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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}

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 comments, concerns, issues and/or questions about this template to Michigan Tech's Graduate School or Information Technology. Google search often provides a quick and reliable answer. If all else fails, then contact the author. Understand that this is a pro-bono project. Author may very well be busy with work and life responsibilities and as such, do not expect a quick answer/solution.

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
Research Associate Professor, College of Computing
Adjunct Associate Professor, Physics
Michigan Technological University
Email: [email protected]
URL: https://sgowtham.com