% from report.cls
% modified the pagestyle to fancy so that page numbers print in the
% upper left corner on pages with new chapters
% Modified the chapter titles to only print the chapter title
% Modified the first page of the chapter to start printing at the top of the page 

\renewcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
       					             \pagestyle{fancy}%
       					             \global\@topnum\z@
   					                 \@afterindentfalse
   					                 \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
               		  		     \refstepcounter{chapter}%
               		  		     \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
               			         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
                                 {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}%
               			      \else
          			             \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}%
         			          \fi
                   \ifnum\value{chapter}=1                  %% begin chapter 1 with arabic numbers on page number 1
                      \pagenumbering{arabic}
                   \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
                    \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
%  \vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
%  uncomment 9/4 below
        \normalsize\bfseries \@chapapp\space \thechapter  %%%  this prints "Chapter N" 
                                                                                      %%%  we are only printing the chapter name
        \par\nobreak
%        \vskip 20\p@
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \normalsize \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@			

  }}

%this text is from report.cls - to change the size of the subsection headings so they aren't giant.  

\renewcommand\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}%
                                   {-3.5ex \@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
                                   {2.3ex \@plus.2ex}%
                                   {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\renewcommand\subsection{\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}%
                                     {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
                                     {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
                                     {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\renewcommand\subsubsection{\@startsection{subsubsection}{3}{\z@}%
                                     {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
                                     {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
                                     {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}


%    added this July 2009 to make the table of contents, list of figures etc start at 1.5 inches from top of page
\def\@makeschapterhead#1{%
  \vspace*{-25\p@}%        change from 50 to -25
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright
    \normalfont
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Huge \bfseries  #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}