Style Guidelines

Title The title page contains several main pieces of information 1. Project Title 2. Team Number 3. Student team member names and their Panther ID 4. University and Department. 5. The name of the person for whom the report has been prepared. 6. Course No. and Name 7. Semester 8. Date Submitted

General Recommendations A 12-point Times New Roman font and single line spacing should be used for the text. Headings can be done in bold or using a larger font. The report pages have to be numbered throughout. 1” page margins have to be used. In order to save paper when doing corrections, number each section pages with Section letter + page number starting with 1. i.e. I-29 would indicate page 29 of section I

Title Selection Styles Select a catchy name for the project  If the reader does not like the title most likely is not going to read the report

Title Selection Styles 1. Include the name of the problem, hypothesis, or theory that was tested or is discussed.  Example: Traffic Intersection Controller 2. Include the name of the phenomenon or subject investigated.  Example: Obstacle Avoidance 3. Name the method used to investigate a phenomenon or method developed for application.  Example: Ultrasound Obstacle detection 4. Provide a brief description of the results obtained.  Example: l RoboCar: The Most Complete Autonomous Car

General Recommendations Start all your sections with an opening paragraph.  Do not start with a Figure, a Table or a Result When importing graphics make a reference to the source Do not copy and paste from your sources (Plagiarism).  When you import figures make a citation to the source in the figure title When Possible use bulleted or numbered lists to highlight different ideas, topics or other Items.  See next example

Section Headings Primary section headings within papers are enumerated by Roman numerals and are centered above the text. For the purpose of typing the manuscript only, primary headings should be capital letters. Sample: I. PRIMARY HEADING (TEXT) Secondary section headings are enumerated by capital letters followed by periods (“A.”, “B.”, etc.) and are flush left above their sections. The first letter of each word is capitalized. In print the headings will be in italics. Sample: A. Secondary Heading (TEXT)

Section Headings Tertiary section headings are enumerated by Arabic numerals followed by a parenthesis. They are indented, run into the text in their sections, and are followed by a colon. The first letter of each important word is capitalized. Sample: 1) Tertiary Heading: (TEXT) Quaternary section headings are rarely necessary but are perfectly acceptable if required. They are identical to tertiary headings except that lowercase letters are used as labels and only the first letter of the heading is capitalized. Sample: a) Quaternary heading: (TEXT)

References It is important to include a References section at the end of a report in which you list your other sources. Each reference number should be enclosed by square brackets. In text, citations of references may be given simply as “in [1]... ”, rather than as “in reference [1]... ”. Similarly, it is not necessary to mention the authors of a reference unless the mention is relevant to the text The following link is useful to help you write the references

References Books: Author. (year, month day). Title. (edition) [Type of medium]. volume (issue). Available: site/path/file  Example:  [1] J. Jones. (1991, May 10). Networks. (2nd ed.) [Online]. Available: Journals: Author. (year, month). Title. Journal. [Type of medium]. volume (issue), pages. Available: site/path/file  Example:  [2] R. J. Vidmar. (1992, Aug.). On the use of atmospheric plasmas as electromagnetic reflectors. IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. [Online]. 21(3), pp. 876–880. Available: Papers Presented at Conferences: Author. (year, month). Title. Presented at Conference title. [Type of Medium]. Available: site/path/file  Example: [3] PROCESS Corp., MA. Intranets: Internet technologies deployed behind the firewall for corporate productivity. Presented at INET96 Annu. Meeting. [Online]. Available: Website Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 1997, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: Article from an Internet Database Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). Star trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database Last two examples from:

References Reports and Handbooks: Author. (year, month). Title. Company. City, State or Country. [Type of Medium]. Available: site/path/file  Example:  [4] S. L. Talleen. (1996, Apr.). The Intranet Architecture: Managing information in the new paradigm. Amdahl Corp., CA. [Online]. Available: Computer Programs and Electronic Documents: ISO recommends that capitalization follow the accepted practice for the language or script in which the information is given.  Example:  [5] A. Harriman. (1993, June). Compendium of genealogical software. Humanist. [Online]. Available Message: get GENEALOGY REPORT

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