Prepare research topic about production of ethanol from corn.
Aim
To assess the student ability to apply research methods in a real scenario that will produce a high quality literature review, data analysis and other technical approaches to the chosen project topic.
Learning Outcomes > Identify and set clearly aims and objectives of project
- Source and critically review literature relevant to a chosen project topic
- Evaluate a range of data analysis methods, experimental methods, alternative approaches in relation to specific project objectives.
- Develop a research proposal and plan for a research project in an appropriate area relevant to the programme of study.
- Consider the ethical and environmental issues involved in undertaking research based project work.
- Recognize and take an account of resource issues such as time, materials and equipment
Task(s)
A critical study report of the project work undertaken and done during RM stage has to be presented in this coursework and shall be called the critical study report. This report should have a clear start beginning with the introduction to the project and end at the pre-design stage. Information within submissions should also be logical and well grouped. Students are advised to follow the instructions given below to present the Critical Study Report.
Critical Study Report should be structured and submitted in the order as given below:
Abstract
The Abstract may contain description of the topic, need of the present study, important applications of the topic, brief description about previous literatures, predesign, future work to be carried out in Technical Project and conclusions. The word count is limited to 250.
Chapter 1: Introduction
The introduction may contain overall view of the topic, Identification of the need, Problem description, Objectives, Scope, Value & Importance of the research and feasibility study.
The student may provide introduction to the research problems pertaining to the project with detailed explanation.
Chapter 2: Literature review
The students are expected to critically evaluate minimum of five previous literatures pertaining to their project topic that contain key finding of previous authors such as methodology adopted, parameters used, results obtained and important conclusions along with shortcomings / gap areas. In text citation must be made without fail. The in text citation and referencing should be in CCE Harvard referencing style. This chapter should precisely link the present study to the collected literature with gap areas identified. Finally a chapter summary may be presented.
Chapter 3: Data Analysis / Pre-Design
Students may provide statistical tools planned to use in Technical Project (TP), 2-D, 3-D drawings, Proposed model/ circuit diagram, other data interpretations using graphs, surveys results, case studies, research plans, activity flow charts, Gantt charts etc. The outcome of this chapter would be useful to do the experimentation, fabrication and associated detailed analysis of the research problem during TP stage. Finally a chapter summary may be presented.
Conclusion & Future work:
The conclusion made in the report should correlate with the aims and objectives of the project. Future works planned for Technical Project stage are to be mentioned.
Instructions for presentation in MS Word
The Critical Study Report must be neatly typed using any word processing software package.
o Paper: White A4 sheet, typed on only one side.
o Margin: Left 1.5", top 1", right 1" and bottom 1".
word count:500