Engineering reports presented to the Faculty of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, to meet the report-writing requirements of this course, must be in conformance with the outline given below.  Depending upon the assignment, certain sections may need to be expanded.  The writer must always exercise judgment to make the report adequately and specifically present the information to the reader.  Reports should be written so that a knowledgeable BS-level chemical engineer can understand them.  Write your reports as if you are communicating with a peer.

The titles of the required sections of the Full Written Report are as follows:

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Introduction (with subsections including Background, Experimental Summary, Theory and Equation Development, and Calculation Flowchart as titled subsections)
• Results
• Discussion of Results
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Bibliography
• Appendices
• Table of Nomenclature
• Operating Instructions
• Sample Calculations
• Results of Computer Simulations
• Physical Properties Data

Documentation

• Writing Process
• Written Report
• Writing Summary
• Written Report Grading
• Revised Written Report Grading