Writing > Writing an Engineering Lab Report

Engineering lab reports are like technical reports (e.g. instruction manual for a DVD player) with respect to writing style. They both include communicating complex concepts in a clear and interesting writing style with specific details. The web links below offer great examples of how students are encouraged to think of science report writing in the same way as they would any other writing assignment.

This web link assists writers in identifying the correct format and style to suit the audience in scientific report writing and links to grammar and punctuation exercises for engineers and scientists.

This website has links relating to the definition of a lab report, information on the importance of project notes, types of lab reports, general format of a lab report for electrical engineering, the importance of each element to the reader, examples to follow, and the lab writing process. However, the best feature of this web site is the links under additional resources to guides about audience, purpose, and focus that are helpful for graduate and undergraduate students writing for any discipline. Information on this site is quite thorough; however, a lot of clicking is required to access it.