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How to Make a Successful Research Presentation

Turning a research paper into a visual presentation is difficult; there are pitfalls, and navigating the path to a brief, informative presentation takes time and practice. As a TA for  GEO/WRI 201: Methods in Data Analysis & Scientific Writing this past fall, I saw how this process works from an instructor’s standpoint. I’ve presented my own research before, but helping others present theirs taught me a bit more about the process. Here are some tips I learned that may help you with your next research presentation:

More is more

In general, your presentation will always benefit from more practice, more feedback, and more revision. By practicing in front of friends, you can get comfortable with presenting your work while receiving feedback. It is hard to know how to revise your presentation if you never practice. If you are presenting to a general audience, getting feedback from someone outside of your discipline is crucial. Terms and ideas that seem intuitive to you may be completely foreign to someone else, and your well-crafted presentation could fall flat.

Less is more

Limit the scope of your presentation, the number of slides, and the text on each slide. In my experience, text works well for organizing slides, orienting the audience to key terms, and annotating important figures–not for explaining complex ideas. Having fewer slides is usually better as well. In general, about one slide per minute of presentation is an appropriate budget. Too many slides is usually a sign that your topic is too broad.

Limit the scope of your presentation

Don’t present your paper. Presentations are usually around 10 min long. You will not have time to explain all of the research you did in a semester (or a year!) in such a short span of time. Instead, focus on the highlight(s). Identify a single compelling research question which your work addressed, and craft a succinct but complete narrative around it.

You will not have time to explain all of the research you did. Instead, focus on the highlights. Identify a single compelling research question which your work addressed, and craft a succinct but complete narrative around it.

Craft a compelling research narrative

After identifying the focused research question, walk your audience through your research as if it were a story. Presentations with strong narrative arcs are clear, captivating, and compelling.

• Introduction (exposition — rising action)

Orient the audience and draw them in by demonstrating the relevance and importance of your research story with strong global motive. Provide them with the necessary vocabulary and background knowledge to understand the plot of your story. Introduce the key studies (characters) relevant in your story and build tension and conflict with scholarly and data motive. By the end of your introduction, your audience should clearly understand your research question and be dying to know how you resolve the tension built through motive.

• Methods (rising action)

The methods section should transition smoothly and logically from the introduction. Beware of presenting your methods in a boring, arc-killing, ‘this is what I did.’ Focus on the details that set your story apart from the stories other people have already told. Keep the audience interested by clearly motivating your decisions based on your original research question or the tension built in your introduction.

• Results (climax)

Less is usually more here. Only present results which are clearly related to the focused research question you are presenting. Make sure you explain the results clearly so that your audience understands what your research found. This is the peak of tension in your narrative arc, so don’t undercut it by quickly clicking through to your discussion.

• Discussion (falling action)

By now your audience should be dying for a satisfying resolution. Here is where you contextualize your results and begin resolving the tension between past research. Be thorough. If you have too many conflicts left unresolved, or you don’t have enough time to present all of the resolutions, you probably need to further narrow the scope of your presentation.

• Conclusion (denouement)

Return back to your initial research question and motive, resolving any final conflicts and tying up loose ends. Leave the audience with a clear resolution of your focus research question, and use unresolved tension to set up potential sequels (i.e. further research).

Use your medium to enhance the narrative

Visual presentations should be dominated by clear, intentional graphics. Subtle animation in key moments (usually during the results or discussion) can add drama to the narrative arc and make conflict resolutions more satisfying. You are narrating a story written in images, videos, cartoons, and graphs. While your paper is mostly text, with graphics to highlight crucial points, your slides should be the opposite. Adapting to the new medium may require you to create or acquire far more graphics than you included in your paper, but it is necessary to create an engaging presentation.

The most important thing you can do for your presentation is to practice and revise. Bother your friends, your roommates, TAs–anybody who will sit down and listen to your work. Beyond that, think about presentations you have found compelling and try to incorporate some of those elements into your own. Remember you want your work to be comprehensible; you aren’t creating experts in 10 minutes. Above all, try to stay passionate about what you did and why. You put the time in, so show your audience that it’s worth it.

For more insight into research presentations, check out these past PCUR posts written by Emma and Ellie .

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Defending Your Dissertation: A Guide

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Dissertation defenses are daunting, and no wonder; it’s not a “dissertation discussion,” or a “dissertation dialogue.” The name alone implies that the dissertation you’ve spent the last x number of years working on is subject to attack. And if you don’t feel trepidation for semantic reasons, you might be nervous because you don’t know what to expect. Our imaginations are great at making The Unknown scarier than reality. The good news is that you’ll find in this newsletter article experts who can shed light on what dissertations defenses are really like, and what you can do to prepare for them.

The first thing you should know is that your defense has already begun. It started the minute you began working on your dissertation— maybe even in some of the classes you took beforehand that helped you formulate your ideas. This, according to Dr. Celeste Atkins, is why it’s so important to identify a good mentor early in graduate school.

“To me,” noted Dr. Atkins, who wrote her dissertation on how sociology faculty from traditionally marginalized backgrounds teach about privilege and inequality, “the most important part of the doctoral journey was finding an advisor who understood and supported what I wanted from my education and who was willing to challenge me and push me, while not delaying me.  I would encourage future PhDs to really take the time to get to know the faculty before choosing an advisor and to make sure that the members of their committee work well together.”

