Guidelines for

Final Year Project

at
Polymer Engineering Department,
MIT, Pune
July 2010

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1.0 Introduction
As a requirement of 4-years curriculum, all final year students are required to undertake
a project supervised by the faculty member(s). The project may include an in-depth study,
investigation, development of models and testing/characterization in the area of polymers
depending of the problem defined. The students are required to submit a final report on
completion of the project. The department has prepared this set of guidelines so that all the
students will be aware of the various project requirements in terms of project schedule,
presentation and final report.
1.1 Project Duration
The total duration of project is one academic year, spread over 2 semesters.
1.2 Project Proposals

The projects proposals will normally be defined by faculty members of the department

The students also can approach the faculty members with their own ideas, discuss in detail
and then, if faculty agrees, that idea can also be considered as final year project taking into
account the feasibility at college level.
Every proposal will consists of brief summary of aim/objective, scope, etc.
The projects are categorized as follows:
o Type A : Internal project proposal by department faculties
o Type B: External project proposal in collaboration with Industry or Research
Institutes

The compiled list of all projects having details of title, advisor(s) name(s) and brief summary
will then be displayed on the notice board.
1.3 Project Selection and Allocation

Once complied list of projects is displayed on notice board, the students should select the
topics of their liking and discuss in detail with the respective faculty members.

The project allocation will be done only after receiving the confirmation by faculty members.

The entire process of topic selection, discussion and confirmation from faculty members will
be done within maximum 1-week duration after displaying project proposals by faculty
members.

Students are advised to select the projects carefully during this phase since allocated
students are not allowed to drop out after this phase.
1.4 Workspace Allocation

Depending on requirements student will utilize the facilities available in various laboratories
of the department.

The student should work with responsibility towards the laboratory facilities.
1.5 Time allotment

Two hours will be allotted per week in the 1st semester.

One day will be allotted per week in the 2nd semester.

Additionally, students can effectively utilize December months vacation as well as

free time slots available in their weekly time-table for project related matters.

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2.0 Project Assessment

The project assessment consists of 2 parts - Interim and Final Assessment.

An interim assessment will be done at the end of first semester or may be in the 1 st week of
second semester.

The Final Assessment will be done at the end of second semester.

2.1 Interim Assessment
Students, and thereby project, progress will be closely monitored by advisor
throughout the year in terms of meetings, progress reports.
The student should submit a brief outline of project plan (2-3 pages) to the advisor
within six weeks from the commencement of project. This will include project work
strategy as well as weekly schedule.
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At the end of 1 semester or in the 1 week of 2 semester (the exact schedule will be
informed to student well in-advance), student should submit a short interim report
followed by 10 minutes presentation.
The report and presentation preparation should be done in consultation with the advisor
as these will be assessed by faculty members of department. The grade/marks obtained
in this Interim assessment will be considered in the Final assessment.
2.2 Final Assessment
nd
At the end of 2 semester, student will have to submit Project Report copy (refer to
The Guidelines for Project Report section in following pages)
The project report submission schedule will be informed to student well in-advance.
If due to some unavoidable reasons student is not able to meet submission deadline,
he/she should inform the Head of Department about it through advisor.
The Final Assessment will consists of two parts - Assessment of Final Report
- Oral examination
The assessment will be done by both, advisor as well as external examiner

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Final Year Project Proposal

Academic Year :
Title :
Student(s) Name(s) :
Advisors Name :
Co-Advisor(s) Name(s) :

Brief Summary of proposed Project

Facilities required

Students signature

Advisors signature

Date:

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Guidelines of Final Project Report

1.0 Contents Layout
The project report should be a hard bound copy with contents arranged in the sequence given
below

Cover Page
Title Page
Certificate
Acknowledgment
Abstract
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Nomenclature (standard symbols, Greek symbols, abbreviations, etc.)
Chapters (1, 2, 3, etc.)
References
Appendix (if any)

Cover Page the format used for print on Hard Bound Cover. It will not have any number.
Title page should not have any number although it will be counted as i" in Roman
Numbering system
The page numbers for Certificate, Acknowledgment, Abstract, Table of Contents, List of
Figures, List of Tables and Nomenclature should in Roman Numbering System (e.g. i, ii,
iii..) and should start from ii as number for Certificate page.
The page numbers for Chapters, Appendix and References should in Arabic Numbering
System (e.g. 1, 2, 3..)

2.0 Binding Specifications

The project report should be a Matt finish Black Coloured Hard Bound copy with
matter embossed in Golden colour.
3.0 Page Specifications
The project report should be printed on A4-size Bond paper.
The top and bottom margin should be 1
Left margin should be 1.2 and right margin should be 1.
4.0 Format for various Sections
The report should have Times New Roman font type with 12 pt Font Size and
Regular Font style unless and until specified.
All the Titles (Chapter, section, sub-section, etc.) should be in Bold font style.
All the Titles (Acknowledgment, Abstract, Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of
Tables, Nomenclature, various Chapters alongwith numbers, References, Appendix)
should in 14 pt font size
The paragraph spacing should be 1.5 lines unless and until specified.
4.1 Cover Page and Title Page Refer to specimen given in Appendix 1.
4.2 Certificate Refer to specimen given in Appendix 2.
4.3 Acknowledgment It is not compulsory but depends on Advisor and students.

