This is a template that can be used for publishing an Honours, Capstone or PhD thesis in Engineering at The University of Sydney. It is not at all compulsory.
% Configuration
\def\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}
\def\department{School of Civil Engineering \\ Faculty of Engineering}
\def\mydegrees{B.Eng (Hons)}
%\def\sid{200342291}
\def\supervisor{Main supervisor}
\def\assocsupervisora{Other supervisor}
%\def\assocsupervisorb{Optional third supervisor}
\documentclass[logo]{style/usydthesis}
% Remove the optional 'logo' argument to remove the logo from the title page
% Uncomment these two lines out if you want a watermark
%\usepackage[timestamp]{draftcopy}
%\draftcopyVersion{Printed\space}
% Remove weird spaces in List of Figures
\newcommand*{\noaddvspace}{\renewcommand*{\addvspace}[1]{}}
\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\noaddvspace}
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% Packages
%\usepackage[dvips]{graphics,color}
\usepackage{amstext,amssymb,amsfonts,latexsym}
%\usepackage[procnames]{listings2}
%\usepackage{fancyhdr}
%\usepackage[nolineno,norules]{lgrind}
%\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{style/bib}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}% Recommended
\usepackage{ccicons}
\usepackage{animate}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{pdfpages}% for hosting full pdf docs as in appendix
\usepackage[pdftex,bookmarks=true]{hyperref}
%\usepackage[xindy]{glossaries} % must be after hyperref
\hypersetup{
pdfauthor = {Name goes here},
pdftitle = {Title goes here},
colorlinks,
% linkcolor={blue},
% citecolor={blue}
linkcolor={black},
citecolor={black}
}
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% Maths functions
\def\O{\mbox{O}}
\newcommand{\bsigma}{{\boldsymbol\sigma}}
\newcommand{\bepsilon}{{\boldsymbol\epsilon}}
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% Setup
\newenvironment{myquote}{\list{}{\leftmargin=2.5cm\rightmargin=2.5cm}\item[]}{\endlist}
\usepackage[style=authoryear,
backend=biber,
% firstinits=true,
% terseinits=true,
uniquename=false,
uniquelist=false,
maxcitenames=2,
hyperref=true]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{thesis.bib}
\usepackage{microtype}
%\setlength{\parskip}{3mm plus0.5mm minus0.5mm}
%\parindent 0pt
%\renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}
%\makeindex
% Page size:
\oddsidemargin=0.2in % really +1in
\evensidemargin=0in
\textwidth=6.1in
%\textheight=22cm
%\topmargin=-1cm
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% Start
%\input{src/glossary.tex}
%\makeglossaries
\begin{document}
% initial page numbers: i, ii, iii, ...
\renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}
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% Title page
\title{{\bf\Huge Your title goes here}}
\author{Name goes here}
\maketitle
\setstretch{1.5}
% intro pages
\input{src/abstract.tex}
\input{src/thanks.tex}
%\printglossary
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Contents}
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
%\listoftables
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% Chapters
\setcounter{page}{1}
\setcounter{chapter}{0}
% main page numbers: 1, 2, 3, ...
\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{page}}
\setupParagraphs
\input{src/introduction.tex}
\input{src/litreview.tex}
\input{src/methods.tex}
\input{src/results.tex}
\input{src/conclusion.tex}
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% End
% Bibliography
%\bibliographystyle{style/mybibstyle}
%\bibliography{thesis}
\printbibliography
% Appendices
\appendix
\input{src/appendix.tex}
\end{document}