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DTU Technology Faculty Mechanical Engineering Department Technical Writing and Research Methodology

This document outlines a lecture on technical writing and research methodology. It discusses the definition of a technical report, the report writing process, guidelines for effective writing, and common report formats. A technical report is a formally structured document intended to inform and offer recommendations based on research. The report writing process involves logical analysis, preparing an outline, drafting, rewriting, and finalizing. Guidelines for effective writing include comprehensive layouts with preliminary pages, main text sections, and end matter. Common report formats vary by field but generally include a title, acknowledgments, contents, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, and references. Presentations should summarize key sections like introduction, main findings, and conclusion using slides, charts, and diagrams

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DTU Technology Faculty Mechanical Engineering Department Technical Writing and Research Methodology

This document outlines a lecture on technical writing and research methodology. It discusses the definition of a technical report, the report writing process, guidelines for effective writing, and common report formats. A technical report is a formally structured document intended to inform and offer recommendations based on research. The report writing process involves logical analysis, preparing an outline, drafting, rewriting, and finalizing. Guidelines for effective writing include comprehensive layouts with preliminary pages, main text sections, and end matter. Common report formats vary by field but generally include a title, acknowledgments, contents, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, and references. Presentations should summarize key sections like introduction, main findings, and conclusion using slides, charts, and diagrams

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DTU

Technology faculty
Mechanical engineering department
Technical writing and research
methodology
By: Kankidan Nigussie [MSC In thermal engineering]

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Lecture 1
Technical writing and reporting of research

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Outline
Definition of technical report writing
Procedure of report writing
Guidelines for effective writing
Report format and
presentation format
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What is technical report?
• Formally structured document written with a particular
purpose to inform and offer recommendations
• For a specific audience
• When it is based on persons
 Reading and
 Practical work(investigation, survey, experiment
or review of practice in other organizations)
• Which draw conclusions and
• may suggest research action or improvement
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Why technical report writing?
• Major component of any practical work and research
• Even if research work has good quality and result it is
noting unless presented or informed for other
Reports generally aim to:
• Set out the issue and explain why the activity was
undertake.
• Describe what was done and how it was done.
• Present the findings, conclusions, and any
recommendations
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Report writing process
To make quality report time , attention , accuracy and cute work
flow are needed
The usual process involved in writing report are
1)Logical analysis of the subject matter
Logical development Chronological development
2)Preparation of the final outline
3)Preparation of the rough draft:
4)Rewriting and polishing of the rough draft
5)Preparation of the final bibliography Name of author, Title,
Place, publisher, and date of publication, Number of volumes
6)Writing the final draft 6
Guidelines for effective writing
A comprehensive layout of the research report should encompass
(A) preliminary pages;
Title and Date
Acknowledgment
Preface
Table of content
List of Fieger and List of table also list of abbreviations
(B)the main text;
Introduction
Statement of finding
Result
Implication of the result
Summary
(C) the end matter 7
Report writing format
• May report write in different way for different area
• business firms prefer reports in the letter form
• Mathematicians investigation report algebraic notations.
• Chemists report their results in symbols and formulae.
• Students of literature usually write long reports presenting the
critical analysis of some writer or period or the like with a liberal
use of quotations from the works of the author under discussion.
• In the field of education and psychology, report on the results of
experimentation accompanied by the detailed statistical tabulations .

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Technical report Popular report

full written report of the study is required used if the research results have policy implications.

the main emphasis is: the methods employed, simplicity and attractiveness. through clear writing,
assumptions made in the course of the study, minimization of technical, particularly mathematical,
the detailed presentation of the findings including their details and liberal use of charts and diagrams
limitations and supporting data.

Summary of results: The findings and their implications


Nature of the study Recommendations for action
Methods employed Objective of the study
Data Methods employed
Analysis of data and presentation of findings Results
Conclusions Technical appendices
Bibliography
Technical appendices
Index

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• Title
Research report format
• Acknowledgment
• Content
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Maun section(Literature review, Methodology, Result & finding,
Discussion)
• Conclusion
• Recommendation
• Reference
• Appendices 10
Preparing presentation
• Mostly Presentation done by power point
• Common contents of technical report presentation
• Cover page ( name of concerned institution, title, name of presenter..)
• Outline: contain all prepared heading of slide
• Introduction
• Main work (with short and precise way, including proper chart and
diagrams)
• Conclusion and recommendation
• Reference (optional)
Notice that format of presentation can be change in diferent area of
reporting 11
RESEARCH

for next lecture

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