Below is the technical report format for the presentation:
- Chapter One: Introduction shall provide in flowing sentence and paragraphs: brief background information about the subject of the report (supported by citing of relevant literature); the motivation and therefore significance of the study; the major aim and objectives of the study; the methodology used to solve the problem; and the project report outline and scope. Avoid one sentence paragraphs.
- Pages in the main body shall be numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals, starting from page 1.
- Notes:
- Each chapter shall be divided into titled subsections numbered according to the chapter number (e.g in chapter one: INTRODUCTION, the subsections are
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Significance and Motivation for the Study
- 3 Aim and Objectives of the Study
- 4 Methodology
- 5 Project Report Organization
Chapter Two: Literature Review
This shall be devoted to a (critical) review of the technical and academic literature or previous works about the project work. The idea is to position the current work with respect to existing works. Hence, candidates shall as much as possible avoid research topics for which they cannot source technical/academic literature of previous works on the subject.
Notes: Other information about project report that are required before chapters 1 and 2 but are not necessary now are as follows:
- The Dedication page is optional
- A person or persons to whom the work is dedicated need not be mentioned on the Acknowledgement page.
- The Abstract shall be a concise statement of the research problem, methodology, and major results of the study in no more than 300 words.
- Subsections of chapter sections shall be indented away from the left margin in the Table of Contents. The List of Figures and List of Tables shall provide both captions and page numbers. The List of Symbols and Abbreviations shall not provide page numbers where they are used in the body of the report but shall indicate the meaning and units of the symbols where applicable.
Below is the technical report format for the presentation:
- Chapter Three: This shall concentrate on the candidates own work. For a research work, this may involve, system description, modeling, design, and/or analysis; data collection and analysis; software development and/or system simulation.
- If it is a design chapter as apply to a construction project, then after the introduction section (3.1) and experimental/project procedures description, the next section should be 2 Design specifications. Other relevant information includes system design, and the control circuit diagram.
- Where there is need to tabulate data, proper tables shall be drawn. Each table shall have a meaningful caption which is numbered according to the chapter number. Table Captions appear on top of the Table. See the example shown below for a table in chapter 2.
Table 2.1: Yearly Energy Balance Summary 2007-2013
| YEAR | ENERGY DELIVERED ON TRANSMISSION LINE (GWH) | ENERGY AVAILABLE FOR SALE (GWH) | TRANSMISSION LINE LOSSES (GWH) | PERCENT OF TRANSMISSION LINE LOSSES |
| 2007 | 23403.26 | 21401.87 | 2001.40 | 8.55 |
| 2008 | 22576.02 | 21024.39 | 1551.63 | 6.87 |
| 2009 | 22255.76 | 20419.07 | 1836.69 | 8.25 |
| 2010 | 20765.71 | 18885.51 | 1880.19 | 9.05 |
| 2011 | 20329.45 | 18620.10 | 1709.35 | 8.41 |
| 2012 | 24362.42 | 21931.67 | 2430.75 | 9.98 |
| 2013 | 26999.35 | 24204.62 | 2794.73 | 10.35 |
- Where a physical construction or realization of a prototype is carried out, the contraption shall be photographed using a digital camera. The picture(s) shall then be included in the relevant chapter to enhance or complement the description of construction details.
- Chapter Four: For a research work; this shall include results and analysis of project study, comparison of different methods and/or cost implementation.
For physical construction or realization of a prototype; this shall include materials and system requirements, implementation and testing- testing of modules or units and system testing. This may also include the cost implementation.
- Chapter Five: This is the concluding chapter and this chapter shall start with stating the major aim of the study, then summarise the highlights of previous chapters, mention the achievements of the project study and end with recommendations for other possible investigations as a follow-up on where the study has stopped. The conclusion shall be written in present perfect tense. E.g. “This study has investigated the effect of integral losses on power lines” The chapter should normally comprise three sections, namely, Summary of work done, Achievements, recommendations.
- References: All materials used by the candidate shall be acknowledged by duly citing the sources in the text of the project study. The list of serially numbered references shall be made in the order in which the references are cited in the text under the “References” section, which immediately follow the concluding chapter of the project report.
- All listed references shall be appropriately cited in the text by enclosing the corresponding number in the list of references in square brackets. E.g.:
- “According to [1], the power sector of Nigeria is characterized by high energy losses (about 25 – 45% from generation to billing) and low access to electricity by the populace (about 36%). These losses, due to discrepancy between energy produced and energy sold to end users, are wasteful energy dissipated in the system and cannot be accounted for [2]”
- Each listed journal articles shall provide the name(s) of the author(s), the title of the work, the title of the journal, volume number, year and page numbers of the article.
- Each listed text book shall provide also the publisher and the city of publication but in this case page numbers are not necessary. These and others are illustrated in the following examples:
- Appendices: This section shall contain information that can be removed from the main body of the report without affecting the flow of material being presented. For example details of a lengthy deviation of a formula may be put in an appendix while the result of the deviation are retained and utilized in the main body. Manufacturer data for components and ICs may be put in an Appendix. A long computer program source code may be relegated to an appendix while its flow chart and comments on its functions are retained in the main body of the project report. Tables of data generated from experimental procedures may be put in an appendix while the corresponding graphs are retained and discussed in the body of the project report, etc. Appendices shall be appropriately cited in the text. Each appendix shall have a title (e.g Appendix A, Appendix B, etc). Each appendix shall start on a new page.