Your advisor will be the one who helps you refine arguments and strengthen your work so that by the time it reaches your dissertation committee, it’s ready. Next comes the writing process, which many students have said was the hardest part of their PhD. I’ve included this section on the writing process because this is where you’ll create all the material you’ll present during your defense, so it’s important to navigate it successfully. The writing process is intellectually grueling, it eats time and energy, and it’s where many students find themselves paddling frantically to avoid languishing in the “All-But-Dissertation” doldrums. The writing process is also likely to encroach on other parts of your life. For instance, Dr. Cynthia Trejo wrote her dissertation on college preparation for Latin American students while caring for a twelve-year-old, two adult children, and her aging parents—in the middle of a pandemic. When I asked Dr. Trejo how she did this, she replied:

“I don’t take the privilege of education for granted. My son knew I got up at 4:00 a.m. every morning, even on weekends, even on holidays; and it’s a blessing that he’s seen that work ethic and that dedication and the end result.”

Importantly, Dr. Trejo also exercised regularly and joined several online writing groups at UArizona. She mobilized her support network— her partner, parents, and even friends from high school to help care for her son.

The challenges you face during the writing process can vary by discipline. Jessika Iwanski is an MD/PhD student who in 2022 defended her dissertation on genetic mutations in sarcomeric proteins that lead to severe, neonatal dilated cardiomyopathy. She described her writing experience as “an intricate process of balancing many things at once with a deadline (defense day) that seems to be creeping up faster and faster— finishing up experiments, drafting the dissertation, preparing your presentation, filling out all the necessary documents for your defense and also, for MD/PhD students, beginning to reintegrate into the clinical world (reviewing your clinical knowledge and skill sets)!”

But no matter what your unique challenges are, writing a dissertation can take a toll on your mental health. Almost every student I spoke with said they saw a therapist and found their sessions enormously helpful. They also looked to the people in their lives for support. Dr. Betsy Labiner, who wrote her dissertation on Interiority, Truth, and Violence in Early Modern Drama, recommended, “Keep your loved ones close! This is so hard – the dissertation lends itself to isolation, especially in the final stages. Plus, a huge number of your family and friends simply won’t understand what you’re going through. But they love you and want to help and are great for getting you out of your head and into a space where you can enjoy life even when you feel like your dissertation is a flaming heap of trash.”

While you might sometimes feel like your dissertation is a flaming heap of trash, remember: a) no it’s not, you brilliant scholar, and b) the best dissertations aren’t necessarily perfect dissertations. According to Dr. Trejo, “The best dissertation is a done dissertation.” So don’t get hung up on perfecting every detail of your work. Think of your dissertation as a long-form assignment that you need to finish in order to move onto the next stage of your career. Many students continue revising after graduation and submit their work for publication or other professional objectives.

When you do finish writing your dissertation, it’s time to schedule your defense and invite friends and family to the part of the exam that’s open to the public. When that moment comes, how do you prepare to present your work and field questions about it?

“I reread my dissertation in full in one sitting,” said Dr. Labiner. “During all my time writing it, I’d never read more than one complete chapter at a time! It was a huge confidence boost to read my work in full and realize that I had produced a compelling, engaging, original argument.”

There are many other ways to prepare: create presentation slides and practice presenting them to friends or alone; think of questions you might be asked and answer them; think about what you want to wear or where you might want to sit (if you’re presenting on Zoom) that might give you a confidence boost. Iwanksi practiced presenting with her mentor and reviewed current papers to anticipate what questions her committee might ask.  If you want to really get in the zone, you can emulate Dr. Labiner and do a full dress rehearsal on Zoom the day before your defense.

But no matter what you do, you’ll still be nervous:

“I had a sense of the logistics, the timing, and so on, but I didn’t really have clear expectations outside of the structure. It was a sort of nebulous three hours in which I expected to be nauseatingly terrified,” recalled Dr. Labiner.

“I expected it to be terrifying, with lots of difficult questions and constructive criticism/comments given,” agreed Iwanski.

“I expected it to be very scary,” said Dr. Trejo.

“I expected it to be like I was on trial, and I’d have to defend myself and prove I deserved a PhD,” said Dr Atkins.

And, eventually, inexorably, it will be time to present.  

“It was actually very enjoyable” said Iwanski. “It was more of a celebration of years of work put into this project—not only by me but by my mentor, colleagues, lab members and collaborators! I felt very supported by all my committee members and, rather than it being a rapid fire of questions, it was more of a scientific discussion amongst colleagues who are passionate about heart disease and muscle biology.”

“I was anxious right when I logged on to the Zoom call for it,” said Dr. Labiner, “but I was blown away by the number of family and friends that showed up to support me. I had invited a lot of people who I didn’t at all think would come, but every single person I invited was there! Having about 40 guests – many of them joining from different states and several from different countries! – made me feel so loved and celebrated that my nerves were steadied very quickly. It also helped me go into ‘teaching mode’ about my work, so it felt like getting to lead a seminar on my most favorite literature.”

“In reality, my dissertation defense was similar to presenting at an academic conference,” said Dr. Atkins. “I went over my research in a practiced and organized way, and I fielded questions from the audience.

“It was a celebration and an important benchmark for me,” said Dr. Trejo. “It was a pretty happy day. Like the punctuation at the end of your sentence: this sentence is done; this journey is done. You can start the next sentence.”

