How to Make Thesis Abstract

Thesis Abstract is the whole summary of the Thesis documentation. It must be brief, indicating only the highlights of the project. It must encourage the reader to further read the whole document. So, here's the format:

• Purpose 
• Method
• Conclusion

Example:

The main purpose of this study was to investigate if it is possible to dispense small and big electronic components managed by a student assistant in the Electronics Laboratory; to find out if it could eliminate many manual process of borrowing for the student aid and the borrower, and if the project could secure and track its system users to limit the fraudulent system borrowers.

A survey was carried out within the Computer Engineering and Electronics Technology Department. Questionnaires were sent out and administered by the researchers with the permissions of different faculty head. For the whole population of 116, almost 98% responses were received. It was found out that the borrowing process is being neglected. It wasn’t efficient for the borrowers to fill up the borrower’s slip before they could retrieve the needed materials for their exercises. The main conclusions were that the management of borrowing electronic components is very time-consuming and the borrowing system is not very well implemented.

To find a solution about this problem, the researchers tried to build and successfully operated an automatic dispenser for the frequently used items within the Electronics Laboratory. It introduces a new and fast security with the use of biometrics that is used to certify if the user was authorized by the faculty or admin to borrow items from the machine.

- AECMD Thesis Abstract 

How to Remove Empty Lines in MS Word Document

This trick is needed in the Program Listings section of the dissertation. You will find yourself having 100+ pages of program codes with lots of spacing and blank new paragraphs. To maximize the space of the paper, use this trick by hitting CTRL+H in Word:

Find: ^t
Replace: (space)

Find: (space)(space)
Replace: (space)
(and do this until the find count is 0; remember to save the document every time)

Find: ^l
Replace: ^p

Find: ^p(space)
Replace: ^p
(do this until the find count is 0)

Find: (space)^p
Replace: ^p
(do this until the find count is 0)

Find: ^p^p
Replace: ^p
(do this until you're happy with the result)

Front Page

You can see here the basic and final frontpage of the Thesis Document. You may also refer to your local library for the proper frontpage of your document.

Basic

Final

Thesis Problems

• Make use of the questions: WHAT, WHO, & WHERE
• Solutions must not be answerable by YES or NO
• Do not use questions beginning with HOW
• Create at least 7 to 10 preliminary questions
• Keep the questions "technical" at all times
• Keep the answers short and brief
• Thesis Problems may vary over time due to hardware or software or management restriction

For example:

Questions:

What will the machine looks like?

What is the machine's dimension?

Who will manage the machine's _____?

Answers:

The machine will look like cylindrical tank. 

The machine's dimension is 2m x 2m x 2m. 

_____ of the manage will be manage by the ____.