The report format Cover: (1 Page) • Include your student research project topic, name, research advisor. Introduction: (2 Page) • Often the longest section of a research paper, the introduction places the work in context by providing appropriate theoretical background, a history of previous work, technical mechanisms, background on significant techniques or instruments, etc. • A review of information available in the literature is often part of the introduction. • Include structures, figures, graphs, formulas and physical equations as appropriate. • Place figures as close as possible to the point where you describe them. • Number figures and equations to help your reader. • Be sure to include citations for sources of information and sources of any figures you borrow. Methods and/or Materials: (3 Page) • Describe the sources of all materials and the details of procedures followed. • You need to provide enough detail so that a trained engineer could duplicate your work. • You do not need to give details for methods that would be familiar to anyone with undergraduate training. • Experimental procedures are written in the third person, passive voice, past tense. • While we try to avoid passive voice most of the time, we use it in desсrіptions of procedures because the doer is not considered important. • Any engineer should get the same results following the procedure. Conclusion and/or Recommendation: (3 Page) • Summarise main findings. • Identify and justify strategy proposed. • Recommendations should be in line with your analysis. May be separate or within conclusions.