If you want to learn more about dissertations in your own discipline, don’t hesitate to reach out to graduates from your program and ask them about their experiences. If you’d like to avail yourself of some of the resources that helped students in this article while they wrote and defended their dissertations, check out these links:

The Graduate Writing Lab

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How to Create an Effective Dissertation Presentation

For many students, the task of writing a lengthy dissertation is so daunting that they forget about the need for Dissertation Presentation! Amidst all the hard work of researching and writing, students in some courses still need to prepare for a high-quality presentation that will help them earn top marks. This article will help you prepare and give you some essential tips for success.

The Purpose of Dissertation Presentation

There are two main types of Dissertation Presentation that are normally encountered in UK universities:

Mid-Research Presentations

Students will often be asked to present their dissertation work at a mid-point in their research. These presentations are usually made to a panel comprised of various faculty members from your department. In addition, they are sometimes structured as a postgraduate seminar, in which fellow students also attend. Both faculty and students can pose questions. The purpose of these Mid-Research Dissertation presentations is to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate their progress and identify any weak areas that need to be addressed.

Assessment Presentations

Students are also sometimes required to make a Dissertation Presentation as part of their overall assessment . This is a much more formal presentation than the Mid-Research one, and it is usually open only to the student, examiners and the research supervisor. During an Assessment Dissertation Presentation, the student is required to present a summary of their research and results. They will then be asked questions by the examiners in a somewhat lengthy oral examination. The purpose of this Dissertation Presentation is to assess the student’s original research project and test its scholarly validity.

Differences in Undergraduate and Masters Presentations

Dissertation Presentations may be required at both Undergraduate (Bachelors) and Postgraduate (Masters) levels. The key difference between these levels is the length and degree of originality expected. Postgraduate Dissertation Presentations will normally be longer than Undergraduate Presentations, and they will demonstrate a greater degree of critical engagement with the subject matter. They will also demonstrate some degree of original thinking. By contrast, most Bachelors Dissertation Presentations will be shorter in length and will only require a thorough knowledge of the topic rather than an original scholarly contribution of any kind.

What to Include

• Broad subject area – What subject area of your discipline does your work fall into?
• Narrow topic area – Within this subject area, what is your specific topic? (This may be simply an expanded discussion of your research title).
• Relevant Existing Studies – What studies have already been done on your specific topic? What are their strengths and weaknesses? How does your work fit among them?
• Methodology and Philosophy – What methodology have you chosen to conduct your research? Is there a specific philosophical context? Why is this a good approach?
• Project Resources – If this is a Mid-Research Presentation, what resources do you require to complete the project? Furthermore, have you identified likely sources of funding, or do you need any difficult-to-acquire materials?
• Case Studies – If you’ve conducted practical fieldwork or lab research, why did you choose these cases or projects? How are they the best choices for researching your topic?
• Research Results – If this is a Dissertation Presentation for Assessment, note the results of your research in detail. Relate these back to your theoretical framework and discuss how the results support or contradict existing studies.

How to Prepare for your Dissertation Presentation

The best way to prepare for your Dissertation Presentation is to review your work carefully. Take notes of the key decisions you have made throughout your research and the scholarly literature that supports these choices. Make sure that you have a thorough understanding of the scholarly context of your research, which should have been achieved in your early research stages.

Once your content has been written, you should create a PowerPoint presentation to use during your talk. Don’t forget the slides should be informative but not wordy – keep bullet points concise and use pictures sparingly. Make sure that you rehearse your presentation several times.

What Sort of Questions to Prepare For Dissertation Presentation

The questions you will face in a Dissertation Presentation are designed to test your knowledge of the subject area and your awareness of the context of your work. You will be asked questions to determine how well you understand the potential criticisms of your project, and how well you are able to defend this. Therefore, remember to reference established scholars and existing research.

You might be asked about the specific choices you’re made with regard to methodology and case studies, and how you accounted for any possible inaccuracies in your resulting data. Similarly, examiners frequently ask students what they would do differently if they were starting the same project again.

You should also be prepared to answer questions about the ways your research might be applied within your field, and how it might be supplemented in future. This is an effective way for examiners to assess the originality of your research, and consider its potential impact on your subject area.

How to Earn a High Mark

Much of your dissertation mark will come from the written work and the research project it represents. However, a good Dissertation Presentation will help make a strong case for a good overall mark, whereas a weak Presentation will confirm any doubts in the examiners’ minds. As such, here are a few key areas for success:

• Good Presentation Skills. As with any Presentation, it is important to speak clearly and concisely. Stand still and look your audience in the eye, and try not to rely too much on notes. Be sure to keep breathing and don’t rush your words!
• Knowledge of the Topic. If you truly have a good understanding of your topic you will be likely to do very well. Remember, much of the Dissertation Presentation is designed simply to test your knowledge. If you’ve kept pace with your reading assignments and practical work you should have no problem answering any questions that are posed to you.
• Professional Behaviour. Stay calm and focused during your Presentation, and answer any questions with objectivity and professionalism. Don’t be drawn into debates, but instead offer references to other scholars whose work supports your own agenda.
• Take Your Time . Many students make the mistake of rushing through their material and answering questions too quickly. This doesn’t give the audience a chance to thoroughly understand the quality of your work. Furthermore, it risks leaving out essential information and neglecting to demonstrate the depth of your research.

How to structure your viva presentation (with examples)

Most PhD vivas and PhD defences start with a short presentation by the candidate. The structure of these presentations is very important! There are several factors and approaches to consider when developing your viva presentation structure.

Factors to consider when developing a viva presentation structure

Presenting a whole PhD in a short amount of time is very challenging. After all, a PhD is often the result of several years of work!