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4.4 Abstract Abstract should be preferably one page (maximum 2 pages) synopsis of the
project work. It should be only text matter and should not contain any graph, figure,
table, etc.
4.5 Table of Contents Refer to specimen given in Appendix 3.
4.6 List of Figures The text should be exactly same as it appears as caption below the
respective figures in the report.
4.7 List of Tables The text should be exactly same as it appears as Title at the top of
respective tables in the report.
4.8 Nomenclature This should contain separate lists of Standard Symbols, Greek Symbols
and Abbreviations used in entire project report, put in alphabetically ascending order.
4.9 Chapters This section should mainly be divided into 2 parts Literature Review,
any, and Project Work done by student.

if

The Literature Review section will consists of Introductory Chapter followed by Work done
in past by various researchers, academicians, industries, etc.
The Project work done by student will consists of all the aspects of experimentation, modeling
and simulation, if any, related to project followed by Plant Layout and Costing (depending on
Advisor) and Summary/Conclusion.
The final division of chapters should be done as per Advisors suggestions/guidelines.
Chapters should have appropriate Section and Sub-sections
Sections and sub-sections should be numbered Chapterwise
For e.g., 1.3 indicates section 3 in Chapter 1
Do not write Section 1.3, only mention the number i.e. 1.3
Do not number sub-sections beyond 3 digits. In such cases, use various text editing/writing
tools.
For e.g., 1.3.1 is acceptable while 1.3.1.1 is not acceptable

4.10 Tables and Figures The word Table defines tabulated numerical data in the project
report. All other non-verbal materials such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and
diagrams used in the project work should be considered as Figures.
In case of Tables and Figures, their reference in the text should be mentioned prior to
their actual location. The actual Figures and Tables should follow either same or
immediate next page.
The Figures and Tables should be numbered Chapter-wise and not section, subsectionwise
e.g.

Figure 1.2 indicates the second figure in Chapter No. 1

Figure 2.3 indicates the third figure in Chapter No.2
Figure 8.7 indicates the seventh figure in Chapter No. 8, and so on.

Similar concept is also applicable to Tables

In case of Figures, the Figure No. and Caption should be at the bottom of
respective figure.
In case of Tables, the Table No. and Title should be at the top of respective table.
In case of any Figure or Table inserted as scanned image from any reference or as
copied/downloaded image from Internet source, the student will have to change and
type the number and text matter of caption or title according his/her reference in the

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report. Also, give their Reference details in the bracket in Figure Caption or
Table Title.
4.11 Appendix Appendix is provided to give supplementary information such as Raw
Material Grade Specification Sheet, photos/images or list of various applications,
program code, etc.
4.12 References The list of references will depend on the way these have been mentioned
in the text. If these are numbered in the text, then that sequence should be followed in
this list. If these are mentioned with Authors name in text, then the list in this section
should be in alphabetically ascending order. The list should have all the relevant
information about the reference. Specimen examples are given below.
4.12.1 Journal Paper Format
Author(s) details, Paper Title, Journal Name, volume (issue number), page
numbers (year)

Author details should have Surname first followed by initials

For more than one author, and should be present in between last 2 names
Paper Title should be present in between
Journal Name should be in worldwide accepted abbreviated form and in Italics
font style
Only volume should be in Bold font style
Issue Number should be in Regular font style
If Issue Number is not known, then mention only Volume
Page numbers should preferably include start and end page number
with - in between start and end page numbers

Examples
Gupta, J.S. and Khakhar, D.V., Brwonian Dynamic Simulation of Diffusion Limited

Polymerization of Rod-like Molecules : Isotropic Translation Diffusion, J. Chem.

Phys., 107(8), 3289-3294 (1997)
Aoki, H., Onogi, Y., White, J.L. and Fellers, J.F., Characterization and Continuous
Extrusion of Isotropic and Anisotropic poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide)/sulphuric
acid solutions to from Ribbons and Blown Films, Polym. Eng. Sci., 20(3), 221-229
(1980)
Chen, S., Jin, Y. and Qian, B., Precipitation-crystallization of poly(1,4-phenylene
terephthalamide) from nematic solution, Makromol. Chem., 188, 2713-2719 (1987)

4.12.2 Book Format

Author(s) details, Book Title and, edition no. if any, Publishers details,
page no. if any, Year

Author details should have Surname first followed by initials

For more than one author, and should be present in between last 2 names
Chapter Title, if any should be present in between
Chapter Number should preferably be mentioned
Book Name and edition no. should be in Italics font style
If Author has written the article/chapter in a book edited by other author(s), then,
the names of these other author(s) should be mentioned as edited by ------
For a series of volumes, say for example Encyclopedia, volume should be
mentioned in Bold font style
Publisher details should include Publishers Name, City Name, etc.

