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Please note that Project 1 must be related to accident investigation for reciprocating engines;
Project 2 must be related to accident investigation for turbine engines.
You must address five areas for each project; each area is described in more detail below.
1. Project Selection
2. Content Focus
3. Format Options
4. Length and Size (as applicable)
5. Professional Scholarship
Project Selection
Students and instructors alike come from varied backgrounds and environments. Interests are
different, as well as educational backgrounds and career experiences. For this reason, the
project for this assignment can come from many areas. However, the project should be relevant
to the subject matter and must be approved by the instructor.
Ideas for a project might include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Development of a Guide to Reciprocating Engine Accident Investigation for Project 1 or
Guide to Turbine Engine Accident Investigation for Project 2.
2. An in depth analysis of a Case Study presented by the instructor
3. Comprehensive review of an accident related to reciprocating engines
4. Review and discussion of an NTSB accident report
5. Choose a different specific topic that is related to reciprocating engine accident
investigation such as component failure analysis, component life cycle analysis, internal
engine failures, component failures, bearing failures, spectrometric oil analysis
programs, propeller systems, and so forth.
6. Any other specific topic that related to reciprocating engine accident investigation for
Project 1 and turbine engine accident investigation for Project 2.
Keep in mind that anide of the
materials presented and should be of sufficient depth and scope to show a college-level
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Content Focus
Focus on causes, findings, and recommendations that relate directly to engine systems,
operations, components, material defects, or malfunctions.
Demonstrate an understanding of the investigative techniques and procedures
presented in this course.
Show evidence and logic to support your statements and conclusions. Give citations of
your sources.
Conclude with a comprehensive summary that ties the entire project together and links
the project to the course goals and outcomes.
Format Options
The format of your project can be any type that you have the skills and “know how” to prepare.
The format MUST be approved by the instructor. You must fully meet the content requirements
and be able to upload your presentation or provide the link to it in the Assignments area of the
course site. For example, if you choose to do a paper or PowerPoint, you will submit it using the
activity link, but if you elect to create a video, you will need to upload the files to YouTube or
some similar site if it is too large to email to the instructor. Then you will need to submit the URL
using the same activity links because they link to columns in the Grade Center in Blackboard.
So, you may document an application of propulsion plant investigation with a paper in PDF or
DOC, html Web page, a video, PowerPoint, audio “radio” program, investigation report — any
format of your choosing, as long as you can meet the content and technical requirements.
If you choose a project with demanding technical skills, you need to be “on your own” in
handling the technology. The purpose of this course, as you know, is to focus on propulsion
plant investigation, not on teaching you the technical requirements for various presentation
formats. But if you have those skills, and you wish to use them, please do so.
For your project, no matter what format you choose, also submit a list of references that you
have used, following the APA style requirements for how to list such references. For example, if
you interview someone, there is a particular way to cite that person and date interviewed; if you
use a report from the Web, the APA style guide shows how to list that kind of reference, too; if
you use textbooks or articles, those also should be cited according to the APA style guide.
Length and Size
If you do a paper, make it 5 to 7 pages of narrative, from introduction to conclusion, with the
title page, abstract, and table of contents. (Graphics, charts, tables, and the list of references
are considered separately, and not part of this page count. This suggestion of 4-6 pages,
assumes double-spaced, Times New Roman typeface with a size 12-point font.)
If you choose another format, it should be as thorough as the paper. It is not reasonable to tell
you to do a fixed number of slides, since “animation” or “no animation” features in a PowerPoint
could change the frame count and, yet, not change the content. Such an arbitrary rule also
could be too limiting to your work. It is better that you focus on the thinking and content than
those kinds of limits.
But do make sure that you cover the equivalent of content for a 5-7 page paper. So, for
example, though slides should never have a lot of words, you would be expected to add Page 3 of 3
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appropriate “Notes” to explain what you show in each slide. You could do that with typed-in
notes in the PowerPoint presentation and/or with audio that you record for each slide.
Size also matters. If you use many visuals in a paper, it will be better if you make each photo or
graphic a size suitable for the Web, and/or convert a document file to PDF. Otherwise, it could
be difficult to upload and review your file. Similarly, if you record audio under a PowerPoint, it
will be better if you compress the file before submitting it. And if you do a video, you need to
have a way to upload it on the Web and provide the link in a note at the Assignments area along
with a file of your references.
Professional Scholarship
While you are not held to exact standards, such as APA format on all materials, you are
expected to use a professional style in your project. Do your research. Use facts, evidence, and
information. Avoid unsubstantiated claims. Cite your sources. Use your own words to express
ideas with language that has correct spelling and punctuation. Remember, the projects are
going to be submitted to the SafeAssign database to be checked for plagiarism.
Approach your project as if you are a professional who must complete a responsible report that
will shows critical thinking about accident investigation and that will inform others about how to
prevent future accidentsy project approved must contain an element of research outsi
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