Lecture 1: Introduction of Thesis Writing English Thesis Writing Workshop presented by Dr....

Lecture 1: Introduction of Thesis Writing

English Thesis Writing Workshop

presented by

Dr. Cheng-Chieh (Frank) Chen

Graduate Institute of Logistics Management,

National Dong Hwa University

December 26, 2014

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About Frank

• Education– Ph.D. in Transportation (2010), Dept. of Civil &

Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, USA

– Master of Science in Traffic and Transportation (2002), Institute of Traffic and Transportation, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

– Bachelor of Business Administration in Transportation (2000), Dept. of Transportation Engineering and Management, National Chiao Tung University


About Frank…


About Frank

• Work Experience– Mid-Level Freight Data Analyst, U.S. Dept. of

Transportation, RITA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Oct. 2010 ~ July. 2011)

– Research Assistant, University of Maryland College Park, USA (April 2006 ~ Oct. 2010)

– Transportation Engineer, Bureau of High Speed Rail, Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Taiwan, R.O.C.

– Second Lieutenant, R.O.C. Army


About Frank…


About Frank

• Honors and Awards– 國立東華大學新進教師學術研究獎 (2013)– Best Paper Award of the EURO Transport Research

Arena Conference (2012)– Award of the I-95 Corridor Coalition Fellowship (2010)– Selected for the Dept. of CEE Student Spotlight at UMD

(2010)– Award of the TECRO Cultural Division Scholarship

(2008 & 2009)– Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of

R.O.C. (2002)


Outline

• Thesis Organization– Introduction– Literature Review

• Paper Search Engines

– Analytical Discussion– Conclusion– Reference Format

• Questionnaires Design• Survey• Q & A


Thesis Organization

• Generally, a thesis will be organized with the following sections (confer with your advisor(s) for appropriateness in your discipline)– Title Page– Abstract– Table of Contents– List of Illustrations/Lists of Tables/Lists of Figures– Introduction– Literature Review– Analytical Discussion– Conclusion– References


Abstract

• Brief summary of the research. Provide an overview of the research question, methodology, and conclusion (what is the problem you are researching, the procedure or methods used to conduct the research, the outcome, and contributions of your work).


Introduction

• Introduction of the topic of the thesis project and its background.

• Summarize the background information that the reader should know to best understand the relevance of your work.

• Provide a statement of the topic, motivation for research.


Introduction

Figure 1.1 Worldwide Total Amount of Trade Source: R.O.C Bureau of Foreign Trade (2014)

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Introduction

Figure 1.2 Estimated Damage by Natural Disaster ReportSource: EM-DAT (2013)


Introduction


Problem Statement

• What’s your specific contributions?

• Who is your target audience?

• How to define your research scope?

• What’s your expected results?


Contributions

• Old Problem, Old methodologies (almost none)

• New Problem, Old methodologies (master level)

• New Problem, New methodologies (master / PhD)

• Old Problem, New methodologies (PhD level)


Literature Review

• Situate your work within the context of existing published works.

• Classify several main categories before studying previous works.

• Try to collect the earliest and the latest relevant works.

• Summarize, comment, and/or even criticize previous papers.


Paper Search

• Library Resource.

• Google Academic Tools.

• National Master and PhD Thesis Database in Taiwan.

Key-in library

Click here

Fill out your ID & Password

Click here

Click here

Enter your key wordEx: transportation research

Relevant Journals

Enter keywordse.g. Air cargo

Paper title

Pages and published year

Enter Scholar

Click here

Enter your key words. For example, ”Risk management”.

The literature title

Number of citations

Author(s) and Year

Permissions by NDHU


Analytical Discussion

• Presentation of results with discussion and the short conclusion.

• Try to summarize your results in either tables or illustrations (if applicable).

• Question: What if the analytical results and the ‘common sense’ conflict?

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台灣桃園

香港

德國萊比錫

新加坡

30台小卡車

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 300

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150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

400000

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500000 情境四總成本

不等待成本 _桃園等待成本 _桃園

等待成本 _香港 (大卡 ) 等待成本 _香港 (貨機 )

不等待成本 _香港 (大卡 ) 不等待成本 _香港 (貨機 -新加坡 )

等待時間 (分鐘 )

總系統成本(元)

情境四：複數轉運站，運具為小卡車 -飛機 -大卡車 -飛機 -大卡車及小卡車

路線三

出發轉運站

出發時間

到達轉運站

到達時間

台灣桃園

(GMT +8)

22:30

香港(GMT +8)

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香港(GMT +8)

1:25

新加坡(GMT +8)

5:00

香港(GMT +8)

1:40

德國萊比錫(GMT +2)

6:30

臺灣香港

德國

新加坡


Conclusion

• Implications of study (with possible limitations or possibilities of further study).

• Describe how project could be extended.

• What are interesting problems or questions that resulted from your work.


Reference Format

• In text• Research defined by Schonfeld (2002) states that self

managed teams are highly productive. This statement is substantiated by Miller-Hooks & Cirillo (2012) in their report...


Reference Format

• Reference List• Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition.• Journal.

– Smith J M. 1998. The origin of altruism. Nature 393:639–40.

• Book. – Keeney RW. 1980. Sitting energy facilities. New York:

Academic Press.


Questionnaires Design

• Decide the information required.• Define the target respondents.• Choose the method(s) of reaching your target

respondents.• Decide on question content.• Develop the question wording.• Put questions into a meaningful order and format.• Check the length of the questionnaire.• Pre-test the questionnaire.• Develop the final survey form.


Survey

• Define the studied area.• Determine the survey time and periods.• Consider the social economic variables (e.g. gender,

income, education, etc.)

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