Report

Explanations about internship report

Highlights

· Every year in May there will be a meeting with the students who will do internship in that year. Follow the meeting announcement on the internship web page and internship board.

· Before going to the internship, the student must learn about the vision, mission, production and operation of the organization. All students should pay attention to this issue.

At the end of the internship, the student is obliged to prepare an internship report in the order requested by the department and to have this report signed by the enterprise. This report should be submitted to the Internship Coordinator within two months at the latest after the end of the internship. The course grade is given according to the internship report, the oral exam made by the Internship Coordinatorship and the Student Internship Card evaluated by the organization. The department obliges the student to re-internship or re-prepare the report for the student whose internship and report is not deemed sufficient by the instructor.

NOTE: PDF forms of internship reports should be sent to “muratakdogan@hacettepe.edu.tr” “elvan.konuk@hacettepe.edu.tr ” and “duyguyildirim92@gmail.com”.

Rules for Summer Practice Report Writing:

Þ The layout and parts of the summer practice report is given below. The report has to be written in English.

Report Layout

Þ The report should be written in A4 sized sheet with 12 font size, Times New Roman typeface and 1.5 line spacing.

Þ The content of the report should be approximately 40-50 pages.

Þ The numbering of the pages should start from the “Introduction” part of the report. The main parts of the report should start in a new page.

The Parts and Contents of The Report:

1. Cover Page:

This is the cover page of the report. It should include at least the following: The heading of Summer Practice Report, the beginning and the ending dates of the summer practice, the name of the plant where the practice is conducted, the names of the University, the Department, the student and the number of the student.

2. Thanks:

In this part of the report, the student should thank to the plant and the staff members who help them during the practice.

3. Content:

Titles and subtitles should be presented in a table of contents in the same order with the page numbers, in the same font and format as they appear in the text.

4. Abstract:

An abstract gives the essence of the report (usually less than one page). Abstract is written after the report is completed. It must contain the purpose and scope of practice, the actual work done in the plant, and conclusions arrived at. The Turkish version of the abstract should also be written.

5. Introduction:

In this part, the history of main raw and processed materials, the first built plants to process the raw materials, their locations, building dates, production capacities,etc, should be written.

6. Production:

A. Raw material:

i. Obtaining the raw material: The calculation of the source of raw material capacity, techniques for obtaining the raw material, etc, shoud be written.

ii.Properties of the raw material: The physical and chemical properties of the raw material should be explained.

iii. Storage of raw material: It should be weitten where the raw material is needed to be stored and in which conditions.

B. Processing of Raw Material:

The reactions occur during the processing of raw material, the conditions for processing, necessary energy amounts, by products occurred during processing and their properties, etc, should be explained. The main units in the plant, their working conditions and capacities should also be given.

C. Ensilage, Packing and Marketing:

The ensilage of the processed material, the conditions of ensilage, packing for sale, the annual sale amount, etc, should be given in this part.

D. Auixilary Units:

The auxiliary units for energy output, water supply, etc, should be explained briefly.

7. Discussion and Conclusions:

The student should discuss various aspects of plant operations, in particular those related to production, productivity, safety, environment, etc., and should arrive at some conclusions. Personal observations about the plant and the overall impression obtained by the student may also be included. He/she may present recommendations with respect to plant operations. Additionally the data collected, the methods utilized, and the results obtained should be carefully discussed. Finally the personal gain obtained during summer practice should be briefly summarized.

8. References:

Literature sources used in the preparation of the report should be listed in order.

9. Appendices:

This section contains additional data and information considered to be relevant to the report, but not appropriate to be included in the main text. Original or prepared tables, drawings, flow sheets, plant layouts, mass and energy balances, product specification sheets and the like can be presented in Appendices. This section may be divided to subsections such as Appendix A, Appendix B, etc.