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TITLE OF THE STUDY IN SIZE 13 TIMES NEW ROMAN

An Undergraduate Thesis

Presented to

The Faculty of the ____________ Engineering Program


College of Engineering Education
University of Mindanao

In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Science in _________ Engineering

By

Name of Student 1
Name of Student 2
Name of Student 3

Month Year
APPROVAL SHEET

This undergraduate thesis entitled, "YOUR TITLE HERE IN BOLD LETTERS


SIZE 12” prepared and submitted by Name of Student 1, Name of Student 2, and Name of
Student 3, has been examined, accepted, and is hereby endorsed.

NAME OF RESEARCH ADVISER


Thesis Adviser

PANEL OF EXAMINERS

Approved by the Committee on Oral Examination

NAME OF RESEARCH ADVISER NAME OF PANEL MEMBER


Committee Chair Member

Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of


Science in _____________ Engineering.

DR. CHARLITO L. CAÑESARES, PME


Dean, College of Engineering
University of Mindanao

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This study became a reality with the kind support, effort, and help of many
individuals involved. We want to extend our sincere thanks to all of them.
Finally, we thank God for lending us strength, motivation, wisdom, and
understanding that breakthrough all the challenges and difficulties.

A.B.C
D.E.F
G.H.I

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ABSTRACT

1 to 3 sentences for introduction. 1 to 2 sentences for the objectives. 1 to 2 sentences for


the methods being used. 1 to 2 sentences for the findings of the study. 1 to 2 sentences for
the conclusions. An abstract for a thesis or dissertation is usually around 200–300 words.
It gives readers a quick overview of your essay or report and its organization. It should
express your thesis (or central idea) and your key points and suggest any implications or
applications of the research you discuss in the paper.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
LIST OF TABLES vi
LIST OF FIGURES vii
Article: Type your title here
I. Introduction 1
II. Materials and Methods 2
III. Results and Discussions 3
IV. Conclusions and Future Works 4
References 5
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Check the CEE IEEE Paper Format for the List 6
Appendix B: Check the CEE IEEE Paper Format for the List 7
Appendix C: Research Documents 8
Appendix D: Curriculum Vitae 7

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Label of table 1


Table 2. Label of table 2
Table 3. Label of table 3
Table 4. Label of table 4
Table 5. Label of table 5

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LIST OF FIGURES

Fig. 1. Label of figure 1


Fig. 2. Label of figure 2
Fig. 3. Label of figure 3
Fig. 4. Label of figure 4
Fig. 5. Label of figure 5

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CEE IEEE Paper Format
line 1: 1st Given Name Surname line 1: 2nd Given Name Surname line 1: 3rd Given Name Surname
line 2: dept. name of line 2: dept. name of line 2: dept. name of
organization organization organization
(of Affiliation) (of Affiliation) (of Affiliation)
line 3: name of organization line 3: name of organization line 3: name of organization
(of Affiliation) (of Affiliation) (of Affiliation)
line 4: City, Country line 4: City, Country line 4: City, Country
line 5: email address or ORCID line 5: email address or ORCID line 5: email address or ORCID

Present conceptual framework or block diagram or


Abstract— 1 to 3 sentences for introduction. 1 to 2 system flowchart or process flowchart.
sentences for the objectives. 1 to 2 sentences for the Discuss in detail the presented figure. Follow the
methods being used. 1 to 2 sentences for the findings of correct formatting of figures or diagrams prescribed
the study. 1 to 2 sentences for the conclusions.
by IEEE.

Keywords—include 5 keywords or phrases B. Materials and Resources [You may choose


separated in commas appropriate subtitle]
Discuss about the materials or the resources used
I. INTRODUCTION in the study.
[note: follow the sequence of statements, erase this
line, font size 10] C. Methods and Procedures [You may choose
1 paragraph for the setting or context or frame of appropriate subtitle]
reference. This part gives general statement(s) about Present here the detailed procedures which will
a field of research to provide the reader with a help attain the objectives of the study. You can use
preview of the problem to be reported. here process flowcharts, formulas or equations,
industry standards, or testing procedures based on
1 to 2 paragraphs for the review of previous standards, etc.
research. This part continues the contextual setting or
frame of reference given in Part 1 by including more
statements about the general aspects of the problem D. Abbreviations and Acronyms
already investigated by other researchers (RRL). Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time
they are used in the text, even after they have been
1 paragraph for the gap or missing information. defined in the abstract. Abbreviations such as IEEE,
This part refers to the statement(s) that indicate the SI, MKS, CGS, sc, dc, and rms do not have to be
need for the study or the need for more investigation, defined. Do not use abbreviations in the title or heads
hence, the point why you want to pursue the study. unless they are unavoidable.
E. Units
1 paragraph for the statement of objectives. This
 Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units.
part gives very specific statement(s) pertaining to the
(SI units are encouraged.) English units may
objective(s) of the study. The general objective is be used as secondary units (in parentheses).
to …... Specifically, the study aims to: (1) utilize raw An exception would be the use of English
materials as cement replacement in the mix, (2) ….., units as identifiers in trade, such as “3.5-inch
and (3) ….. disk drive”.
1 paragraph for the statement of value  Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as
(significance of the study). This part refers to current in amperes and magnetic field in
statement(s) that give the significance of carrying out oersteds. This often leads to confusion
the study. because equations do not balance
dimensionally. If you must use mixed units,
clearly state the units for each quantity that
1 paragraph for the scope and limitation. This part
you use in an equation.
indicates what the study covers and what it does not
or fails to cover.  Do not mix complete spellings and
abbreviations of units: “Wb/m2” or “webers
II. MATERIALS AND METHODS per square meter”, not “webers/m2”. Spell out
units when they appear in text: “. . . a few
A. Conceptual Framework [You may choose henries”, not “. . . a few H”.
appropriate subtitle]

