I have attached a an example report and would like to have a new report similar to the example(new report from scratch). **please find an attached instruction experiment on the steps, and an attached new data and figures for the new lab report. ***instructions about the report : •Abstract – Must contain the following information o Purpose of the lab experiment o What you did o What you found o What do your findings mean / why the reader should care o General Engineering Significance (General application of the theory applied in the experiment) o ½ Page Max – The Abstract should be treated as a stand-alone document, which gives general statements on the experiments purpose, procedure, outcome, and why the reader should care. Introduction The introduction should contain all background information necessary to complete the experiment. Examples: -If you used a caliper during the experiment, discuss the tolerance of the caliper, and possibly reference a figure showing how the caliper was read. -If you did analysis on a population of data, discuss the purpose of the analytical methods used and any information necessary to perform the analysis. -If you performed circuit analysis discuss KVL, KCL, Ohm’s Law, and any other pertinent theory or laws. – All software and hardware used in the experiment needs to be discussed with emphasis on the most troublesome areas of the experiment. If you feel the need to explain why you did something or what a word means when writing other sections of the report, then you should include that information in the intro instead. Introduction is max 1 page (If you are having trouble fitting all the pertinent information onto one page, put the information that would be the most helpful to someone trying to complete the lab). Procedure Begins immediately after the Introduction (don’t start the Procedure on next page unless the Introduction fills all of page 1) The Procedure should be a step-by-step account of what you did to complete the entire lab experiment. The Procedure has no limit on length and needs to be detailed enough to allow the reader to complete the experiment and get the same results that you did. At the same time it shouldn’t be so detailed that the reader doesn’t want to read it. For the reports in this class your procedure should only need to be around 1½ pages. Do not rewrite the instructions in the lab manual. Write (in paragraph form) what you did in your own words. Make sure to include any issues you came across during the experiment with procedural steps on how you overcame these issues. Remember the entire report should be written in third person passive. Write the Procedure as what was done not what someone else should do. You should reference Figures (pictures you took of the experiment setup) and Equations that are pertinent to the procedure of the experiment. For example if you are giving the procedural steps on constructing a circuit, reference a Figure showing the circuit diagram or picture of the physical circuit. If you reference something in the procedure in needs to be pertinent, not fluff to expand the procedure. Do not reference Tables in the Procedure. Results and Discussion The Results and Discussion (R&D) section of the report carries the highest weight out of all the sections. In the R&D section you need to include: • Representative Numerical Values from the theoretical and experimental data sets • Need to reference every Table from the Appendix • Error analysis with discussion on the cause of these errors • Discussion of how the results (data points and analytical results) coincide with the expected experiment outcome • Discussion of the assertions made from your data and analysis Conclusion The conclusion is the summary of the entire report and should include general statements on the following: • The purpose of the lab experiment • Your data and analysis including error • The outcome of the experiment • A specific engineering significance (Specific application of the skills and techniques learned in the experiment) • There should be no numerical values or references in the conclusion
