Final Project Report Partial Checklist!
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1. Make sure that you read carefully and follow all instructions related to your individual project report. In brief, it has to be complete and specific so that someone else (in Japan for example) may be able to reproduce accurately your experimental setup and results (regardless whether they are good or bad). At the same time it has to be concise (make references and avoid unnecessary repetition or details) within the maximum page limits. Or in other words: no more and no less than necessary (easier said than done, but make the best judgment you can)!
2. Engineering language is also math and drawings, so I expect that you have a schematics/drawings/labeled-pictures (along with functional description) of your complete experimental setup, not just copies from references, but your own work related to your apparatus etc.
3. If your software does not produce the output you want (equations or graphs for example), you have to manually correct/edit you final report (please, do not submit it out-of-printer, without proofreading). It is better to be corrected manually, than be without desired information/format.
4. It is mandatory that your report has, among other requirements, the Abstract (must be self-standing, not necessarily a summary of everything, but the most important things and main results/outcoms), Nomenclature (complete and unique list of symbols, see posted instructions), Uncertainty (error) analysis, Conclusion and Recommendations, and References, as per posted instructions.
5. NOTE ON POSTER: The Poster must be related to your project. It is your choice to present either your project as a whole (the most characteristic/important items and results, like a visual abstract), or to emphasize a part of it (like a utilized instrument/sensor), see the posted instructions.

ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT related to your individual project: For your own benefit, to share your project experiences and get a more objective (peer) review of your project report, all students have to pair in a two-partners groups for review of each other's individual project. Every student has to read, understand, and critically review his/her partner's project report and points to mistakes or ambiguities if any, to be corrected (if agreed by your partner, but not necessarily). A written, one-page review report signed by you, must state your partner's project strong and weak points (always the case; of course, according to your judgment) and must be attached with your final project report. Also you have to email the review to me. Quality and thoughtfulness of your partner's project review will be graded as part of your project grade.

PROJECT SUBMISSION NOTE: If more than one student worked on the same project (approved team project), still each member must submit individual project report for individual grading (they may get the same or different grades on the same project). The individual project report of a team may be exactly the same for all team members or each member may choose to submit his/her own different Abstract and Conclusion/Recommendation parts (your choice and you have to inform me), or I may choose to have individual exit interviews and grade each student based on common team work and individual interview. If the project report is exactly the same for all team members, only one electronic submission has to be made but still individual (multiple) printed copies must be submitted. The same policy applies to the Poster and/or Presentation submission.

Relevant Project Links:
They include general and partial instructions. Some may not apply to you. Any change is and will be given and clarified in class.

• MEE 390 Special Assignments - Individual Lab Project and Poster
• Additional guidelines for MEE 390 Individual Projects
• GUIDE & COMMENTS on Lab Project, Technical Report Writing and Prtesentation
• Access to Lab Facilities.pdf
• The final version of report should be written in accordance with the ASME practices
• Sample Title Page
• Your Lab Projects, Experiments, and Final Exam
• Lab Leader Report Form (for MEE 490 only)
• Final Instructions: Lab Projects, Experiments, and Final Exam
• Partial Checklist * Project Final Report sample * Final Project-Report Checklist

Resource Links for Engineering Design and Project Presentation
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers***American Science & Surplus (Manifesto)

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