It is simply impossible to include everything in a viva presentation.

Therefore, tough choices have to be made in terms of what to include, what to highlight, and what to exclude.

The structure of a viva presentation plays a crucial role in bringing across the key messages of your PhD.

Structuring your viva presentation traditionally

A very traditional viva presentation structure simply follows the structure of the PhD thesis.

The disadvantage of this traditional format is that it is very challenging to fit all the information in a – let’s say – 10-minute presentation.

Structuring your viva presentation around key findings

For instance, you can select your three main findings which you each connect to the existing literature, your unique research approach and your (new) empirical insights.

Furthermore, it might be tricky to find enough time during the presentation to discuss your theoretical framework and embed your discussion in the existing literature when addressing complex issues.

Structuring your viva presentation around key arguments

Arguments are sets of reasons supporting an idea, which – in academia – often integrate theoretical and empirical insights.

So, for example, your key argument 1 is your stance on an issue, combining your theoretical and empirical understanding of it. You use the existing theory to understand your empirical data, and your empirical data analysis to develop your theoretical understanding.

Structuring your viva presentation around case studies

Another common way to structure a viva presentation is around case studies or study contexts.

A viva presentation structure around case studies can be easy to follow for the audience, and shed light on the similarities and differences of cases.

Final thoughts on viva presentation structures

The key to a good viva presentation is to choose a structure which reflects the key points of your PhD thesis that you want to convey to the examiners.

The example viva presentation structures discussed here intend to showcase variety and possibilities and to provide inspiration.

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Interim Reports

You may be required to produce an interim report as part of a larger project, such as your final Individual Project. This report serves an important purpose in setting out what you are hoping to achieve and how far you have got in achieving this.

The reader is looking to answer questions, such as:

• What is the student trying to achieve? Is this reasonable with the time and resources available?
• What is the context of this project? Why is the research needed? What other research is it building on?
• Is the student's work convincing? Have claims been supported by evidence from literature? Does the student demonstrate good knowledge of the field by having broad, relevant and up-to-date sources?
• Does the student show attention to detail in the accuracy of calculations and writing?
• Is it clear what the student has done, needs to do, and what the steps to complete the project are?

Interim report requirements

Although the interim report is significantly shorter than the final report, it should not be vague. It should provide detailed information that is relevant to the purpose of an interim report.

Broad and up-to-date understanding of the literature

“Your literature review is too brief. You need to demonstrate evidence of further reading and greater technical understanding of the field”. (Tutor feedback)

Although your interim report won’t contain your full literature review, it should show depth and breadth. The reader will want to be able to see you understand the field.

Progress to date and next steps

“Lacks detail of progress to date.” (Tutor feedback)

You need to show the reader what you have achieved and how you plan to complete the project. Be specific so that the reader can assess whether your progress and plan are reasonable.

Attention to detail

“Referencing was variable throughout the report. This reduces the professionalism of the report and makes it look as though it hasn’t been written with care and attention, contradicting the general standard of the report.” (Tutor feedback)

Although the interim report is not the final report, it is not a draft. It may be assessed in its own right. This means that you need to pay attention to detail and dedicate time to producing it.

Relevance of literature to your project

“The literature review could have been improved by explicitly pointing to how this information is used in the project. It was often difficult to understand how the information in the report related to your work.” (Tutor feedback)

Your interim report, like other reports and essays, needs to connect the literature clearly to your project. The danger when writing a literature review is that it contains a series of paraphrases or summaries, but lacks the analysis that develops the argument to show why this is relevant to your project.

Your interim report should:

• State your aims and objectives.
• Explain your research.
• Show what you have achieved.
• Demonstrate the steps to complete the project on time.

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The PhD Dissertation PowerPoint Template provides a professional structure and layouts designed for dissertation presentations. A dissertation is the work submitted to support the conclusion of an academic degree or professional qualification, presenting the author’s research and findings in an area of study. The PhD Dissertation PowerPoint Template is designed as an academic presentation slide deck where the PhDc will compile it work in a supporting document of their message.

The educational PowerPoint template of PhD dissertation contains 9 slides, with diagrams, charts, and shapes for describing your research and thesis. These PowerPoint templates will help prepare a compelling dissertation defense. The comprehensive slide deck of dissertation covers a structured approach of documentation. All the diagrams and data charts will be useful for documenting a PhD dissertation following the traditional sections structure:

• Abstract – Discuss the abstract model of what you are trying to prove. Implemented as a Text slide with abstract background graphics
• Introduction – A background of work, basic terminologies, and problem description. The layout is created as an Hexagon picture including placeholders and the dissertation presentation agenda theme.
• Literature Review – Discuss related work, analysis, and interpretation. Designed as 4 segments with infographic icons to discuss thesis literature.
• Methodology – Describe the methodology used in your research. You can use the 4 steps curved timeline diagram for the research model.
• Research Findings – It involves proof of model, type of study and tools to gather supporting data. Magnifying glass 4 steps puzzle diagram research metaphor
• Results – Data collected from various sources and analysis for proof of thesis. Custom stacked data-driven chart template for reports
• Discussion – 4 sections to display presentation discussion points
• Conclusion – 6 sections for research questions, answers, contribution, and future work

Every dissertation has its specifics, but this structure will help you diagram your presentation, following best practices. You will be able to tell your dissertation story in a compelling way, which will engage your audience.

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It can be difficult to know where to start when writing your thesis or dissertation . One way to come up with some ideas or maybe even combat writer’s block is to check out previous work done by other students on a similar thesis or dissertation topic to yours.

