Taraba State Polytecnic Suntai

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Diploma Two(2)
First Semester, 2019/2020 Session
Virtual Online Lecture Delivery(V-OLD)
Course Title: Technical Report Writting
Course Code : Mec 217
Course Unit : 2
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 Technical Report Writing

Lecture One (1)

Topic: Definition and Components of a good Technical Report
Aim : At the end of this studies students’ should be able to define Technical
Report Writing and understand the components of a good technical report
Learning Objectives :The objective of this lecture is to teach, prepare and
evaluate students of engineering to understand the definition and
components of a good technical report for the writing of technical reports
and papers in engineering practice.
Specific Objectives are:
 Define Technical Report Writing
 List and discuss various components of a good technical report
 Evaluate students understanding of the topic by class interactive discussion
and a take home assignment on the lectured topic
• Instructional Materials : Lecture Notes, a copy of a good technical report
sample, a textbook “ Guide for Writing Technical Reports” by AH Basson &
TW von Backström Third Edition, 2007, and an Android Phone
 Definition of a Technical Report and Technical Report
Writing

• In Engineering, one of the major forms of

communication is the technical report. A technical
report is the conventional format for reporting the
results of a research, investigations, and design projects.
• Technical report writing is a formal report writing to a
target reader, it conveys technical information of a
project ( research investigation or analysis) in a clear
and easily accessible format. It is divided into sections
that allow different readers to access different levels of
information.
 Components of a Good Technical Report
The elements or components of a technical report, in their prescribed
sequence, are:
• Cover page
• Title page
• Abstract
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Table of contents
• List of tables
• List of figures
• Nomenclature
• Introductory chapters(s)
• Central chapters
• Conclusions
• Tables
• Figures
• References
• Appendices
 Class Activity and Assignment

Divide class into two (2) groups

Group (A) and (B)
1. Should discuss the differences between a cover page
and a title page of project.
2. What is a project abstract? What are the components
of a good abstract? What is an average word length of a
good abstract?
The class should be highly interactive.