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SUNFEST FINAL REPORT FORMAT FINAL REPORT Each student is required to write a comprehensive report about the project. The report should consist of 15 to 20 pages describing the research you have done and should also include some background information, problem statement, methods and approaches, experimental results, discussion of the results, and conclusions. Your final report must be reviewed by an editor and by your advisor before you turn it in. Make arrangements with your advisor to read your report and get his/her comments. The final date for submission to the editor (Mary Westervelt) is one week before the final due date of August 10 th, or Friday, August 3 rd. Submission of sections of your report before that date is strongly encouraged. Note: An extension of the due date is possible, with the last possible submission date being August 27 th, 2007. Submit a written (e-mail) request to your advisor before August 3rd to petition for an extension. In your request, specify a date by which you will submit the finished report. Remember to allow for submission of the draft to Mary Westervelt a week before your final submission date. If your advisor grants an extension, notify Ms. Westervelt and Jan Van der Spiegel when to expect your draft. The final, edited report needs to be sent to Dr. Jan Van der Spiegel as an MS Word document with a copy to your advisor. Your final check will not be sent until the final report is received. TYou can download a MS Word template from the web (see below). REPORT FORMAT 1. All reports must be readable by MS Word on a PC. 2. The report should be done in "Times New Roman-12" font, single-spaced with double-spaces between paragraphs and headings. Follow the template format carefully. All reports will be combined in one large report that will be submitted to the NSF. It is important that all reports have the same format. 3. Each report should have the following sections at the left margin (except for the Abstract*, which will be centered on the page): Front Page: · Title page · Abstract · Table of contents Body: · Introduction · Background · Text (main body) with subsections*: · Conclusions · Recommendations · Acknowledgments · References Back Matter: · Appendices NOTES: * 1. Use the following format for the body (including numbering sequence and capitalization): ABSTRACT (Center title only, indent text per sample attached) 1. INTRODUCTION (Please use regular numbers, not Roman Numerals) 2. BACKGROUND (Please use regular numbers, not Roman Numerals) 3. TITLE of 1st section of main body (e.g. explaining the principle, or giving some theoretical background, etc.) 3.1 (Title 1st Sub-Heading - this sub-heading is not required 3.2 (Title 2st Sub-Heading - this sub-heading is not required 4. TITLE of 2nd section of main body (e.g. describing the experimental methods or the results) 4.1 (Title Sub-Heading) etc. #. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS #. RECOMMENDATIONS #. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS #. REFERENCES (Type all section headings in CAPS and BOLD). If a heading falls at the bottom of a page, insert a page break before the heading to keep it together with the text. Number the pages at the bottom, center. 2. References: Should be numbered consecutively (in square [] brackets, throughout the text and should be collected together in the reference list at the end of your report. The