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University : University of Pennsylvania Faculty : History Author : Suchait Kahlon Award : 2021 Hilary Conroy Prize for Best Honors Thesis in World History Title : “Abolition, Africans, and Abstraction: the Influence of the “Noble Savage” on British and French Antislavery Thought, 1787-1807”

University : Columbia University Faculty : History Author : Julien Saint Reiman Award : 2018 Charles A. Beard Senior Thesis Prize Title : “A Starving Man Helping Another Starving Man”: UNRRA, India, and the Genesis of Global Relief, 1943-1947

University: University College London Faculty: Geography Author: Anna Knowles-Smith Award:  2017 Royal Geographical Society Undergraduate Dissertation Prize Title:  Refugees and theatre: an exploration of the basis of self-representation

University: University of Washington Faculty:  Computer Science & Engineering Author: Nick J. Martindell Award: 2014 Best Senior Thesis Award Title:  DCDN: Distributed content delivery for the modern web

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University:  University of Edinburgh Faculty:  Informatics Author:  Christopher Sipola Award:  2018 Social Responsibility & Sustainability Dissertation Prize Title:  Summarizing electricity usage with a neural network

University:  University of Ottawa Faculty:  Education Author:  Matthew Brillinger Award:  2017 Commission on Graduate Studies in the Humanities Prize Title:  Educational Park Planning in Berkeley, California, 1965-1968

University:  University of Ottawa Faculty: Social Sciences Author:  Heather Martin Award:  2015 Joseph De Koninck Prize Title:  An Analysis of Sexual Assault Support Services for Women who have a Developmental Disability

University : University of Ottawa Faculty : Physics Author : Guillaume Thekkadath Award : 2017 Commission on Graduate Studies in the Sciences Prize Title : Joint measurements of complementary properties of quantum systems

University:  London School of Economics Faculty: International Development Author: Lajos Kossuth Award:  2016 Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance Title:  Shiny Happy People: A study of the effects income relative to a reference group exerts on life satisfaction

University : Stanford University Faculty : English Author : Nathan Wainstein Award : 2021 Alden Prize Title : “Unformed Art: Bad Writing in the Modernist Novel”

University : University of Massachusetts at Amherst Faculty : Molecular and Cellular Biology Author : Nils Pilotte Award : 2021 Byron Prize for Best Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Improved Molecular Diagnostics for Soil-Transmitted Molecular Diagnostics for Soil-Transmitted Helminths”

University:  Utrecht University Faculty:  Linguistics Author:  Hans Rutger Bosker Award: 2014 AVT/Anéla Dissertation Prize Title:  The processing and evaluation of fluency in native and non-native speech

University: California Institute of Technology Faculty: Physics Author: Michael P. Mendenhall Award: 2015 Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics Title: Measurement of the neutron beta decay asymmetry using ultracold neutrons

University:  Stanford University Faculty: Management Science and Engineering Author:  Shayan O. Gharan Award:  Doctoral Dissertation Award 2013 Title:   New Rounding Techniques for the Design and Analysis of Approximation Algorithms

University: University of Minnesota Faculty: Chemical Engineering Author: Eric A. Vandre Award:  2014 Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics Title: Onset of Dynamics Wetting Failure: The Mechanics of High-speed Fluid Displacement

University: Erasmus University Rotterdam Faculty: Marketing Author: Ezgi Akpinar Award: McKinsey Marketing Dissertation Award 2014 Title: Consumer Information Sharing: Understanding Psychological Drivers of Social Transmission

University: University of Washington Faculty: Computer Science & Engineering Author: Keith N. Snavely Award:  2009 Doctoral Dissertation Award Title: Scene Reconstruction and Visualization from Internet Photo Collections

University:  University of Ottawa Faculty:  Social Work Author:  Susannah Taylor Award: 2018 Joseph De Koninck Prize Title:  Effacing and Obscuring Autonomy: the Effects of Structural Violence on the Transition to Adulthood of Street Involved Youth

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If you’re preparing to write your dissertation, thesis or research project, our free dissertation template is the perfect starting point. In the template, we cover every section step by step, with clear, straightforward explanations and examples .

The template’s structure is based on the tried and trusted best-practice format for formal academic research projects such as dissertations and theses. The template structure reflects the overall research process, ensuring your dissertation or thesis will have a smooth, logical flow from chapter to chapter.

The dissertation template covers the following core sections:

• The title page/cover page
• Abstract (sometimes also called the executive summary)
• Table of contents
• List of figures /list of tables
• Chapter 1: Introduction  (also available: in-depth introduction template )
• Chapter 2: Literature review  (also available: in-depth LR template )
• Chapter 3: Methodology (also available: in-depth methodology template )
• Chapter 4: Research findings /results (also available: results template )
• Chapter 5: Discussion /analysis of findings (also available: discussion template )
• Chapter 6: Conclusion (also available: in-depth conclusion template )
• Reference list

Each section is explained in plain, straightforward language , followed by an overview of the key elements that you need to cover within each section. We’ve also included practical examples to help you understand exactly what’s required in each section.

The cleanly-formatted Google Doc can be downloaded as a fully editable MS Word Document (DOCX format), so you can use it as-is or convert it to LaTeX.

FAQs: Dissertation Template

What format is the template (doc, pdf, ppt, etc.).

