urban stormwater management in Malaysia
k) Flood scenarios in Malaysia
l) Flash flood problems in Malaysia
m) Groundwater exploration in Malaysia

2. Please follow the format and guidelines for writing a technical paper (a sample of the
format is attached).
3. Basically, the content of a technical paper consists of

Abstract
- Introduction, objective, methodology, results and discussion are clearly explained.

Introduction
- Aims and objectives are explicitly stated
- Identification of problems

Literature Review
- Literature review is relevant to the research topic
- The work of others is acknowledged and referenced

Conclusions and recommendation

- Conclusion addresses the research question/issue and achievement of aim and
objective
- Realistic recommendations for future development

References
- References format is consistent
(Sources must be at least 70% from the last five years)
- At least 20 references/citation

4. Submission and Presentation

• Report submission and video presentation are on week 12.
• All reports must be written in Microsoft Word format
• Minimum pages of report 10 pages, maximum 20 pages.
• Reports will be checked using Turnitin (must less than 30% similarity)