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MET205

Material Science

Term Papers (Fall 2004)

Activity	Due Date
Select three (3) topics and list them in priority order. The topics can be selected from the list of topics given in our course outline. You may select topics outside the list, that may be related to your job (subject to instructor's approval). Submit the topics along with your name. (You may submit this information by email no later than the due date)	October 7, 2004
Students will be informed about the approved topic of their interest.	October 14, 2004
Term Papers are due	December 2, 2004
Oral Presentations	December 2, 2004

The following is the format that should be used for the term paper :

1. Cover page

Should include : The topic, name of the student, date the paper is submitted, name of the instructor.

2. Explain the following:

Scope of your paper (Focus on a specific area that is directly related to your topic. If you selected a topic such as ceramics, explain that you will be covering the properties of ceramics or the manufacturing processes of ceramics, etc. )

Main topic may include graphs, photographs, tables, etc. (You may use Internet, Power Point, Overhead Projector, etc. for the oral presentation. )

Conclusions

3. References (List the author, title, publisher of all the sources you used for the preparation of your term paper. If you used internet sites, you may include the URL of each site)

Term papers must be typed. Handwritten papers will not be accepted.

Oral presentation should be minimum 10 minutes and maximum 15 minutes.

There is no limit for the written part of the term paper. The important criteria is how well your topic is explained both in the written part and the oral presentation.