1. Technical Report Writing
Dr. N. S. Harding
Chemical Engineering 477
Section 2
January 25, 2012

2. Major Report Sections Transmittal Letter Title Page
Front Material (Table of Contents, List of Illustrations)
Executive Summary
Introduction and Background
Experimental Procedure/Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions and Recommendations
Back Material (Acknowledgements, References, Appendix)

3. Transmittal Letter LAST section written Date To Whom?
1 paragraph on what was asked
1 paragraph on conclusions and recommendations
Signatures

4. Title Page
Descriptive title
To Whom?
From Whom?
Date

5. Front Material For these short reports it is optional
If you include, then the Title Page is “i”
Use roman numerals up to Executive Summary which would be “1”

6. Executive Summary 2nd to last section written 1 page maximum
Summarizes:
Objective
Who did what
How it was done
What were the results
What are the conclusions
What are the recommendations

7. Body of Report
Use a header and footer; one of which has the page number.
No smaller than 11 pt type
Double-spaced; not less than 1.5 spacing
Use headings and sub-headings
Be consistent

8. Back Material Acknowledgements (optional – should include MIKE!)
References – required
Appendix – required
Detailed derivations
Data
Sample calculations
Statistical analysis
Other supporting documentation

9. Bottom Line
From your report, I should know who, what, when, where, why and how and be able to completely duplicate your experiment and get essentially your results within your calculated confidence level!!
QUESTIONS?