SHORT AND SNAPPY DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN TOPIC THAT NOT MORE

THAN FIFTEEN WORDS

Name: Your Name (MDXXXXXX/PDXXXXXX-1st Semester)Supervisor/s: Dr. Xxx, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Yyy, Prof. Dr. Zzz

Contents• Introduction – Research background, problem

statement, aim and objectives, scope, significance of the study

• Literature Review – Theoretical framework, literature A, literature B, literature C

• Methodology – Research design, site investigation and data collection, sampling, laboratory setup, instrumentation, data analysis

• Expected Contribution and Action Planning

Short and Snappy Description of the Main Topic That Not More Than

Fifteen Words

Introduction

• Definitions

• Background of study

• General phenomena

• Existing problems and solutions

• Existing methods and applications

Problem Statement

• Focus problem under investigation (with citations)

• Present/discuss of 5Ws – what, where, when, why, who (with citations)

• Discuss available/applicable solutions (with citations)

• Research questions can be embedded here (if any)

Aim and Objectives of the Study

The aim of this study is to ???

• Objectives of this study are: -

1. To identify/determine/?

2. To develop/validate/?

3. To assess/recommend/propose/?

4. To establish/?

Scope of the Study

• Selected samples/area/groups/respondents

• Assumptions (e.g., homogeneous, heterogeneous)

• Limitations (explain what is considered and what is not considered, limit of the modeling, etc.)

• Initial condition/boundary condition

Significance of the Study

1. New insight?

2. Causes and effects?

3. Emphasis of new findings in fundamental?

4. Major specific contribution?

5. New frameworks/guidelines/CoP/methods?

Literature Review

• Based on the title and scope, identify the theoretical behind each important item/issue

• Each supporting argument through a critical review must be supported with citation/s

• Provide tables/charts/diagrams to present the theoretical

• Synchronize each literature with the title, RQs, Ros and scope

Example of Existing StudiesAuthor Type of study Application Model Type of

ModelCountry

Bastien and Athienitis (2010)

Analysis of the solar radiation

Transient thermal response of a solarium/greenhouse

Hottel clear sky model (1976)

Empirical model

Montrea, Canada

Jakhrani et al. (2013)

Incident solar radiation on tilted surfaces

Renewable energy resources

Liu and Jordan (1963)Klucher (1979)Reindl et al., (1990a and 1990b)HDKR Model (2006)

Empirical model

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Muzathik et al. (2010)

Hourly global solar radiation estimates on a horizontal plane

Solar energy design

Jain (1984,1988) model, Baig et al. (1991) model, a new approach to the Jain and Baig models, Kaplanis (2006) model, and Collares-Pereira and Rabl (1979) model

Empirical model

Terengganu, Malaysia

Flow Chart of Research Methodology

• An open-ended flow chart that show the process of research methodology

• How a good flow chart look like?

Models and Modeling Methods

• Analytical model

• Physical model

• Numerical model

Thermo-hygrometer

• Very useful in determining the ambient air condition in any room.

• Have large LCD readout which makes reading both temperature and relative humidity values easy.

Physical Instrument

Fluid Flow Measurement

Eight cannels data logger (Skye Data Hog 2)

Tensiometer body tubes placed straight vertically in the upper position

10.0 cm

3.2 cm

3.5 cm

Five channels Em50 ECH2O logger (Decagon Devices, Inc.)

5TE VWC, temperature and electrical conductivity sensor (Decagon Devices, Inc.)

Photographic Method and Image Analysis Technique (IAT)

Photographic equipment - Rolera XR CCD camera, Computar TV Zoom lens and three IR filters (500 nm, 760 nm and 970 nm 10 nm)

Image processing software – Image-Pro Plus (IPP, Version 7)

Photographic Setup

Black curtain

Dark room

CCD camera with band-pass filters

500 Watt floodlights

Tensiometers and 5TE sensors at the back wall

Support base

2-D sand chamber

Arrangement of experimental equipment in a dark room for image acquisition. The CCD camera was connected to a computer and image acquisition was controlled by the IPP software (Kamaruddin et al., 2012).

Simulation Program/Software

• Show the details of simulation program/software (e.g., diagram/chart/table) that will be used in the study

Simulation and Validation

• Place a flowchart that show the process of simulation and validation

Example of Simulation Results

• Place a figure and the source.

Expected Contribution

• Contribution A

• Contribution B

• Contribution C

Research Planning

References

• List down all the references

Thank You …