Hey everyone,
I just asked Anne if she would prefer for our final report to be
piece-wise submitted by individual sub-teams, or in a combined
document by the entire team.
Her response was that it doesn't really matter, but I am going to
request that you all copy-paste your final report contributions into
the Final Report Google document that Yousef set up last Monday
(find it here:
http://tinyurl.com/ktyksp7).
I am doing this mostly so that I can offer you edits and so that I
can regulate the writing style, citations, etc. This also allows me
to submit the final report on behalf of everyone in one pass,
without waiting until the last minute to compile the sub-team
contributions.
For those of you who have never written a project final report
before, please note that this should be very thorough, with
Appendices reserved for detailed calculations, tables, and other
original work. The body of the Final Report is intended to
summarize
the work completed this semester.
I am attaching our final report from Spring 2013 for you to use as
reference. You will notice that it is
41 pages single-spaced not
including appendices and 90 pages including appendices. Needless to
say, this should be very thorough, professional, and scholarly.
Please also take note of the style of language used throughout. Once
you have added your sub-team or individual contribution to the Final
Report document (again, find it here:
http://tinyurl.com/ktyksp7), I
will format everything and make it look pretty. Please try to have
something,
anything, uploaded by Thursday evening so that I
can provide you feedback as needed before I submit on Friday.
Remember, while this final report is 10% of our GEP course grade and
it is 30% of our additional GDT credits (for those of you registered
for the additional credit).
This is a lot of info and this may be something new to you guys so
please let me know if you have questions. Also, if you want to look
at more examples of other final reports, just let me know!
Thank you!
Patrick
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Patrick Pawletko
Purdue University
Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Office of Global Affairs
Global Engineering Program