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%%%% This is the general thesis/project report template for most users
%%%% Make sure you have lualatex installed!!! (package texlive-luaatex)
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{memoir}
\usepackage{ruthesis}%% RU Thesis formatting
%% What language is the document in?
%% English must always be available for biblatex/biber to work properly
%% If you are doing your thesis in Icelandic switch the order
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setdefaultlanguage{english}
\setotherlanguage{icelandic}
%%% Setup citations: pick one format
%% IEEE Format
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=ieee]{biblatex}
%% APA Format
%\usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex}
%\DeclareLanguageMapping{english}{english-apa}
%% Warning: Icelandic APA has issues because you have to get the grammar right which needs to know if the word is male or female
%% \parencite{} for parenthesis around the citation
%% \textcite{} is for when the information is part of a sentence.
%% \cite{} just puts the name and year
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\usepackage{biblatex-IS}%%loads Icelandic translations for things polyglossia missed.
%%%%%% Packages and Macros %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{custom}
%% Commonly-used packages and macros are in custom.sty
%% Put any additional packages after this line
%% !!WARNING: The geometry package is incompatible with this template!
\usepackage{lipsum}%provides us with text for testing
\setlipsum{auto-lang=false}%eliminates polyglossia warning
%% usage: \lipsum[STARTNUM-ENDNUM]
\graphicspath{{graphics-cropped/}{graphics/}{./}}
%% This is a list of folders to search for graphics files to include
%% for the graphicx package (already loaded). This may be case-sensitive.
%% LaTeX will search from left to right in the list, so you can put "cropped" versions
%% in the graphics-cropped folder to speed up processing.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Information for the Title page %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\logo{graphics/ru-logo}%Get RU logo from help.ru.is at
% https://uthelp.refined.site/space/UKB/312279050/Final+Project+%2F+Thesis+%2F+Dissertation+Template
% and put it in the graphics folder
\title{Thesis and Project Report Template for \theInstitution{}}
\author{Joseph~T.~Foley and Marcel~Kyas}
\date{November, 2025}%Generally this is set to the day of the defense
\publocation{Reykjavik, 2025}% Publisher info: Place, Year
%\DocumentInfo{TYPE}{ABBREVIATION}{DEGREE}{PROGRAM}{ECTS}{School/Department}
\DocumentInfo{Thesis}{M.Sc.}{Master of Science}{Mechatronics}{30}{Department of Engineering}
\DocumentDescription{\theDocumentType{} of \theECTS{} ECTS credits
submitted to the \theSchool{} at \theInstitution{} in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of \theDegreeLong}
% Change \DocumentDescription if you need a custom title or if it needs to be in Icelandic
%% PhD only have Thesis Committee with roles. Examiner is part of committee.
\SupervisorHeading{Supervisors}
\Supervisors{Superior A. Teacher, Ph.D. and Helpful A. Teacher, Ph.D.}
\ExaminerHeading{Examiner}
\Examiners{Tough E. Questions}
\hyphenation{Jo-seph Fo-ley}
% If you need to enforce hyphenation in English or Icelandic, put a space separated list in the hyphenation macro. You may also need to install the texlive-hyphen-icelandic package.
\begin{document}
%% TODO: get the official cover graphic and have the system fill in the fields for you
\maketitle{}
%\signaturepage{} %Generally only for Print copies & now defunct in the Engineering department.
%\begin{dedications}% Optional
% I dedicate this to my spouse/child/pet/power animal.
%\end{dedications}
% RUM: "Acknowledgements (optional)"%start numbering
\tableofcontents*{}%* means no TOC entry
\listoffigures*{}
\listoftables*{}
%% A list of abbreviations is an example of a special list
%% Other lists may be added, such as lists of algorithms, symbols, theorems, etc.
%% IN CS PhD, this is sometimes centered.
\chapter*{List of Symbols}%* means no TOC entry
%% This list demonstrates the "siunitx" package capabilities
\begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
Symbol &Description &Value/Units\\\midrule
$E$ &Energy &\si{\joule}\\
$m$ &Mass &\si{\gram}\\
$c$ &Speed of Light &\SI{2.99E9}{\meter\per\square\second}\\\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\enableindents{}% turn on/off paragraph indents
\newpage
\begin{abstract}
The goal of this template is to produce electronic output to be uploaded to Skemman that can be later printed out and bound into a professional looking textbook that fits on standard library shelves.
In 2019, an attempt was made to unifiy the templates such that it was the same across the Bachelor's ``project report'', Master's ``thesis'', and Doctoral ``dissertation.''
In 2024, the Reykjavik University Library was given the authority and responsibility to determine the formatting of the template which we follow.
To best serve this new direction, the dissertation was moved to a separate file to be printed in B5 and the main template was revised to focus on A4 sized content.
The template is designed to work only with lualatex.
The abstract goes here in English or Icelandic.
It should be a fairly short summary of the entire document.
If you switch to Icelandic mode then abstract will become \'{U}tdr\'{a}ttur
Keywords / Efnisord: Keywords, separated, by, commas
\end{abstract}
% RUM: "Acknowledgements (optional)"
\chapter*{Acknowledgments}
\begin{quotation}
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
\end{quotation}\sourceatright{Douglas Adams\cite{adams84fish}}
\vspace{\baselineskip}
This work was funded by \the\year~RANNIS grant ``Survey of man-eating Minke whales'' 1415550.
Additional equipment was generously donated by the Icelandic Tourism Board.
{\em Acknowledgements are optional; comment this chapter out if they are absent
Note that it is important to acknowledge any funding that helped in the work\/}
%\/ is italic correction at the end of \em and italics
\clearpage{}
\mainmatter{}
\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{empty}
% Don't put page numbers on the chapter changes
%% If you would like to separate chapters into different files, use
%% \include{chapterfile}
\part{Getting Started} % Parts optional but useful in longer documents
\chapter{Instructions}
\textbf{Is this the right template for you?}
If you are not a Reykjavik University student, this is probably not for you.
For everyone else, please read the instructions before getting started.
It is likely to save you a lot of frustration and errors.
\input{instructions}%\input{} just adds the code
\part{Demonstration}
\include{introduction}%include{} starts a new page
\section{Another Section}
\part{The Second Part} % Parts optional but useful in longer documents
\printbibliography{}
%% If appendices are needed, uncomment the following line
%% and include the appendices in separate files
\appendix{}%%RUM: "Appendicies (as appropriate)
\input{code} % as an example, perhaps some of your code
%\backmatter{} % Sections after this don't get numbers
%% We prefer that all elements be numbered
%%%%%%%%%%%%% SHOW INDEX %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Index, optional. A good idea on longer documents
\clearforchapter{}
\printindex{}%%RUM: Not mentioned
\end{document}
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