Each
Senior Engineering Project team will submit a Midterm Written Report
to their Advisor and Project Grading Committee (PGC),
per the Senior Engineering Project schedule. The midterm report must
contain the elements given in the listing below.
Note that the only acceptable generic section titles
are: abstract, introduction, problem statement,
conclusions and recommendations. You should use
descriptive, informative section and subsection
titles for the body of your report. Use the
appropriate tense to describe activity: "past
work was done;" "future work will be done."
The format for midterm written report is as follows:
cover sheet (see example)
title page (see example)
abstract (see example)
table of contents (see example)
introduction (see example)
problem statement (see example)
objectives (see example)
body
Because the midterm will include several body sections that include continuing work, each body section of the midterm, should be divided into "Work Completed to Date", in which you will describe tasks, analyses, results and their significance, and Future Work, in which you will describe what remains to be done, how long you expect the tasks to take, and your plan to overcome anticipated obstacles.
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The Midterm must include an Economic Analysis section,
even if your analysis is incomplete. You should have
the current costs of the problem you are asked to solve,
as well as the payback period required by the Sponsor.
From this you should be able to present a preliminary
discussion and calculation examples for ROI, NPV and
payback period for your pending solution, along with
a preliminary cash flow diagram (see sect. 8.6 &
Ch.
9).
economic analysis*
summary of your communications
references list (see
example)
project schedule
appendices
*The
economic analysis may not be complete at this point,
but this section must be included to show the bases for
the calculations that will be used for the draft and final
reports. The basic equations should be listed, and the
manner in which savings to the sponsor will be calculated.
Tentative possible results should be included and clearly
described as such in the text. This will allow the final
figures to be inserted later into the draft and final reports
with little change in the structure of this section.Since
many of the items in the midterm report are identical to
the final report, get these items into their final form
at midterm and save yourself some work later when time will
be precious.
It
is not necessary to have a Conclusions or Recommendations
section in the midterm.
Since
many of the items in the midterm report are identical to
the final report, get these items into their final form
in the midterm and save yourself some work later when time
is precious.
Midterm
Outline
A detailed outline will be prepared for the Midterm, per
seciton 8.1, and will be reviewed with your Advisor. Again,
the outline should contain the structure and detail that
will be incorporated into the Midterm.
Submittal
of Copies
Staple the report securely, (do not bind)
and submit 3 color originals to 104 TB. Office personnel
will submit them to your Advisor and each member of PGC.
The PGC members will provide feedback as comments written
on your midterm paper, and on the evaluation form (Form
MWR). You are strongly encouraged to arrange a meeting
with your graders for feedback clarification. After your
PGC responds, you will provide two revised midterm reports
to 104 TB. One copy will be reviewed by the Senior Engineering Project Chairman.
The second copy will be sent to company sponsor. These copies
must be clearly marked "Midterm Report" on the
front cover.
IMPORTANT: Always submit the previous PGC report comments
and report with the current report due. In order
for the PGC to evaluate your progress, you MUST submit your
previously graded report, in its entirety, with the
report which is currently due. This means:
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Submit the "Pre-Report" comments and report
with the Midterm.
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Submit the Midterm comments and report with the Draft
of the final report.
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Submit the Draft comments and report with the Final Report.
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Make sure your graders return these reports to you
each time.
DON'T
PROCRASTINATE - THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH TIME
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