The dissertation template is provided as a Google Doc. You can download it in MS Word format or make a copy to your Google Drive. You’re also welcome to convert it to whatever format works best for you, such as LaTeX or PDF.

What types of dissertations/theses can this template be used for?

The template follows the standard best-practice structure for formal academic research projects such as dissertations or theses, so it is suitable for the vast majority of degrees, particularly those within the sciences.

Some universities may have some additional requirements, but these are typically minor, with the core structure remaining the same. Therefore, it’s always a good idea to double-check your university’s requirements before you finalise your structure.

Will this work for a research paper?

A research paper follows a similar format, but there are a few differences. You can find our research paper template here .

Is this template for an undergrad, Masters or PhD-level thesis?

This template can be used for a dissertation, thesis or research project at any level of study. It may be slight overkill for an undergraduate-level study, but it certainly won’t be missing anything.

How long should my dissertation/thesis be?

This depends entirely on your university’s specific requirements, so it’s best to check with them. As a general ballpark, Masters-level projects are usually 15,000 – 20,000 words in length, while Doctoral-level projects are often in excess of 60,000 words.

What about the research proposal?

If you’re still working on your research proposal, we’ve got a template for that here .

We’ve also got loads of proposal-related guides and videos over on the Grad Coach blog .

How do I write a literature review?

We have a wealth of free resources on the Grad Coach Blog that unpack how to write a literature review from scratch. You can check out the literature review section of the blog here.

How do I create a research methodology?

We have a wealth of free resources on the Grad Coach Blog that unpack research methodology, both qualitative and quantitative. You can check out the methodology section of the blog here.

Can I share this dissertation template with my friends/colleagues?

Yes, you’re welcome to share this template. If you want to post about it on your blog or social media, all we ask is that you reference this page as your source.

Can Grad Coach help me with my dissertation/thesis?

Within the template, you’ll find plain-language explanations of each section, which should give you a fair amount of guidance. However, you’re also welcome to consider our dissertation and thesis coaching services .

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• As a part of the Research Project Planning class, mid-term presentations are held.
• The presentation is in the form of poster presentation. Each student submits an abstract. Mid-term presentations include the one for the faculty members and the one for other students.
• The mid-term presentation to the faculty members is held in the 2nd year of the master course. It is basically held 1 year after the enrollment: In April for those who enrolled in April and in October-November for those who enrolled in October.
• The mid-term presentation for other students is held in April. Those enrolling in October join the April session a year and a half after the enrollment.
• The main purpose of the mid-term presentation to the faculty members is to evaluate the research objective and understanding of the research methods. Extra points will be given for obtaining good research results and high level of research significance, however, these two are not fundamental factors given efforts are evident. Other than that, attitude of presentation, quality of the poster, and briefness of the explanations are added to the evaluation as well.
• Time of presentation is set to 15 minutes per student: 5 minutes for the presentation, 9 minutes for Q&A, and 1 minute for switching.
• When the evaluation score is particularly low, the presenter will be re-examined in approximately 3 months (re-examination).
• If the presenter is absent on the day, the reason for absence must be reported by the student's supervisor to the other faculty members, and the mid-term presentation will be held promptly on another date if the absence is approved as unavoidable. Otherwise, a re-examination will be required.
• When the evaluation score of the re-examination is particularly low, attendance will be required for the next mid-term presentation to the faculty members. Unless you pass the mid-term presentation, you will not be eligible for the master thesis defense.
• At the mid-term presentation for the faculty members, presenters are requested to listen to all presentations in the same session. The other students of the department can attend the presentations.
• Students who do not submit abstracts need to attend the next mid-term presentations for the faculty members and for students.

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The minimum requirement is to have passed the mid-term presentation and to have attended both the simplified version and detailed version of ethics guidance and have scored higher than a passing grade on the understanding test. All faculty members will grade the presentation and Q&A session at the master thesis presentation. The submitted master thesis is evaluated by the principal referee and other referees separately. Base on the average score from all faculty members for the presentation and the average score for the thesis, an average value of resentation and thesis is calculated, and then the judgment is made. Depending on the score, a rewrite of the thesis may be required.

IB Award (Best Master Thesis Award)

Base on the average score from all faculty members for the presentation and the average score for the thesis, an average value of presentation and thesis is calculated, and then the top 5 will be listed. At the departmental faculty meeting, voting is conducted by all faculty members to pick the top 1 or 2 from the candidates to be awarded, with consideration of attitude towards research. For September graduates, they will be included in the same selection as March graduates of the same academic year.

Excellent Master Thesis Award

Excellent Master Thesis Award was established as a secondary prize to the IB Award of Year, to award excellent master theses. For the Excellent Master Thesis Award, it is also required that a candidate has written an excellent thesis as and spend a fulfilled research life.

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In the 2nd year of the doctor course, each doctor course student presents his/her research plan and progress in one of the laboratories of the Department of Integrated Biosciences other than the laboratory to which he/she belongs and submits a report to the professor(s) of the laboratory, in which he/she presents, and his/her supervising professor(s).

Pre-Examination

The minimum requirement for taking the preliminary pre-examination is to have had at least one original article published or accepted in English academic journals, for which peer review is conducted, as the first author and to have finished the mid-term presentation of the doctor course. All faculty members will grade the presentation and Q&A session. Then the average score is calculated, and at the departmental faculty meeting, the judgment is made on whether or not the examinee can proceed to the formal examination.

