alberto-nunez / latex_msphdtemplate

A LaTeX template for typesetting MS thesis or PhD dissertation in Michigan Technological University

LaTeX: Michigan Tech MS/PhD Template

What is this?

A LaTeX template for writing MS thesis/report or PhD dissertation (for double-sided printing) in compliance with the guidelines from the Graduate School in Michigan Technological University.

First started in March 2007 when the author was typsetting PhD dissertation, this template has undergone many many revisions over the last several years. Attempts will be made to keep it updated as and when the time and resources permit.

Disclaimer

This and other associated files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Using this template is not a substitute for learning LaTeX and/or understanding its how it works. Also, using this template does not necessarily guarantee that the Graduate School will approve the thesis/dissertation. The Graduate School reserves every right to request changes in the future that are not covered by this template yet.

Features

Apart from modularizing the document preparation process, and producing title and signature pages, etc. in compliance with the Graduate School requirements, the template provides the following:

1. Ability to accommodate up to two advisors

2. Ability to accommodate up to four advisory committee members

3. Embdedded fonts -- the PDF looks the same when printed as it looks when it’s viewed on computer

4. If using Linux/UNIX or Mac, the process of generating the PDF could be as simple as typing make

5. Ability to make a timestamp-based snapshot of the entire folder via the command make snapshot

Neither this template nor its author, however, will typeset your report, thesis or dissertation for you. You are responsible for it.

What all does one need to get started?

1. As complete an installation of LaTeX as possible.

   1. TeXLive for Linux and Mac, and MiKTeX for Windows

   2. TeXMaker -- a LaTeX-aware text editor -- for Linux, Mac and Windows

2. This template in its entirety

3. Basic understanding of how LaTeX works

Which files should one edit?

1. Rename (not just copy over) john_DEGREE.tex by substituting john with your Michigan Tech ISO username, and DEGREE with either MS or PhD

2. Open the renamed john_DEGREE.tex

   1. Iff writing a MS thesis, then change \documentclass[Degree=PhD]{MichiganTech} to \documentclass[Degree=MS]{MichiganTech}

   2. Comment the lines marked % Optional under Front Matter section if there is a need

   3. Remove some or add more chapters under Chapters section as needed

   4. Remove some or add more appendices under Appendices section as needed

3. Update Personalize/Personalize.tex with relevant information

   One may use the relevant sample Personalize_*.tex as a starting point OR refer to the list of departments and programs

4. Update FrontMatter/Abbreviations.tex, FrontMatter/Abstract.tex, FrontMatter/Acknowledgments.tex, FrontMatter/Dedication.tex, FrontMatter/Definitions.tex and FrontMatter/Preface.tex with relevant information

5. Update Chapters/Chapter?.tex with relevant information

6. Save all references in References/References.bib with relevant information

7. Change \bibliographystyle{jpc} in References/References.tex to something else to produce the required format for references

8. Update Appendices/Appendix?.tex with relevant information

9. Place all figures in Figures folder

10. Update MichiganTech.cls and/or Packages/*.sty iff there is a need, and iff there is an understanding of how the LaTeX class/style file works

How does one compile?

Linux (or Mac) from a terminal using the command line, using Makefile:

cd LaTeX_MSPhDTemplate
make

Linux (or Mac) from a terminal using the command line, without using Makefile:

cd LaTeX_MSPhDTemplate
latex --shell-escape john_DEGREE
bibtex john_DEGREE
latex --shell-escape john_DEGREE
latex --shell-escape john_DEGREE
dvips -R0 -Ppdf -t letter -o john_DEGREE.ps john_DEGREE.dvi
ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dMaxSubsetPct=100 john_DEGREE.ps john_DEGREE.pdf

Mac using TeXMaker application:

Navigate to TeXMaker » Preferences » Quick Build » Quick Build Command » User and enter the following

"/usr/texbin/latex" -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex | 
"/usr/texbin/bibtex" %.aux | 
"/usr/texbin/latex" -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex | 
"/usr/texbin/latex" -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex | 
"/usr/texbin/dvips" -Ppdf -o %.ps %.dvi | 
"/usr/local/bin/ps2pdf" -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dSubsetFonts=true -dMaxSubsetPct=100 %.ps

Windows using TeXMaker application:

Navigate to TeXMaker » Options » Configure TeXMaker » Quick Build » Quick Build Command » User (a recent and stable version of GhostScript, GhostPCL, GhostXPS and MuPDF can be downloaded from http://ghostscript.com/; check the path to gswin32c.exe; thanks to Henriette Groenvik for bringing a typographical error to author's attention) and enter the following

latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex | 
bibtex % | 
latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex | 
latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex | 
dvips -Ppdf -o %.ps %.dvi | 
"C:/Program Files (x86)/gs/gs9.00/bin/gswin32c.exe" -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -r600 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 
-dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dSubsetFonts=true -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -sOutputFile="%.pdf" "%.ps"

What if one needs colored text?

