1. A successful
Final Year Project
Prof. Syed Idris Syed Hassan
School of Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
USM, Nibong Tebal, 14300 Penang

2. Contents
 Project proposal
 Project implementation
 Report writing
 Presentation/Viva

3. Writing the proposal
 Introduction
 Objective of your project
 Methodology
 Implementation with schedule
 Resources required

4. Introduction
 The Introduction should: start with a very brief (1-2
paragraph) general introduction to the topic at hand,
 review any previous research and theory in your
discipline that is relevant to your specific idea,
 argue that the previous body of knowledge is incomplete
or flawed in a way that your project can answer,
 describe the general methodological approach that you
will be taking to address the “gap” in the literature,
 and end with a list of specific hypotheses and predictions
that are supported by your interpretation of the existing
literature.
 The Introduction should be focused on explaining and
justifying the rationale behind your study in particular, not
on rambling through all the literature relevant to the topic
(probably the most common mistake in this part of the
proposal). Include the problem statement.

5. Objective
 What is your project objective?
 Describe the scope of your project
 Describe how you are going to achieve
your objective

6. Methodology
 Describe Methodology in future tense
because it describes the work you haven’t
done
 Describe the procedure of your project
such as design, the analysis technique,
experiment procedure, measurement
technique and any simulation involvement.

7. Implementation with schedule
 You can present the project
implementation in the form of flow chart to
show how you plan your project
 Gant chart to show the schedule of your
project

8. Resources required
 You have to list down all the equipment,
software tools and components that are
required in your project.
 The budgeting is also important

9. Project implementation
 First design your project either by
simulation or calculation
 Construction or fabrication
 Measurement and analysis
 Interpretation of results
 Development of theory or hypothesis

10. Report writing
 Title of project- follow the format
 Abstract
 Introduction
 Literature review
 Methodology
 Results and discussion
 Conclusion

11. Abstract
 100-200 words
 Should contain objective, methodology,
the main results and conclusion

12. Introduction
 Define problem statement
 Objective
 Scope of research
 Outline of the report

13. Literature review
 Summaries of work done previously also
some relevant theories and hypothesis
 Interpret and synthesize the relevant
sources
 Draw the conclusion that deciding the
direction of your project

14. Methodology
 Approach method should be presented
clearly of its outline and justification
 Describe the technology, software tools,
analysis techniques, measurement
techniques, equipment used etc.
 Your methodology should also tele with
your objective- how you are going to
achieve your objective

15. Results and discussion
 Present your results either in graph form
or table which able is convenience.
 Analysis and interpret the results
 Draw the conclusion

16. Conclusion
 State the conclusion of your project
 Relate your conclusion with your objective
 Describe the future research that you have
not achieved or beyond the scope.

17. Presentation/Viva
 Prepare about 15-20 slide which include
Objective
Problem statement
Methodology
Results and discussion
Conclusion
 Demo