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Graduate Study Manual

The Thesis: Writing ECE Theses and Dissertations

Certificate of Committee Approval

The PDF version of the Certificate of Committee Approval can be downloaded from the Graduate College. The PDF form can be edited prior to printing. Be sure to include a specific date on the committee approval form.

ECE Thesis Guidelines

The following guidelines should be followed in completing your thesis or dissertation.

Format Guidelines

• The Graduate College's Instructions for Preparation of Theses
• The ECE Department's Thesis Guidelines (from the ECE Graduate Study Manual)

Writing Guidelines

The ECE Department's A Style Guide for ECE Theses and Dissertations. Hard copies available in the ECE Publications Office.)

Reference Guides

ECE theses and dissertations should follow one of the following reference styles. Hard copies of these guides are available in the ECE Publications Office.

• AIP Style
• IEEE Style
• Radio Science Style
• Physical Review Style and Notation Guide This link takes you directly to the Physical Review on-line style guide. This guide is not available from the ECE Publications Office. There is a link to a PDF version of the style guide that can be used to print it.

University Microfilms Guidelines

The guidelines at ProQuest can provide you with some of the logistical requirements for a thesis or dissertation, as well as answer questions on copyright and UMI's publication process.

Writing Assistance

General Writing Help

• UI Writers' Workshop
• Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
• William Strunk's The Elements of Style
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students (from Virginia Tech)

Grammar Sites

• UI Writers' Workshop Grammar Handbook
• Grammar Now

Dictionary and Thesaurus Sites

• Oxford English Dictionary
• Merriam Webster dictionary and thesaurus
• Roget's Thesaurus

Graduate Student Support

The following sites provide some moral and intellectual support for graduate students who are working on theses and dissertations.

• Association for Support of Graduate Students
• IEEE

See the Graduate Manual for more useful information.