Laboratory reports

Engineers present the procedures, materials, and results of their experiments in laboratory reports. These reports are essential to the development of the discipline, as it is through these reports that new knowledge is recorded and communicated to researchers, teachers, and students. Laboratory reports for some assignments may have particular requirements. Generally, the laboratory reports you are assigned will follow the organization used in laboratory reports written by engineers working in industry and government.

Your report will need to accomplish the following:

The structure of your laboratory report will function as “instructions” for anyone who wants to replicate your experiment, verify your results, or use your work as a foundation for his or her own research.

You can use the same method and structure to record and report on engineering design projects.

Related topics:

Project notebooks

Technical reports

Proposals

Progress reports