MATS 404
Spring 2021
Main components of a report
Cover page
Introduction
Objectives
Procedures
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Cover page
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Course name and season (i.e. Spring 2021)
Title of the experiment
Student name
Student ID
Tutorial number
Introduction
(1) Introduce the manufacturing process/test
(2) Explain the process in full details
(3) What are different applications of this process
(4) Advantages and disadvantages of the process
(5) Sketches of the apparatus
(6) Explain how the report is organized
Objective
• State the aim of the report
• Can be written in bullet form
• DO NOT COPY AND PASTE ANYTHING FROM
THE LAB MANUAL
Objective
• What are the objectives of the experiment that
you did?
 To measure…..
 To compare….
 To identify…..
Procedures
• Steps followed to reach the final results
• DO NOT COPY AND PASTE ANYTHING FROM
THE LAB MANUAL
Results
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Present the data
PHOTOS ONLY ARE NOT ENOUGH
Detailed calculation
All tables and figures that show the results
should be clearly described.
Discussion
• Explanation of the results
• Explain why the results are correct or not
• Possible source of error
Conclusion and recommendations
• Summary of main points of interest
• Relation between the results and objectives of
the report
• Some recommendations
References (ASME citation style)
Citation of online document
Name of the author (last name , first name)
Title of the article in quotation marks
Publication title (italic)
Date of electronic publication
 Date of your access
URL (<in angle bracket>)
[1]Author's name (last name, first name).
“Document title”. Publication title (italic). Date
of Internet publication. Date of access. <URL>.
References (ASME citation
style)
• References are to be numbered [1] and
listed in the order that they appear (not
alphabetically).
Ex: It was shown by Prusa [1] that the
width of the plume decreases under these
conditions.
Books
[2]Author (last name, first name), publication
date , Title of the book (italic) , Publisher
name, city. pp. (Pages used), chap.
(chapter used).
Page numbering
• Cover page should not be numbered
• Use English numbers (1,2,3…) for the rest of the
report.
Page numbering
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