A useful template to appropriately format the report for the final year capstone project completed by students studying NPCAM in Trinity College Dublin.
\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,12pt]{book}
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% README!
% Welcome. It's worth having a read through this file
% to set up the broad parameters, such as the name of
% the degree, the school/department, the type of work
% (dissertation/Final Year Project/report, etc. as well
% as your own details.
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% COVER PAGE
% The cover page is laid out in title/title.tex. You can choose a colour
% or black and white logo
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% THESIS INFORMATION
% Put title, author name, degree, type of work, school, department in here
% It will be used for the title page and for the embedded PDF information
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\newcommand{\thesistitle}{Title of Work} % Your thesis title, this is used in the title and abstract
\newcommand{\degree}{B.A. (Mod.) Nanoscience, Physics \& Chemistry of Advanced Materials} % Your degree name, this is used in the title page and abstract
\newcommand{\typeofthesis}{Thesis} % dissertation, Final Year Project, report, etc.
\newcommand{\authorname}{Firstname Surname } % Your name, this is used in the title page and PDF stuff
%% Do not put your Student ID in the document, as TCD will not publish
%% documents that contain both your name and your Student ID.
\newcommand{\keywords}{this, that, more} % Keywords for your thesis
\newcommand{\school}{\href{https://chemistry.tcd.ie/}{School of Chemistry}} % Your school's name and URL, this is used in the title page
%% Comment out the next line if you don't want a department to appear
%\newcommand{\department}{\href{http://researchgroup.university.com}{Prof. Peter Dunne}} % Your research group's name and URL, this is used in the title page
\AtBeginDocument{
\hypersetup{pdftitle=\thesistitle} % Set the PDF's title to your title
\hypersetup{pdfauthor=\authorname} % Set the PDF's author to your name
\hypersetup{pdfkeywords=\keywords} % Set the PDF's keywords to your keywords
\hypersetup{pdfsubject=\degree} % Set the PDF's keywords to your keywords
}
%% Language and font encodings
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{ragged2e} %allows for text alignment preferences
%% Bibliographical stuff
\usepackage[round,sort,comma,numbers]{natbib}
%% Document size
% include showframe as an option if you want to see the boxes
\usepackage[a4paper,top=2.56cm,bottom=2.56cm,left=2.56cm,right=2.56cm, head = 16pt]{geometry}
\setlength{\marginparwidth}{2cm}
%% Useful packages
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes} % Required to generate language-dependent quotes in the bibliography
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage[colorinlistoftodos]{todonotes}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true, allcolors=black]{hyperref}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{caption} % if no caption, no colon
%\usepackage{sfmath} %use sans-serif in the maths sections too
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip} % Begin paragraphs with an empty line rather than an indent
\usepackage{setspace} % to permit one-and-a-half or double spacing
\usepackage{enumerate} % fancy enumerations like (i) (ii) or (a) (b) and suchlike
\usepackage{booktabs} % To thicken table lines
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
%\pagestyle{plain} % Embrace simplicity!
%% The Mechanical engineers require your name and ID on the top of every page.
%% Uncomment the following block if you want your name and ID at the top of
%% (almost) every page.
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{} % sets both header and footer to nothing
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\cfoot{\thepage}
%\ifdefined\authorid
%\chead{\it \authorname\ (\authorid)}
%\else
%\chead{\it \authorname}
%\fi
%% End of block
%% It is not a requirement of the university that the font should be sans-serif, but
%% the Mechanical engineers require it. Comment out the following line to disable it
%%\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} %use the sans-serif font as default
%% If you're not using sans-serif, consider using Palatino instead of the LaTeX standard
\usepackage{mathpazo} % Use the Palatino font by default if you prefer it to Computer Modern
\renewcommand{\theequation}{\arabic{equation}} %% use continuous equation numbers
%% Format Chapter headings appropriately
\usepackage{titlesec}
\definecolor{tcdblue}{cmyk}{0.94, 0.38, 0, 0.27}
\newcommand{\hsp}{\hspace{20pt}}
\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]{\Huge\bfseries}{\thechapter\hsp\textcolor{tcdblue}{|}\hsp}{0pt}{\Huge\bfseries}
\title{\thesistitle}
\author{\authorname}
\frontmatter
\begin{document}
\input{title/title.tex}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\doublespacing
\section*{Declaration}
I hereby declare that this \typeofthesis\ is entirely my own work and that it has not been submitted as an exercise for a degree at this or any other university.
I have read and I understand the plagiarism provisions in the General Regulations of the University Calendar for the current year, found at \url{http://www.tcd.ie/calendar}.
I have also completed the Online Tutorial on avoiding plagiarism `Ready Steady Write', located at \url{http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/ready-steady-write}.
\vspace{1cm}
Signed:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}\hfill Date:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}
\section*{COVID Impact Statement}
\lipsum[1]
Signed:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}\hfill Date:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}
Signed:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}\hfill Date:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}
\newpage
\chapter{Abstract}
A short summary of the problem investigated, the approach taken and the key findings. This should not be more that around 400 words.
The must be on a separate page.
\newpage
\raggedright %\raggedright turns off justification and hypenation
\section*{\Huge{Acknowledgements}}
Thanks Mum!
You should acknowledge any help that you have received (for example from technical staff), or input provided by, for example, a company.
\newpage \tableofcontents
\newpage \listoffigures
\newpage \listoftables
\newpage
\section*{\Huge{Nomenclature}}
\begin{tabular}{lp{9cm}l}
A&Area of the wing&$m^{2}$\\
B\\
C& Roman letters first, with capitals\ldots\\
a&then lower case.\\
b\\
c\\
$\Gamma$&Followed by Greek capitals\ldots\\
$\alpha$&then lower case greek symbols.\\
$\beta$\\
$\epsilon$\\
TLA&Finally, three letter acronyms and other abbreviations arranged alphabetically\\
\end{tabular}
\vspace{2cm}
If a parameter has a typical unit that is used throughout your report, then it should be included here on the right hand side.
If you have a very mathematical report, then you may wish to divide the nomenclature list into functions and variables, and then sub- and super-scripts.
Note that Roman mathematical symbols are typically in a serif font in italics.
\mainmatter
\input{introduction/introduction.tex}
\input{Experimental Methods/experiment}
\input{Results/results}
\input{conclusion/conclusion.tex}
\input{background/background.tex}
\input{project/project.tex}
\bibliographystyle{unsrtnat}
\bibliography{bibs/sample}
\appendix
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{A\arabic{chapter}}
\input{appendix/appendix.tex}
\end{document}