As a general rule, the minimum requirement is to have passed the pre-examination within the last 6 months and to have attended both the simplified version and detailed version of ethics guidance and have scored higher than a passing grade on the understanding test. Doctor thesis and its presentation are evaluated comprehensively by the principal referee and other referees.

Best Doctoral Thesis Award

This prize is awarded to outstanding doctor theses that are highly regarded academically. The candidate needs to have had at least three original articles related to doctor thesis published listed or accepted in English academic journals, for which peer review is conducted, as the first authour, and scored outstanding grades at the Pre- examination and the Formal examination. At the departmental faculty meeting, voting is conducted by all faculty members to pick the top 1 or 2 from the candidates to be awarded, with consideration of attitude towards research. For June/September/December graduates, they will be included in the same selection as March graduates of the same academic year.

Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award

This is awarded as an encouragement to some of the excellent theses submitted in the target academic year. Candidates are those in the top scores from the Pre- examination and Formal examination. In addition, a thesis that can be evaluated highly from an interdisciplinary perspective etc may be a candidate. At the departmental faculty meeting, voting is conducted by all faculty members to pick some of the top candidates to be awarded, with consideration of attitude towards research.  For June/September/December graduates, they will be included in the same selection as March graduates of the same academic year.

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Students pursuing the graduate project option must have completed at least two of the four MLA graduate studios as well as an approved Research Methods course. The Graduate Project is developed with advising from the student’s Major Professor and typically includes a design application component that demonstrates how the student’s research impacts design process and product. Often the graduate project develops from work in preceding graduate studios, addressing and researching specific issues in greater detail. Emphasis is placed not only on the theoretical framework of the project, the quality of the design project but also the effective communication of the project.

The Graduate Project Proposal

The proposal for the Graduate Project topic is developed with the student’s Major Professor and begins with the submission of a simple one-two page document addressing the project Topic, important questions and issues, rationale, methodology and design application, Ultimately the students produces a multiple page document that also includes a Literature Search and Bibliography. Individual Major Professor’s may specify other components. (MLA students will benefit from reading Landscape Architecture Research, Inquiry, Strategy, Design , Deming and Swaffield, Wiley Press, 2011.)

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AeroVironment FY2024 Earnings: Switching Gears On Switchblade Demand

• AeroVironment beat expectations with a surge in sales of Switchblade drones, driving revenue growth in their Loitering Munition Systems segment.
• Margins and profitability significantly improved, with gross margins rising to ~40% and adjusted EBITDA increasing by 42%.
• Despite strong demand, potential headwinds such as heightened competition and delays in contracts lead to a recommendation to hold the stock for now.

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Investment Thesis

Military drone maker AeroVironment (NASDAQ: NASDAQ: AVAV ) reported their full-year FY24 earnings results today, which beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. The company reported a huge surge in sales in their LMS segment (Loitering Munition Systems) due to the sustained demand for their Switchblade drones, which continued to propel the company’s sales forward.

Since the start of the year, I have been bullish on AeroVironment. In my last coverage , I valued AeroVironment at ~$210. The company’s stock extended 6% beyond my previous price target, before giving up some of its gains to eventually settle at ~$192, right before earnings.

Exhibit A: AeroVironment’s stock vs. markets (SA)

I now believe there may be a few headwinds that could be forming on the horizon that could put pressure on the stock for some time. The first was the heightened levels of competition, and the second was delays in contracts and approvals, which may put some pressure on the company.

Despite the surging demand for its military drones, I believe the company is currently fully priced, and I move my recommendation to a Hold for now.

Demand for Switchblade drones propelling AeroVironment

In the final quarter of their FY24, AeroVironment reported revenues worth $197 million, up 6% y/y and easily beating expectations where markets had projected AeroVironment’s Q4 revenues to stay relatively flat at ~$187 million. This can be seen in Exhibit B below.

Exhibit B: AeroVironment’s Q4 and full year FY24 revenues (Q4 FY24 Investor Presentation, AeroVironment)

The Arlington, VA-headquartered drone maker enjoyed a surge in sales of their Switchblade drones, namely the Switchblade 600 and the Switchblade 300, which resulted in the company’s Loitering Munition Systems revenue segment growing 74% y/y. On the earnings call to discuss results, management mentioned that demand for switchblade 300 and 600 continues at an unprecedented rate, and they expect the pace to continue into FY25.

During the quarter, AeroVironment secured a major contract to deliver Switchblade 300s to the U.S. Marine Corps under the Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program . The first phase of the contract is worth $8.9 million, with the potential to go all the way to $249 million if AeroVironment can win the entire contract. In addition, in May, the company announced that its extended-range loitering drones, the Switchblade 600s, were also selected under Tranche 1 of the U.S. DoD’s Replicator initiative. According to the Pentagon, the total funding under the Replicator program is expected to be ~$1 billion, building enough runway for AeroVironment to benefit from. However, I will note that the billion-dollar funding is dependent on the FY25 budget, which has yet to be approved.

On the other hand, the company saw large declines in its UnCrewed Systems, or UxS (formerly called Unmanned Systems) , and its McCready Works segment, which offset the impressive sales performance seen in its LMS segment. While management did highlight demand for its Puma & Jump20 small and mid-sized UAS systems, they also revealed that they saw lower revenues from the Ukraine program. The UxS segment Q4 revenues declined 15% y/y. UxS is AeroVironment’s largest revenue segment, accounting for 53% of the company’s revenue.

