Department of Mechanical Engineering IOT, Haramaya university Course Number Meng 3031 Course Title Technical Report Writing

and Research Methods Degree Program BSc in Mechanical Engineering Module Communication Skills & Research Methodology Module Coordinator Lecturer B.Ramesh Kumar ECTS Credits 3 Home Contact Hours Practice or Lecturer Tutorial
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Course Objectives & Competences to be Acquired

Course Description

Course Outline

1 3 0 2 The course is intended to Train the student on how to write technical reports using methodologies/techniques and processes of doing research Develop presentation skills of the student, both in written and oral form with or without the use audiovisual Fundamental principles of technical writing: formats, contents, grammatical techniques; General procedures of reporting, proposals, technical reports, formats of reporting, formal and informal reports. Essential knowledge of vocabularies and terminologies in science and engineering; Elements of technical documents. Thesis: 1. Fundamental Principles of Technical Writing: formats, contents, 2. Procedures of Technical Report Writing 3. Research Methodology Junior standing th 5 Compulsory Lectures; Demonstrations; Individual presentation.
Ared, GeraldJ., Brusaw, Charles T. and Oliu, Walter E. Handbook of Technical Report Writing, &7th ed.,

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