The initiation, organisation and logistics of part-time final-year projects

This paper presents details concerning the co-ordination [1] of the final year project programme of the part-time B. Eng. (Mechanical) degree programme of the School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nan,vang Technological University. Singapore. It also provides details on how the power of information technology, is utilised to facilitate an efficient and effective co-ordination task all the way-from project proposal stage through project selection, balloting and allocation, to oral presentation scheduling. The procedure presented in the paper for part-time final year projects is understood to exist in Continental Europe for full-time final-year projects, but in general they are not so well structured administratively.