Introduction To Engineering Bike Lab 1

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Introduction To EngineeringBike Lab 1 4Report

• Agenda
• Lab Report Format
• Team Writing
• Outline Lab 1 Report

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Team Writing

• Outline is important (include placement of tables
  of data and illustrations).
• Each team member has an assignment.
• Review each others work.
• Integrate all of the pieces (sections written by
  different people, data, illustrations) to make a
  smoothly flowing, coherent, complete report.

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Outline

• In general, when writing an individual report,
  you often keep the outline of the report in your
  head
• When writing a team report, you must have a
  detailed outline to avoid redundancies and
  omissions.

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Each Member Writes

• Employers rate writing among the most important
  skills
• Take the opportunity to practice
• Each person develops and writes at least one
  section

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Integrate the Pieces

• The report should look like it was written by one
  person
• Use bold headings and subheadings
• Use the same font and heading style throughout

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Review

• Each team member should review the entire report
• Look for
• Consistent format
• Errors in fact, spelling, grammar
• Redundancies
• Omissions
• Inconsistencies

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Lab Report Format

• Lab reports should be typed, double-spaced, 10-12
  pt. font
• Reports are typically 4-5 pages and should
  include a cover page
• Lab reports are graded out of 50 points
• Assume your audience has some knowledge of
  engineering principles

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Goal of Lab Report

• Report should tell another team exactly how to
  repeat your experiment and clearly document the
  results
• More detailed information and an example can be
  found in your course packet following this
  presentation

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Lab Report Outline

• Introduction
• Experimental Methodology
• Results and Description
• Discussion
• Summary and Conclusions
• All team members should participate in the
  summary and conclusions section

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Outline Details

• Introduction provide an overview of what was
  done in the lab, describe the objectives of the
  lab, describe the information in the rest of the
  report
• Experimental Methodology brief description of
  the procedures and equipment from the lab,
  including sketches if necessary

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Outline Details

• Results and Description includes tables and
  figures, plus a description of the information
  contained
• Discussion discuss the significance of the
  results and provide support for your conclusions
• Summary includes summary of information and any
  conclusions that you may draw

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In-Class Assignment

• Meet as a team
• Outline Bicycle Lab 1 Report
• Assign writing tasks to each member

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Homework

• Each team member writes his or her section of the
  lab report.
• Bring your completed sections to the next class
  meeting