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Dr. Sajjad Ali Mangi is Assistant Professor in the department of Civil
Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, SZAB
Campus Khairpur. Dr. Mangi has received his PhD degree from UTHM,
Malaysia under Government scholarship. He has presented / published
research articles in international conferences / world recognized
international journals. He is young and dynamic researcher having wide
national and international exposure.
Organized by: Department of Civil Engineering and MUCES-K
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Contents of Thesis
• Title
• Abstract
• Chapter 1- Introduction
– Problem statement
– Objectives
– Scope of study
• Chapter 2- Literature Review
• Chapter 3- Methodology
• Chapter 4- Results and Discussion
• References
Title page
• Title of your Thesis should give a clear indication of
research approach.
• name, academic title, your position at your own
university, month and year of submission.
• Words in the title should be chosen with great care,
and their association with one another must be
carefully considered.
• Title should be brief, accurate, descriptive and
comprehensive, clearly indicating the subject of the
investigation.
• In order to develop a clear title, you must be clear
about the focus of your research!
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Abstract
• Generally, this is one page summary focuses
on the research topic, aims, objectives,
methodology, results / expected outcomes.
• Try to avoid at the beginning stage.
• Once you have finished your thesis, now try
to summarize it and make an abstract.
Introduction
• Research background
• Problem statement
• Research questions
• Objectives
• Scope of study
Literature Review
• A short and precise overview about the current
research that is immediately connected with your
research.
• Refer the most important contributions of other
researchers.
• Discuss the theoretical scope or the framework of
ideas that will be used to back the research.
• Establish your ideas in light of literature.
• Indicate the problems / issues which then will be the
motive for your project.
• State clearly how your research will contribute to the
existing knowledge.
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Research cycle How to set objectives for the study
• Give a concise and clear outline of the academic (possibly also
non-academic, e.g. social and political) objectives that you want
to achieve through your project.
• Your proposal needs to show why the intended research is
important and justifies the search effort. Here you outline the
significance (theoretical or practical) or relevance of the topic.
• Justification may either be of an empirical nature (you hope to
add to, or extend knowledge) or of a theoretical nature (you
hope to elucidate contentious areas in a body of knowledge or
to provide new conceptual insights into such knowledge).
• All research is part of a larger scholarly enterprise and
candidates should be able to argue for the value and positioning
of their work.
Methodology
• Methodology must be drawn as a flow chat.
• After flow chat. Brief description.
• It should cover all objectives of the research
study
• Highlight methods to achieve objectives
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Expected outcomes
• What for this study intended to achieve?
• Specific, measurable and realistic statement
of goal attainment.
Results and Discussion
• Results should be inline with the objectives of
the study.
• Results must be discussed with reference to
the previous findings.
• Discussion should be critical, logical and
• Support your findings / statement with
references.
Time Table / Schedule of Research study
• Required for research proposal.
• Generally known as Gantt Chart
• Develop a time table (if possible in table
form), indicating the sequence of research
phases and the time that you will probably
need for each phase.
• Take into account that at this stage, it can
only be estimated, but make clear that you
have an idea about the time span that will be
needed for each step.
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Bibliography
• List of references that you mentioned in the draft.
• Use Mendeley Software for the referencing
[1] S. A. Mangi, M. H. Wan Ibrahim, N. Jamaluddin, M. F. Arshad, F.A.
Memon, R. Putra Jaya, S. Shahidan. “A Review on Potential Use of
Coal Bottom Ash as a Supplementary Cementing Material in
Sustainable Concrete Construction,” Int. J. Integr. Eng., vol. 10, no. 9,
pp. 127–135, 2018.
IEEE
style
Zhao, J., Wang, D., Wang, X., Liao, S., & Lin, H. (2015). Ultrafine
grinding of fly ash with grinding aids: Impact on particle
characteristics of ultrafine fly ash and properties of blended cement
containing ultrafine fly ash. Construction and Building Materials, 78,
250–259.
APA
style
Introduction to Mendeley
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What is Mendeley
Organize your documents + references
Collaborate by joining + creating groups
Discover statistics + recommendations
Stay up to date + learn more
Store your data
Manage your career
Desktop
Web
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Getting started
ORGANIZE
Setting Up A Library
Mendeley Desktop Mendeley Web
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Adding Documents
Select a file or folder to
add from your computer
Watch a folder
Add reference by
manually entering
details
Import from another reference
manager, or BibTeX
Document Details Lookup
DOI, PubMed orEnter the DOI, PubMed or
ArXiv ID and click on the
magnifying glass to start l
ookup
Finding New Research
Mendeley Web Importer Mendeley Research Catalog
ORGANIZE
Managing Your Library
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Manage Your Library
Use column
headings
to order your
references
Mark entries
read or unread
Entries with
attached PDFs
can be opened
with the PDF
Reader
Star items to
mark them as
favorites
All items in
your personal
library
Items added
in the last two
weeks
Access your
recently read
items
All items you’ve
starred in your
library
Items in need
of review
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Create and Use Folders
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will appear in ‘unsorted’
Your folders will be listed below.
Drag and drop to re-order them.
Use ‘Create Folder’ to enter a
new folder name.
Search Your Documents
Enter your search term
in the search field
The main view will be
filtered accordingly
Click on a specific folder
to search within it
Use the clear button to
remove the search filter
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will look at reference
metadata, but will also
search within the full text
of PDF papers.
Search Your Documents
Add tags to papers in your
library which share a common
theme
Use the Filter Menu to filter
your library view to only include
tagged items
You can also filter by Author,
Author Keywords and
Publication
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PDF VIEWER
Highlight and Annotate Documents
The PDF Viewer
Read and work in the PDF Viewer Annotate & Highlight
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CITE
Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In
Install the Citation Plug-in
The Citation Tool Bar Appears in Word
Automatically
Windows
Mac
Generate In-Text Citations in Word
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Merging Citations Inserting Your Bibliography
Finding a Citation Style
THANKS
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