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 Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not  In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can
“.25”. Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list) accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize
the “u”; if not, keep using lower-cased.
F. Equations
The equations are an exception to the prescribed  Be aware of the different meanings of the
specifications of this template. You will need to homophones “affect” and “effect”,
determine whether or not your equation should be “complement” and “compliment”, “discreet”
typed using either the Times New Roman or the and “discrete”, “principal” and “principle”.
Symbol font (please no other font). To create  Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
multileveled equations, it may be necessary to treat
the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text after  The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be
your paper is styled. joined to the word it modifies, usually without
a hyphen.
Number equations consecutively. Equation
numbers, within parentheses, are to position flush  There is no period after the “et” in the Latin
right, as in (1), using a right tab stop. To make your abbreviation “et al.”.
equations more compact, you may use the solidus ( /
 The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and
), the exp function, or appropriate exponents. Italicize
the abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”.
Roman symbols for quantities and variables, but not
Greek symbols. Use a long dash rather than a hyphen An excellent style manual for science writers is
for a minus sign. Punctuate equations with commas or [7].
periods when they are part of a sentence, as in:

 ab  Note: You may add more subtitles depending on


the discussions you want to present about your
Note that the equation is centered using a center methods and procedures. Delete this part when
tab stop. Be sure that the symbols in your equation submitting final paper.
have been defined before or immediately following
the equation. Use “(1)”, not “Eq. (1)” or “equation
(1)”, except at the beginning of a sentence: “Equation III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
(1) is . . .” A. Discussion of Result for Objective 1 [Choose or
G. Some Common Mistakes insert appropriate subtitle]
 The word “data” is plural, not singular. Discuss the results and findings of objective 1
through tables or figures or statistical analysis of data
 The subscript for the permeability of vacuum or narrative statements. Strictly follow the IEEE
0, and other common scientific constants, is guidelines on how to present tables or figures.
zero with subscript formatting, not a
lowercase letter “o”. B. Discussion of Result for Objective 2 [Choose or
insert appropriate subtitle]
 In American English, commas, semicolons,
periods, question and exclamation marks are Discuss the results and findings of objective 2
located within quotation marks only when a through tables or figures or statistical analysis of
complete thought or name is cited, such as a data. Strictly follow the IEEE guidelines on how to
title or full quotation. When quotation marks present tables or figures.
are used, instead of a bold or italic typeface, to C. Figures and Tables
highlight a word or phrase, punctuation should
appear outside of the quotation marks. A Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures
parenthetical phrase or statement at the end of and tables at the top and bottom of columns. Avoid
a sentence is punctuated outside of the closing placing them in the middle of columns. Large figures
parenthesis (like this). (A parenthetical and tables may span across both columns. Figure
sentence is punctuated within the captions should be below the figures; table heads
parentheses.) should appear above the tables. Insert figures and
tables after they are cited in the text. Use the
 A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an abbreviation “Fig. 1”, even at the beginning of a
“insert”. The word alternatively is preferred to
sentence.
the word “alternately” (unless you really mean
something that alternates). TABLE TYPE STYLES
 Do not use the word “essentially” to mean Table Column Head
“approximately” or “effectively”. Table
Table column
Head Subhead Subhead
subhead
copy More table copya
Identify applicable funding agency here. If none, delete this Sample of a Table footnote. (Table footnote)
text box.