At the same time, the company’s McCready Works segment again saw several delays in receiving government authorizations for funding and contract approvals, which pushed out the timelines for the company to recognize more revenue as well as secure more contracts. The McCready Works segment saw revenues decline ~9% y/y. For the quarter, AeroVironment reported its funded backlog was down 5.6% y/y to $400 million.

In addressing the recent news of one of its peers, Anduril, securing approval for the sale of drones to Taiwan worth $300 million, management said:

First and foremost, the recent announcement that you saw for the FMS, it's just an authorization. It's actually not a contract yet. It is just an authorization by the State Department that they will allow these companies. And there is a lot more work to be done for those to actually convert into contract and orders, number one. Number two, we know that Taiwan prefers and would like to acquire more of AV's solutions including Switchblade. Three, as I said before, this market is growing quite rapidly. So, it's very natural for a lot more competitors to show up, because it's going to attract more competition and the US military and our allies, by definition, are going to make sure that there's more than one player in the market. Given all that, the track record that we have in terms of our win rate and the ability for us to deliver in volume now, a battle-proven test and battle-tested solution, is unmatched.

In fact, on the call, management also said they plan to scale the production capacity of their Switchblade drones to ~$500 million in order to use their capacity as an advantage to be factory-ready and deliver their battle-tested Switchblade drones quickly, especially since the demand for their Switchblade drones skyrocketed this past year.

Margin profile and profitability significantly improving

While the company’s fourth quarter earnings per share came in at 43 cents, higher than the 21 cents in EPS that was expected but lower than the 99 cents last year, for the full year FY24, AeroVironment reported non-GAAP EPS of $2.99, rising 137% over the EPS reported last year. On a GAAP basis, the company reported net income of $59.7 million, or $2.18 per share, versus a net loss of $176.2 million, or $7.04 per share.

Exhibit C: AeroVironment’s margins and profit for Q4 FY24 (Q4 FY24 Investor Presentation, AeroVironment)

Gross margins saw significant improvement, rising from 32% last year to ~40% this year. Management attributed this bump in gross margins to an improved product mix as they sold more Switchblades. This also resulted in adjusted EBITDA improving on a y/y basis, with the company recording a 42% increase in adjusted EBITDA to $127.8 million, or 17.8% of the company’s revenue.

I expect the company’s margins to keep improving as demand for the company’s higher margin Switchblades continue to skew the product mix toward a favorable margin profile. Management also pointed to an environment where the company stands to benefit in negotiations with its sovereign customers as it sells its product in a high-demand environment.

I note that AeroVironment also reduced their debt levels, with debt falling to ~$60 million, including lease liabilities, down from ~$163 million in the same period last year. Cash and equivalents stand at $73 million, which to me indicates a very well-capitalized balance sheet. The only item that I was surprised by was the ~9% increase in the share dilution rate, when I was expecting ~2%. This will impact my valuation of the company, as it dilutes shareholder value.

Valuation points to capped upside

I now believe AeroVironment will be growing its top line at a 16–17% CAGR, down from the 20% CAGR I had expected per my previous coverage. While I am encouraged by management's plan to scale the capacity of its top-performing drone segments in the LMS segment, I believe that delays in securing approvals and authorizations for contracts to move through various contract stages to delivery authorization will weigh on the company’s outlook in the short term. I explain this in further detail in the risks.

Exhibit D: AeroVironment’s full year FY25 guidance (Q4 FY24 Investor Presentation, AeroVironment)

On the other hand, I believe the company is poised to deliver superior EBITDA margins to investors on an adjusted basis. The company has demonstrated the benefits of a superior product mix skewed towards the sale of higher-margin Switchblades.

While my model utilizes a discount rate of ~8.8%, which includes the higher beta, it also includes a higher weighted average share volume, which surprised me.

Exhibit E: Valuation of AeroVironment (Author)

Based on these assumptions, I believe a forward multiple of ~33x can be applied to earnings expected to grow at ~18% CAGR after comparing growth rates to the S&P 500 .

Risks & Other factors to consider

Securing timely contracts and approvals is critical for AeroVironment to keep the momentum going, especially when it is already up ~53% for the year. As I mentioned earlier, these approvals are going to get harder for the company to get in the interim period as we cycle through a few months of political uncertainty. I had already noted this as a risk in my previous coverage, where I said that “the company may face some delay in funding from its sovereign customers periodically, which may delay revenue prospects for AeroVironment.”

On the Q4 call, management mentioned that their visibility of their FY25 target was lower than usual per comments below:

While this level of visibility is lower than recent years, it is important to note that our visibility reflects some uncertainty in the government contracting process.

I believe this could put pressure on the company in the interim period.

Exhibit F: The visibility levels of AeroVironment’s management of their FY25 targets is lower than before. (Q4 FY24 Investor Presentation, AeroVironment)

Although I am quite optimistic about AeroVironment in a rapidly growing drone munition market, I am curious about the rising competitive threats from players such as Anduril, who may be setting up to win more orders. Anduril also participated in the U.S. Marines’ OPF-L program I mentioned earlier, and this uncertainty could weigh as well on the outlook in the near term.

Note: AeroVironment will be holding their FY25 Analyst & Investor Day presentation tomorrow morning, June 27th, before markets open.

I am optimistic about the long-term prospects of AeroVironment since the company has a robust operating profile with strong demand for its products, especially the company’s extended range of Switchblade drones.

However, a few near-term headwinds, such as funding delays and a gradually rising competitive landscape, could impact the outlook in the short term.

Based on this analysis, I believe I will downgrade the company to a Hold and watch how these headwinds play out in the near term.

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