\documentclass[a4paper, oneside]{report} %% two side to print, one side to send just the PDF
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
\usepackage{flushend}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\usepackage[printonlyused]{acronym}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0pt}
\setlength\columnsep{10pt}
\definecolor{ulcolour}{RGB}{31,131,136}
\newcommand\blankpage{%
\null
\thispagestyle{empty}%
\addtocounter{page}{-1}%
\newpage}
%Bibliography style
\usepackage[square, numbers]{natbib}
% \bibliographystyle{abbrvnat}
\bibliographystyle{ieeetr}
% Thesis title
\newcommand{\PhDTitle}{Add your title here}
% Name
\newcommand{\PhDname}{Your Name}
%\end{equation}
% PDF metadata
\hypersetup{
pdfauthor={\PhDname},
pdfsubject={},
pdftitle={\PhDTitle}
}
% \makeglossaries
% \makenoidxglossaries
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{fancy}
% \renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{#1}}
% \fancyhead[C]{Chapter \thechapter\ --\ \leftmark}
% \fancyhead[RO,LE] % in case I want to print it
\doublespacing
\input{layout/firstpage.tex}
\pagenumbering{roman}
% \input{layout/dedication.tex}
% \cleardoublepage
%
% \input{layout/acknowledgements.tex}
% \cleardoublepage
\input{layout/abstract}
\cleardoublepage
\tableofcontents
\cleardoublepage
\listoffigures
\cleardoublepage
\listoftables
\cleardoublepage
% \printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title=Acronyms]
% \input{layout/acro_list}
% \cleardoublepage
% \input{layout/symb_list.tex}
% \cleardoublepage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\input{chaps/0}
\input{chaps/1}
\input{chaps/2}
\input{chaps/3}
\input{chaps/4}
\input{chaps/5}
\input{appendices/1}
\bibliography{bibliography.bib}
\pagebreak
\input{layout/lastpage.tex}
\end{document}