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Page numbers should preferably include start and end page number
with - in between start and end page numbers

Examples
Flory, P.J., Principles of Polymer Chemistry, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY,

105-124 (1953)
Odian, G., Principles of Polymerization, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, NY, 8-9

(1981)
Vollbracht, L., Aromatic Polyamides, Chapter 22 in Comprehensive Polymer

Science, edited by Allen, G. and Bevington, J.C., 5, Pergamon, Oxford, 375-386

(1989)

4.12.3 Patent Format Author(s) details, Title if any, Patent Details (Year)

Author details should have Surname first followed by initials

For more than one author, and should be present in between last 2 names
Patent Title, if any should be present in between
Patent details should include Initials of Country Name, Patent No. in Italics
font style
Only mention the Year, do not mention Date and Month

Examples
Vollbracht, L. and Veerman, T.J., U.S. Patent No. 4,308,374 (1981)

4.12.4 Internet Source

Do not write down any search engine link as reference. For e.g. www.google.com

or www.wikipedia.com is

NOT permitted.

A proper web-link should be written so that if this link is referred the relevant

information is available on that link.

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Appendix 1
Title

Bold, All Capital Letters, 20 pt

A Project Report submitted to the

Pune University
For the Degree of
B.E. (Polymer Engineering)

by

12 pt

Bold, 14 pt

12 pt

Students Name (s)

(do not write Roll Numbers)

Bold, 14 pt

Advisor (s) : Prof./Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms. ------ (Internal)

Co-Advisor (s) : Prof./Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms. ------ (External)

Bold, 12 pt

(Keep only relevant Title)

MIT Logo

Polymer Engineering Department

MAEERs Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)
Pune 411 038
Academic Year

Bold, 12 pt

Bold, 12 pt

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Specimen

ELECTROPLATING OF POLYPROPYLENE

A Project Report submitted to the

Pune University
for the Degree of

B.E. (Polymer Engineering)

by

Shah Ankit
Shah Maulik
Hundare Sanchit
Advisor : Prof. (Dr.) Hemant V. Joshi
Co-Advisors : Mr. Vinod Kumar, Mr. Dharmenra Sheth,
Dr. Rajeev Basargekar (PARC, RIL, Mumbai)

MIT Logo

Polymer Engineering Department

MAEERs Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)
Pune 411 038
2009-2010

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Appendix 2
MAEERs
Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune

Bold, 14 pt

MIT Logo

CERTIFICATE

Bold, All capital

letter, 18 pt

This is to certify that the project report entitled

Project Title

Bold, 14 pt

has been successfully completed under my/our guidance by,

Name of Student(s) with Surname first

Bold, 14 pt

towards partial fulfillment of the requirement for Bachelors Degree in Polymer Engineering
as prescribed by University of Pune for the academic year ------

Co-Advisors Name (with Title)

Co-Advisor
Designation, Department
Company/Institute Name
City Name

Advisors Name (with Title)

Advisor
Designation
Polymer Engg. Dept., MIT
Pune 411 038

Name of Head of the Department (with Title)

Head, Polymer Engg. Dept.
MIT, Pune 411 038

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Specimen
MAEERs
Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune

MIT Logo

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project report entitled

Electroplating of Polypropylene
has been successfully completed under our guidance by,

Shah Ankit
Shah Maulik
Hundare Sanchit
towards partial fulfillment of the requirement for Bachelors Degree in Polymer Engineering
as prescribed by University of Pune for the academic year 2009-2010

Mr. Vinod Kumar

Mr. Dharmendra Sheth

Dr. Rajeev S. Basargekar

Co-Advisors
PARC,
Reliance Industries Ltd

Prof. (Dr.) Hemant V. Joshi

Advisor
Assistant Professor
Polymer Engg. Dept., MIT
Pune 411 038

Prof. (Dr.) Pramod S. Joshi

Head, Polymer Engg. Dept.
MIT, Pune 411 038

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Chembur, Mumbai

Appendix 3
Table of Contents
Certificate

ii

Acknowledgment

iii

Abstract ..

iv

Table of Contents ..

List of Figures

vii

List of Tables .

viii

Nomenclature

ix

Chapters (1, 2, 3, etc.) .

References
Appendix 1 .

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Project Assessment Record

Student's Name :
Roll/Exam. No :
Advisor :
Co-Advisor :
Title :

Project Assessment
Assessment Points
Problem
Understanding
and Solving
Project
Implementation

Project Report

Grades

Self-learning
Problem definition/analysis
Formulation of design problem
Self Learning
Project Output
Extension of Knowledge
Project Management
Organization
Content
Relevance
Writing Style and Grammar
Presentation of Material
Overall Performance:

Date :

Signature

Note : Grading Scheme

A : Exceptionally Good

B : Very Good

E: Poor

F : Very Poor

C : Good

D : Satisfactory

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