Monday, 24 February 2014

USING POINT ON SWITCHING FOR IMPROVING POWER SYSTEM OPERATION

TOPIC= USING POINT ON SWITCHING FOR IMPROVING POWER SYSTEM OPERATION

Total marks for this assignment are 800.

50 marks will depend on language and presentation.

50 marks will depend on the proposal promising RESEARCH, not just a "bright idea".  Read the 
advice.

80 marks will depend on the title and abstract.   The abstract must clearly outline the project, not just the background.

Of the 200 marks for the introduction and background, the majority will be given for a clear statement of what the project actually consists of - so do not write mountains on the 'Why' because the 'What' counts for much more.

180 marks will be given for the methodology and timeline - what experiments or studies will you make, what measurements will you make and when?

120 marks will be given for analysis and conclusions.
What method will you use to analyse your readings?
How will you interpret the anaysis to make your conclusions?

80 marks will be given to the bibliography - how well have you 'read around' you subject to find out what is new?
Do your references make it easy to find the paper they refer to?  Are they in the Harvard style? Are they cited in the text?
Are your references 'respectable'?  Any references to pages such as wikipedia, howstuffworks and other 'hobby' pages can lose marks.

40 marks will depend on the consideration of safety issues and any other requirements such as ethics clearance, as they relate to YOU when performing your project.

And remember that plagiarism, adding material copied from any other source without making it clear that it is not your own, will lead to failure.  That includes images from the web, if their caption does not contain the URL of their source.
Devise a topic most closely aligned with your studies and abilities - whether real or imagined.  In your proposal concentrate on the 'agenda' - what you are going to do - rather than any advice or ideas (such as "we could all save energy by riding bicycles.")
The background can address the need for the research, but the main thrust should be previous work that has already been done on your topic.  The aim of the research will be to reach some sort of conclusion, maybe "would it work" but more generally "what is the effect of".  Remember that this conclusion will not be known until you have completed the research!  Beware of jumping to conclusions with "This will show that."

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