The Seismometer

A Freshman Engineering Design Project
Developed by Dr. Ron Roedel, Arizona State University

Report Format

In brief, the report should be in Lab Format, not an essay. The following sections should be included—and each section title should be highlighted:

• Introduction
  • Purpose of project
  • Goals
  • Motivation
• Design Process
  • Preliminary Designs (Use sketches or CAD drawings here)
  • Modifications
  • Brainstorming (if carried out)
  • The electronics
• The Seismometer Performance
  • Capturing the data—using the data logger pro
  • Presenting and analyzing the data
• Discussion and Analysis

The report should be descriptive and must use proper grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and so on. It should also be illustrative and use graphs, sketches, figures, and so on as necessary. You want the report to be clear and concise, so that you could pick it up ten years from now and be able to understand what your team has done.

                                          Lesson   |   Instruction to Students |  Report Format 

©2002, Ron Roedel                                                                                                                                
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