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29. Thesis & Defense Assessment Rubric © Stevens Institute of Technology, All Rights Reserved CRITERIA 0 1 2 3 4 Originality and novelty The work completely lacks originality Repeats work of others with only minor changes Work has not been done before, but is an obvious extension of previous work Work incrementally improves on previous approaches Work is cleverly designed and/or represents a significantly new direction or approach Advances the State of the Art No advance is evident Results are obvious or easily anticipated Incrementally advanced the knowledge in the field Significantly advanced the knowledge in the field Greatly advanced the knowledge in the field Literature survey Lacking Cursory Extensive but either not complete or not critical Complete and concise, but not adequately critical Comprehensive and critical Possesses Practical and/or Academic Utility (Potential Impact) Work is unlikely to be useful to others Work has a low likelihood to be used by others Work has some likelihood to be used by others Work is reasonably likely to be used by others Work has strong potential for use by others either in applications or in further research Uses new or advanced techniques Uses only primitive methods Uses only simple and long-established methods and techniques Uses standard methods commonly known in the field Uses the most advanced established methods Uses leading-edge methods not applied before in this field or newly developed methods Has elements of theory Does not involve any theoretical development or predictions Incorporates standard theory in the field Incrementally advances theory currently used in the field Significantly extends existing theory in the field Involves theory that represents a break with the state-of-the-art Has elements of experiment There is no data collection or useage Few data are collected or relies on data from others Data collection is a minor part of this work Data collection is a major part of this work Employs sophisticated and novel experimental methods

30. Thesis & Defense Assessment Rubric © Stevens Institute of Technology, All Rights Reserved CRITERIA 0 1 2 3 4 Potential Intellectual Property (IP) No IP issues recognized or addressed Some recognition of IP issues IP issues considered but there is limited IP potential Significant consideration of IP issues and demonstrated IP potential Well defined IP context and strong IP potential Written presentation (Thesis) Missing significant details or very difficult to read Disorganized or lacking in some details All details are present, but requires some effort by reader All details are present, organization is adequate Comprehensive, elegantly and clearly written Oral presentation (Defense) Poor quality visuals or inarticulate presentation Some visuals need improvement or presentation is not confident All visuals adequate and presentation is confident Significant effort evident in visuals, and presentation is confident High production quality and articulate presentation Responsiveness to questioning “ Freezes up ” or generally unable to adequately handle questioning Often isn ’ t able to respond to questions, or requires prompting Makes satisfactory responses on his/her own to most questions Clearly understands the issues raised and always makes satisfactory responses Articulate and thorough, demonstrates complete mastery of the topic

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36. Recommended Full Time Student Timeline Fall Spring Summer 1 Summer 2 © Stevens Institute of Technology, All Rights Reserved Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 3 Classes, e.g. 625, 612 & 710 2 Classes 1 SYS 801 Research Course 1 SYS 801 Research Course Qualifying Exam 3 SYS 960 Research Courses Teaching Assistant 1 SYS 960 Research Courses 1 SYS 960 Research Courses Thesis Defense C=9, R=0 C=15, R=0 C=18, R=0 C=21, R=0 2 Classes 1 SYS 960 Res Course 3 SYS 960 Research Courses 1 SYS 960 Research Courses 1 SYS 960 Research Courses Proposal Defense C=27, R=3 C=27, R=12 C=27, R=15 C=27, R=18 C=27, R=27 C=27, R=27 C=27, R=30 C=27, R=33

37. Recommended Part Time Student Timeline 1 Class 1 SYS 960 Research Course 1 SYS 960 Research Course 1 SYS 960 Research Course Qualifying Exam Thesis Defense Year 1 Year 3 C=27, R=0 C=27, R=3 C=27, R=6 C=27, R=9 1 SYS 960 Research Course 1 SYS 960 Research Course 1 SYS 960 Research Course 1 SYS 960 Research Course Proposal Defense C=27, R=12 C=27, R=15 C=27, R=18 C=27, R=21 C=27, R=24 C=27, R=27 C=27, R=30 C=27, R=33 Fall Spring Summer 1 Summer 2 Year 4 Year 5 © Stevens Institute of Technology, All Rights Reserved 1 SYS 960 Research Course 1 SYS 960 Res Course Teaching Assistant 1 SYS 960 Research Course 1 SYS 960 Research Course Year 2 1 Class 1 Class 1 SYS 801 Research Course 1 SYS 801 Research Course C=15, R=0 C=18, R=0 C=21, R=0 C=24, R=0 1 Class 1 Class 1 Class 1 Class C=3, R=0 C=6, R=0 C=9, R=0 C=12, R=0

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