working, but still rough around the title page, date ...

thesis2/thesis.tex

@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
 %\documentclass[11pt,a4paper, singlespace,oneside]{book}
-\documentclass[11pt,a4paper, singlespace,openany]{book}
-%\usepackage[]{uva-seas-thesis}
+\documentclass[11pt,a4paper, openany]{book}
 \usepackage[]{mythesis}
 \input{custom_macro}
 
-\usepackage{fancyhdr}
-\pagestyle{fancy}
-\fancyhf{} % clear all headers and footers
-%\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % remove rule between header and text
-\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\thepage} % put page number in left header on even pages,
-                            % right header on odd pages
-\fancyhead[RE]{\nouppercase{\leftmark}} % remove uppercase on chapter title
-\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}} % remove "Chapter N." prefix
+\makeatletter
+\@ifpackageloaded{hyperref}{
+\hypersetup{
+	pdftitle = {A Study of Muon Capture for Muon to Electron Conversion
+	Experiments},
+	pdfsubject = {NT's thesis},
+	pdfkeywords = {muon capture, muon to electron conversion, COMET},
+	pdfauthor = {\textcopyright\ Nam H. Tran}
+}
+}{}
+\makeatother
 
-\author{John Doe}
-\title{Awesome title}
-
-%\degree{Phd}
-%\documenttype{thesis}
-%\program{Physics}
-%\graduationmonth{9}
-%\graduationyear{2014}
+\title{A study of proton emission\\
+  \vspace{-7mm} %%ad-hoc hack to get the spacing roughly right
+following nuclear muon capture\\
+\vspace{2mm}
+for the COMET experiment}
+\author{Nam Hoai Tran}
+\date{September, 2014}
 
 \begin{document}
-\maketitle
-%\include{chapters/chap2_mu_e_conv}
-%\input{chapters/frontmatter}
+\begin{frontmatter}
+  \input{chapters/frontmatter}
+\end{frontmatter}
+
+\mainmatter
 \input{chapters/chap1_intro}
 \input{chapters/chap2_mu_e_conv}
 \lipsum[1-15]