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ENGR8732 Biomechanics GE
Research Report Assignment – Semester 2 2016
For MASTERS students only
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Each student is required to write an individual report on some biomechanics related topic. Topics can be experimental projects, theoretical projects, a thorough literature review, or mock grant proposals. The subject matter may be on something that was not covered in class or on additional aspects of a class topic but in more depth. In either case, it is important to choose a topic that is of interest to you!
Your must obtain a fundamental understanding of your topic with sufficient depth to write an interesting and informative research report. The paper should be understandable to an audience with basic biomechanics knowledge and should also emphasize relevant engineering features and other technical details such as modeling approaches, specific analyses or experimental techniques. Include key equations as appropriate figures of results that are important to demonstrate your point.
Most papers will involve a substantial literature review. However, you are also expected to provide some new contribution, which may be a brief extension of an analysis in a paper, a synthesis of the conclusions of several papers to provide a new conclusion, or the design of an experimental device, or the creation of hypotheses that leads toward a grant proposal.
Sample topics might include:
Topics will need to be approved by the instructor (with feedback from Preliminary Report – see
Important project dates below)
1) Stress-strain laws used in tensile testing of biological materials
2) Pre-stress in cartilage or other biomaterials
3) Microfailure and damage in cartilaginous tissues
4) Six degree of freedom viscoelastic properties of the intervertebral disc
5) Artificial joint design and/or material choices Important project dates
1) Preliminary report due Wed 11:55 pm, Week 7 (Electronic online submission via FLO) Choose a project topic area, accrue brief information on the topic, and demonstrate feasibility.
You will be expected to hand in a 1-2 page document including:
1) A tentative title
2) A brief statement of the objective of your research paper
3) A brief overview of anticipated methods demonstrating feasibility
a. Preliminary literature review with brief statement of availability of journal articles. b. Statement of problem.
c. Statement of software or other analytical tools to be used.
4) A brief statement of anticipated results and contingency plan if you do not obtain those results.
ENGR8732 Biomechanics GE
Research Report Assignment – Semester 2 2016
For MASTERS students only - CONTINUED
2) Final Report: Due on Sun 11:55 pm Week 13 (Electronic online submission via FLO)
Your grade on the project will be based on technical content, and overall ‘quality’ of the written presentation. Your final report must follow standard standard scientific technical writing format with title, author, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and References. References must be correctly cited within the main text and be listed after the Discussion.
For a grant proposal, and/or design project other formats may be appropriate.
Maximum report size: 5,500 words/20 double-spaced pages (not including title page, abstract, tables of contents, appendices, bibliography)
You are required to include the word count on your front cover page (not including title page, abstract, tables of contents, appendices, bibliography). You are also required to seek assistance to ensure that your English grammar is correct. Reports that have not been edited for correct grammar will not be marked. This will require that you carefully plan your timeline and allow sufficient time to write your final draft report and have it edited and corrected before the deadline. On the title page of your report you are required to complete the following declaration with your signature:
“I declare that I have sought English grammar and scientific writing assistance with my report” The following metrics will be used to assess your final report:
• Demonstration of a fundamental understanding of the topic (10 marks)
• Sufficient depth of the material presented (5 marks)
• Understandable to general biomechanical audience (5 marks)
• Engineering/technical content at postgraduate level (10 marks)
• Quality of literature review (including appropriate referencing) (10 marks)
• Original contribution (10 marks)
• Standard report format (10 marks)
• Overall quality of report (10 marks)
Total: 70 marks

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