Your report committee consists of two readers, your faculty supervisor, and at least one other faculty member, whom you should choose in consultation with your supervisor and the graduate advisor. Be sure to ask a professor's permission before listing him or her as a part of your thesis committee. Once you have an approved research topic from your supervisor, you may register for report. You will register for MSE 398R the semester you plan to graduate. Be sure to register for MS&E report, not the thesis course in your faculty supervisor’s home department (Engineering Mechanics, Chemistry, etc.). Since your degree is in Materials Science and Engineering, your report course must be in MS&E as well.
The Graduate School offers Microsoft Word templates to assist you in formatting your report. Before using a template, review the Using the Thesis and Dissertation Templates user guide. Another option, approved by the Graduate School, is LaTex Document Preparation. Theses must follow the guidelines of the Graduate School booklet Format Guidelines for Dissertations, Treatises, Theses and Reports.
