Final Year Project Part I & II Briefing - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Final Year Project Part I & II Briefing http://fes.utar.edu.my/current-students/fyp/

ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! If you intend to use any laboratories for FYP , visit: Department of Laboratory Management and Safety Administration (LMSA) http://fes.utar.edu.my/departments/dlmsa/  Please follow all the Rules & Regulations + SOP & Forms  Service & Job Request Form download form here  Request For Use of Laboratory After Office Hours Or Public Holiday download form here  Equipment GlasswaresTools Loan Form download form here  Request Locker Rental download form here  FYP Reimbursement Procedure read more here

LKC FES FYP website/Information/ forms

http://fes.utar.edu.my / http://fes.utar.edu.my/ current-students/fyp/

http://fes.utar.edu.my/current-students/fyp/

http://fes.utar.edu.my/current-students/fyp/ Final Year Project (main page) Turnitin Requirements Corrected Soft-bound Final Report Submission Submission Venues Reimbursement Requisition Procedures FYP Information for Individual Department  All Engineering Departments  Department of Internet Engineering & Computer Science  Department of Mathematical & Actuarial Science  Department of Surveying Final Year Poster Competition

Final Year Project (main page)  General Announcements  Announcements on Trainings, meetings, etc  Announcements on LKC FES Final Year Poster Competition & Industry Interaction Day  General Information  FYP Flow Chart  FYP Rules and Regulations  Special Requirements  UTAR Research Ethics  Letter of undertaking and indemnity  Application for External Final Year Project attachment  FYP Report Writing Guidelines  Library Services for FYP Students  laboratory Services for FYP Studens  FYP Planner  Final Year Poster Competition  FYP Coordinators  Other Resources

Final Year Project / General Information  FYP Flow Chart  FYP Rules and Regulations for students taking FYP with the same course code for Part I and Part II (VERY IMPORTANT – MUST READ).  Special Requirements (by supervisors ) All supervisors whose projects have special requirements such as special venues, rooftop access, and special limited-access equipment must liaise with the Sungai Long Campus Administration Director, Dr. Tan Kee Kong (tankk@utar.edu.my) to ensure the timely completion of their projects.  UTAR Research Ethics (by supervisors ) SoP and Form for researcher/student to conduct survey: The application for ethical approval for Final Year Projects (FYP) involving human subjects or animals for student’s project shall be treated as a group application and as such, approval shall be granted for the whole group (for the names listed in the summary form ) instead of each application. Please provide the info as required in the summary form . Also, please be informed that all submissions for ethical approval should be accompanied with the questionnaire/interview questions that the students will be using in their research. Application for ethical approval can be submitted at any time of the month. Declaration section is to be signed by the HoD and recommended by the Dean. If the FYP involving human subjects or animals is to be conducted in the laboratories, please submit a copy of the approved ethical clearance form to the respective lab staff.

Final Year Project / General Information . . .  Letter of undertaking and indemnity (by students) Students whose FYP tasks require external involvement such as external visits for sample collection, testing, survey, and external meetings have to submit the completed letter of undertaking and indemnity to Deputy Dean (Student Development & Industrial Training). It is also required to submit 1 copy of the signed form (after HoD signed the form) to the respective FYP coordinator.  Application for External FYP attachment (by supervisors) For any FYP attachment with external institutions/ organizations, an application letter must be submitted by the supervisors together with:  the completed ‘Letter of undertaking and indemnity (by students)‘, and  the letter of acceptance from the collaborator to the Deputy Dean (Student Development & Industrial Training). It is also required to submit 1 copy of the signed form (after HoD signed the form) to the respective FYP coordinator.

Final Year Project/FYP Report Writing Guidelines  It is compulsory for students to follow the FYP Report Guidelines when writing their report.Any report that does not follow the guidelines will be rejected.  Students are encouraged to download the MS Word Template (Progress Report (revised) / Final Report) of the Project Report and use this template to prepare the report. Read how to use the template .  The format for citing sources in the Project Report shall follow the latest Harvard Referencing Style . Please take note that in the case of any discrepancies between announcements and guidelines, the announcements shall prevail.

FYP Report Guidelines Double-sided printing of comb-bound FYP reports (to be checked with the supervisors and moderators)

Final Year Project / Library Services for FYP Students Explore how you could utilize the library resources for your FYP!

Information Skill Programme Library conducts "Information Skill Programme" to the FYP students in week 2. Students have to register for the class once the Mail Master notification is out in week 1. It covers 6 modules (4 hours): Module 1: Information Search Strategies Module 2: Effective Database Searching Module 3: Evaluation of Web Resources Module 4 : Plagiarism Module 5: Referencing Module 6: Basic Mendeley

Final Year Project: Laboratory Services for FYP students! Explore how you could utilize the laboratory resources for your FYP!

Final Year Project / FYP Planner FYP Part-I FYP Part-II Timeline  Students who wish to propose their own project titles must liaise with a staff member for Three weeks supervision and propose their before the start titles (using the ‘Template for of trimester (For FYP title proposal by students’ special cases with less than three weeks, form) to the respective FYP discuss with your FYP coordinator for approval three coordinator) weeks before the start of trimester.  Find the list of approved FYP One week titles on the FYP website (one before the start week before the start of of trimester trimester)

Title registration procedure • Students who wish to propose their own project titles must liaise with a staff member for supervision and propose their titles to the respective FYP coordinator for approval three weeks before the start of trimester . • Find the list of approved FYP titles on the FYP website (one week before the start of trimester) • A student is allowed to register any available title from his/her department’s approved FYP title list Monday to Tuesday of week-1: Meet with the supervisors to discuss/understand the project scope Wednesday of week-1: Supervisors will inform students of the selection offer/results Thursday & Friday of week-1: •Fill up the Title Registration Form (available on the FYP Website) once the project title is confirmed. •Find the supervisor(s) to get their approval Approved Not Approved Make sure the supervisor(s) signs(sign) the ‘Title Go through the title list again and select another Registration Form’ by Friday, Week-1 title Give a copy of the form to your supervisor(s) and Meet with the supervisors to discuss/understand keep another copy for yourself the project *If you have any issues with the title registration, Return the original form to the respective discuss with your FYP coordinator department FYP coordinator

Time- FYP Part-I FYP Part-II line  Understand the FYP rules and regulations  Attend the FYP briefing organized by  Download the list of FYP titles from FYP website the department.  Download the ‘Title Registration Form’ from FYP website  Ensure that you  Select an FYP title and discuss with the respective have registered for supervisor. If the supervisor agrees, complete the ‘Title the FYP. Registration Form’ and submit one copy to the supervisor and  Discuss with the Week 1 the original form to the FYP coordinator. Students are supervisors on the required to keep one copy for their reference. FYP planning for the trimester and work  If there is a co-supervisor for the project, then a copy of the under their direction. form must be submitted to the co-supervisor Discuss with the   Attend the FYP briefing organized by the department supervisors and If you have any issues with the title registration, discuss with your FYP schedule your coordinator regular meetings  Ensure that you have registered for the FYP with the supervisors. You must follow the  Discuss with the supervisors on the FYP planning for the By schedule strictly. trimester and work under their direction Week 1  Register for the  Discuss with the supervisors and schedule your regular meetings (Friday) ‘Information Skill with the supervisors. You must follow the schedule strictly. Programme’ (if  Register for the ‘Information Skill Programme’ necessary)