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Fig. 1. Example of a figure caption. (figure caption) number, as in [3]—do not use “Ref. [3]” or
“reference [3]” except at the beginning of a sentence:
Figure Labels: Use 8 point Times New Roman for “Reference [3] was the first ...”
Figure labels. Use words rather than symbols or
abbreviations when writing Figure axis labels to avoid [1] S. M. Metev and V. P. Veiko, Laser Assisted
confusing the reader. As an example, write the Microtechnology, 2nd ed., R. M. Osgood, Jr., Ed. Berlin,
quantity “Magnetization”, or “Magnetization, M”, not Germany: Springer-Verlag, 1998.
just “M”. If including units in the label, present them [2] J. Breckling, Ed., The Analysis of Directional Time Series:
within parentheses. Do not label axes only with units. Applications to Wind Speed and Direction, ser. Lecture
Notes in Statistics. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 1989, vol.
In the example, write “Magnetization (A/m)” or 61.
“Magnetization {A[m(1)]}”, not just “A/m”. Do not [3] S. Zhang, C. Zhu, J. K. O. Sin, and P. K. T. Mok, “A novel
label axes with a ratio of quantities and units. For ultrathin elevated channel low-temperature poly-Si TFT,”
example, write “Temperature (K)”, not IEEE Electron Device Let t., vol. 20, pp. 569–571, Nov.
“Temperature/K”. 1999.
[4] M. Wegmuller, J. P. von der Weid, P. Oberson, and N.
D. Discussion of Result for Objective 3 [Choose or Gisin, “High resolution fiber distributed measurements
with coherent OFDR,” in Proc. ECOC’00, 2000, paper
insert appropriate subtitle] 11.3.4, p. 109.
Discuss the results and findings of objective 3 [5] R. E. Sorace, V. S. Reinhardt, and S. A. Vaughn, “High-
through tables or figures or statistical analysis of speed digital-to-RF converter,” U.S. Patent 5 668 842, Sept.
16, 1997.
data. Strictly follow the IEEE guidelines on how to [6] (2002) The IEEE website. [Online]. Available:
present tables or figures. http://www.ieee.org/
[7] M. Shell. (2002) IEEEtran homepage on CTAN. [Online].
Note: You may add more subtitles depending on Available: http://www.ctan.org/tex-
archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/IEEEtran/
the discussions you want to present. You may use the [8] FLEXChip Signal Processor (MC68175/D), Motorola,
format shown above or you may discuss the results 1996.
per objective per paragraph arranged accordingly. [9] “PDCA12-70 data sheet,” Opto Speed SA, Mezzovico,
Delete this part when submitting final paper. Switzerland.
[10] A. Karnik, “Performance of TCP congestion control with
rate feedback: TCP/ABR and rate adaptive TCP/IP,” M.
We suggest that you use a text box to insert a Eng. thesis, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India,
graphic (which is ideally a 300 dpi TIFF or EPS Jan. 1999.
file, with all fonts embedded) because, in an MSW [11] J. Padhye, V. Firoiu, and D. Towsley, “A stochastic model
of TCP Reno congestion avoidance and control,” Univ. of
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than directly inserting a picture. 1999.
[12] Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical
To have non-visible rules on your frame, use Layer (PHY) Specification, IEEE Std. 802.11, 1997.
the MSWord “Format” pull-down menu, select
Text Box > Colors and Lines to choose No Fill and
No Line.ACKNOWLEDGMENT (Heading 5) Note: At least 20 references with 5 years
recency mostly coming from published journals
The preferred spelling of the word
“acknowledgment” in America is without an “e” after which are Scopus-indexed. Follow strictly the
the “g”. Avoid the stilted expression “one of us (R. B. format of referencing prescribed by IEEE. Delete this
G.) thanks ...”. Instead, try “R. B. G. thanks...”. Put part when submitting final paper.
sponsor acknowledgments in the unnumbered
footnote on the first page.
Appendices:
IV. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORKS 1. Trade-off Analysis (if applicable)
2. Data Sheets (if applicable)
1st paragraph for conclusions. 3. Detailed mathematical calculations
or statistical analysis,
2nd paragraph for future works or
recommendations.
4. Design Plan (if applicable)
5. User Manual (for software and
machines)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 6. Certificate of Appearance (from the
This part is optional. If you wish to acknowledge unit where the research was
those who helped you in your study, keep this section
short only, at most 1 paragraph will do.
conducted)
7. If applicable, documents of
REFERENCES turning-over plans / designs to
The template will number citations consecutively recipient
within brackets [1]. The sentence punctuation 8. Research Documents
follows the bracket [2]. Refer simply to the reference

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8.1 Scanned Duly Signed
Undergraduate Research
Agreement
8.2 Scanned Duly Signed Request
Letter as Research Adviser
8.3 Scanned Duly Signed Request
Letter as Statistician
8.4 Scanned Duly Signed
Assignment of Research
Personnel (Dates must be before
the Outline Defense Date)
8.5 Duly Signed Endorsement for
Final Defense (signed by
Adviser and Statistician)
8.6 Duly Signed Approval of Final
Manuscript / Implementation of
the Recommended Revisions
8.7 Duly Signed Certificate of
Plagiarism Check
8.8 Duly Signed Grammarly Result
8.9 Authorization Letter
9. Curriculum vitae of researchers
10. Duly Signed Routing Form (do not
include in the binding)

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