ScheduleToday: Completion of Project 2

◦ Finish any final experiments◦ Write reports◦ Group assignments for Project 3 available

Tuesday, Oct 19: Work on Preplan for Project 3◦ Due: Project 2 Reports, Notebooks, Team Evaluations

Thursday, Oct 21 OR Friday, Oct 22: Project 3 experimental work◦ Nuclear field trip involves 13 people◦ Option of team collecting data on Th or F

You must have at least 2 team members Self-scheduled times on Friday Choked flow, Pipes and fittings – may not need this day to

complete the project

◦ Due: Preplans for Project 3, Safety sheets

Schedule - 2Tuesday, Oct 26: Experimental workThursday, Oct 28:

◦ Meet in Project 2 Teams to revise Project 2 report◦ Project 3 experimental work

Tuesday, Nov 2: Complete Project 3 experimental work◦ Due at beginning of class: Project 2 revised report◦ Project 2 grade based on revised report

Thursday, Nov 4: Work on Project 3 report

Tuesday, Nov 9: Team critiquing of Project 3 reports◦ Due: Project 3 reports posted on line

Project 2: Abbreviated ReportsExecutive SummaryAbstract – not required in

abbreviated reportIntroduction (what is this all about?)

◦ Problem statement (how did it all start?)◦ Objectives (what needed to be

accomplished?)◦ DO NOT discuss methods or results here

Abbreviated Reports (continued)Theoretical/Analytical Background

(what principles apply?)◦ How can the answer be determined?◦ Assumptions!!!

Methods (what did you do?)Results/Analysis/Discussion (what did

you get, and what does it mean?)◦ Establish the validity of your results

Compare to theory, published data, etc. Error Analysis

Summary/Conclusions (tie it all together)◦ Draw and support your conclusions

Abbreviated Reports (continued)Appendix

◦ Neatly organized◦ Raw data◦ Example calculation of analysis

Show equations – Excel columns of numbers inadequate

Some explanation of what is being calculated Still must have a logical flow Not a hodgepodge of equations and numbers

Page Requirements? No Executive summaries should be concise – definitely not

more than a page Introduction – Again be concise, but lay out what the

problem is and what your plan is. Results

◦ Use tables and graphs where possible Don’t display the same data in both a table and a graph Use graphs to elucidate and illustrate trends and significant relationships;

use tables for quantitatively important information

◦ Raw data goes in appendix; final results pertinent to the problem statement go here

◦ Logical discussion of the results and how they apply to the problem statement

◦ Concise, but complete – no page limit Conclusions

◦ Not a rehash of everything◦ Concise, but tie it together and state important conclusions and

the rationale behind them. Verbose (too many pages) or inadequate (too few pages)

reports will lose points