Sunday, November 24, 2013

Outline for Final Report

Last week our team focused on finishing up our research on soil erosion so that we could get ready to write our final report. On Thursday we polished up our outline and began writing. Below see our outline:

Outline for Final Report:
I. Introduction
   a. Poilao
   b. The problem
II. Strategies (summary of each)
   a. Vegetation
   b. Rip-Rap
   c. Geotextiles
   d. Terracing
   e. Soil bioengineering
   f. Fertilizers & chemicals
III. Proposal (use this, this, not this [and explain why])
   a. Terracing
   b. Vegetation
   c. Geotextiles
   d. Rock riprap + joint planting
IV. Implementation & Methods
   a. Discussion of each solution
   b. Instructions
V. Appendices
   a. Pugh charts
   b. Works cited
   c. Vegetation recommendations
VI. Contacts & Additional Info
VII. Acknowledgements

We will give Amy a draft of our final report by the end of class on Monday, so that we will have plenty of time to edit it before the end of the semester.


5 comments:

  1. How long is your final paper going to be? This looks like a substantial amount of information!

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  2. It's currently about 30 pages, and we expect the final version to be only a bit longer! Thanks for the encouragement :)

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  3. Nice outline! It seems to be quite comprehensive in scope. Will your final paper be available to the class (or public)?

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  4. Thanks, Debbie! The paper will definitely be available to the class. Maybe we will consider linking it from this blog when we're done. Thanks for the idea!

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  5. I'm really impressed with how detailed your research and outline are! Great work.

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