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Writing up the MSc Dissertation

Writing up the MSc Dissertation. Initial Presentation. Thursday 28 th June 10 minute presentation What questions are you going to answer in your project? What work has been done on this topic before? Why is your work novel? How are you going to do the project?. Dissertation.

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Writing up the MSc Dissertation

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  1. Writing up the MSc Dissertation

  2. Initial Presentation • Thursday 28th June • 10 minute presentation • What questions are you going to answer in your project? • What work has been done on this topic before? • Why is your work novel? • How are you going to do the project?

  3. Dissertation • 70% of Final Mark • Syle 10 • Technical Content 65 • Literature Survey 10 • Technical achievement 30 • Academic achievement 25 • Engineering Judgement 25

  4. STYLE • Structure • Summary • Introduction • Method • Results • Conclusion • References • Aims • What do you hope to achieve in the project? • Provide context • Why are these aims important or useful?

  5. TECHNICAL CONTENT (1) • Literature Survey • What other work has been done in the area and how is your work different / similar? • Make sure the work is properly referenced and that ALL figures that you have copied / borrowed are referenced in the text • Collection of Data • Can someone replicate your work? • Clearer write out the Method you followed • Are the results sound? • How can the reader be sure the results are acceptable? What can they compare the results to? • Do you understand the results? • Provide clear explanations of ANY figure or graph

  6. TECHNICAL CONTENT (2) • Presentation of data, code etc. • Label ALL figures etc. • Provide a short explanation of EVERY figure – refer to the figure • Tell the reader what is important about EACH graph you include • e.g., “Figure X shows the results for the first study. You can see clearly that…” • Explain, briefly, why a graph is significant to the dissertation • Comment ALL code included in the body of the dissertation

  7. ENGINEERING JUDGEMENT • Did the project meet your aims? • Do the results differ from other peoples? • Are the findings useful? • Could the project be improved?

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