The template provides the following 140 named colors (given with their hexadecimal notation; color scheme adopted from http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colorvalues.asp). Example usage:

\textcolor{Color}{colored text}

Hex code	Color	Hex code	Color
#000000	Black	#BA55D3	MediumOrchid
#000080	Navy	#BC8F8F	RosyBrown
#00008B	DarkBlue	#BDB76B	DarkKhaki
#0000CD	MediumBlue	#C0C0C0	Silver
#0000FF	Blue	#C71585	MediumVioletRed
#006400	DarkGreen	#CD5C5C	IndianRed
#008000	Green	#CD853F	Peru
#008080	Teal	#D2691E	Chocolate
#008B8B	DarkCyan	#D2B48C	Tan
#00BFFF	DeepSkyBlue	#D3D3D3	LightGray
#00CED1	DarkTurquoise	#D8BFD8	Thistle
#00FA9A	MediumSpringGreen	#DA70D6	Orchid
#00FF00	Lime	#DAA520	GoldenRod
#00FF7F	SpringGreen	#DB7093	PaleVioletRed
#00FFFF	Aqua	#DC143C	Crimson
#00FFFF	Cyan	#DCDCDC	Gainsboro
#191970	MidnightBlue	#DDA0DD	Plum
#1E90FF	DodgerBlue	#DEB887	BurlyWood
#20B2AA	LightSeaGreen	#E0FFFF	LightCyan
#228B22	ForestGreen	#E6E6FA	Lavender
#2E8B57	SeaGreen	#E9967A	DarkSalmon
#2F4F4F	DarkSlateGray	#EE82EE	Violet
#32CD32	LimeGreen	#EEE8AA	PaleGoldenRod
#3CB371	MediumSeaGreen	#F08080	LightCoral
#40E0D0	Turquoise	#F0E68C	Khaki
#4169E1	RoyalBlue	#F0F8FF	AliceBlue
#4682B4	SteelBlue	#F0FFF0	HoneyDew
#483D8B	DarkSlateBlue	#F0FFFF	Azure
#48D1CC	MediumTurquoise	#F4A460	SandyBrown
#4B0082	Indigo	#F5DEB3	Wheat
#556B2F	DarkOliveGreen	#F5F5DC	Beige
#5F9EA0	CadetBlue	#F5F5F5	WhiteSmoke
#6495ED	CornflowerBlue	#F5FFFA	MintCream
#66CDAA	MediumAquaMarine	#F8F8FF	GhostWhite
#696969	DimGray	#FA8072	Salmon
#6A5ACD	SlateBlue	#FAEBD7	AntiqueWhite
#6B8E23	OliveDrab	#FAF0E6	Linen
#708090	SlateGray	#FAFAD2	LightGoldenRodYellow
#778899	LightSlateGray	#FDF5E6	OldLace
#7B68EE	MediumSlateBlue	#FF0000	Red
#7CFC00	LawnGreen	#FF00FF	Fuchsia
#7FFF00	Chartreuse	#FF00FF	Magenta
#7FFFD4	Aquamarine	#FF1493	DeepPink
#800000	Maroon	#FF4500	OrangeRed
#800080	Purple	#FF6347	Tomato
#808000	Olive	#FF69B4	HotPink
#808080	Gray	#FF7F50	Coral
#87CEEB	SkyBlue	#FF8C00	DarkOrange
#87CEFA	LightSkyBlue	#FFA07A	LightSalmon
#8A2BE2	BlueViolet	#FFA500	Orange
#8B0000	DarkRed	#FFB6C1	LightPink
#8B008B	DarkMagenta	#FFC0CB	Pink
#8B4513	SaddleBrown	#FFD700	Gold
#8FBC8F	DarkSeaGreen	#FFDAB9	PeachPuff
#90EE90	LightGreen	#FFDEAD	NavajoWhite
#9370DB	MediumPurple	#FFE4B5	Moccasin
#9400D3	DarkViolet	#FFE4C4	Bisque
#98FB98	PaleGreen	#FFE4E1	MistyRose
#9932CC	DarkOrchid	#FFEBCD	BlanchedAlmond
#9ACD32	YellowGreen	#FFEFD5	PapayaWhip
#A0522D	Sienna	#FFF0F5	LavenderBlush
#A52A2A	Brown	#FFF5EE	SeaShell
#A9A9A9	DarkGray	#FFF8DC	Cornsilk
#ADD8E6	LightBlue	#FFFACD	LemonChiffon
#ADFF2F	GreenYellow	#FFFAF0	FloralWhite
#AFEEEE	PaleTurquoise	#FFFAFA	Snow
#B0C4DE	LightSteelBlue	#FFFF00	Yellow
#B0E0E6	PowderBlue	#FFFFE0	LightYellow
#B22222	FireBrick	#FFFFF0	Ivory
#B8860B	DarkGoldenRod	#FFFFFF	White

Got questions? Need help?

Refer to the Guide to completing a graduate degree and preparing and submitting a dissertation, thesis, or report at Michigan Technological University and the Chicago Manual Style.

DO NOT send your questions, comments and/or concerns about this template to the Graduate School. Google search often provides a quick and reliable answer. If all else fails, then contact the author.

Don't like this template OR have an idea to improve?

Feel free to clone/fork this repository and make changes to fit your needs. You have my explicit permission to do so. This template and/or the changes you make may very well work for you (or your institution). Please note that if you decide to do so, you are doing so entirely at your very own discretion and that neither the author nor Michigan Technological University is responsible for any/all damage -- intellectual and/or otherwise.

Author

Dr. Gowtham, PhD
Director of Research Computing, IT
Adj. Asst. Professor, Physics/ECE
Michigan Technological University
Email: [email protected]
http://sgowtham.com