ME 451/461
Title Page
FIRST DRAFT
or
FINAL COPY
1. Title of paper
2. Course
3. Date due
4. Teaching Assistant’s Name
20B. Whirlwind's
18. Sufficient information to orient reader
to the substance of experiment
19. Sufficient information to excite reader
20. Sections to follow mentioned
GENERAL Lab Observations and
Results guidelines
Equations:
21. Equations are numbered (1)
5. Your Name
22. Punctuation with equations (:
with follow/s/ing only)
Abstract
6. Why was the lab performed
23. Equations have space and are
explained
7. How was the lab performed
8. What was discovered, achieved, or
concluded
9. Past tense used
10. Reference to experiment not paper
11. No personal reference (I, We)
Table of Contents
12.Abstract and Table of Contents not listed
Nomenclature
13. In alphabetical order
Figures/Tables:
24. Figure/Table labels correct.
(Figure 1. Title)
25. Figures oriented correctly,
clearly labeled and referenced
Lab Observations
Analysis
26. Mathematical model used to predict
system behavior presented with ample
explanation and lead in.
Experimental Equipment and Procedure
14. Upper case then lower case (A a B b c
G g1 g1a)
27. Schematic of equipment used
15. English and Greek separated
29. Highlights of the procedure (not specific
steps)
16. Only symbols appear in Nomenclature
Introduction
17. Ample motivation for the experiment
stated
20A. Yours
28. Highlights of equipment used
Results
30. Data presented with clear indication of
what data applies to
31. Reader will understand what
these data refer to
32. Trends in data stated (then to be
discussed in the discussion section)
33. Clear indication of what reader
should see in the data
Discussion
34. Complete discussion of the results
appears
35. Connection of data and Whirlwind is
clearly stated
36. Comparison to similar experiments is
shown
b) Each paragraph in the report uses
sentences to provide a logical structure
with a beginning, middle, and end.
c) Each sentence consists of carefully
chosen words to clearly and
concisely communicate the facts
required in the above structure.
So, Look at each of your paragraphs.
Make sure that each sentence in the
paragraph relates to the others. If not,
move the ones that don’t or start a new
paragraph. Flow is the name of the game.
If you can’t read it smoothly, it needs
work.
37. Strong points of study given
38. Weak points of study given
39. Statements are specific
40. Logical progression to support
conclusions that follow
Conclusions
41. "The following conclusions are
supported by this study:"
42. Conclusions are numbered
43. Conclusions are concise and highly
specific
44. Vague statements do not exist
45. Conclusions directly flow from
Discussion
The purpose of these reports is to
prepare you for technical report
writing in the work place. Your TA
does NOT want an academic report.
a) The report uses paragraphs to
communicate through a logic structure
with a beginning, middle, and end.
Get others to read the report and read it
out loud to yourself.