1. Title: Use exactly the same title that the instructor used in the lab procedure. 2. Dates: State on the first page the date where you did the hands-on lab activity. Also state the date you submitted the report. 3. Names: Your name and names anyone who briefly helped you with the hands-on activity. There are no teams or groups. No having another person or persons help you for more than a few minutes. total, per lab assignment. Everyone works individually. Most labs and report preparation involve working at the computer the entire time. 4. Purpose: Sometimes this is called the objective. It is either a single sentence summary of why the experiment or activity was performed or else a single brief paragraph. 5. Introduction: Describe why the topic is of interest. The introduction is one paragraph, up to 150 words. Usually the last sentence is a statement of the hypothesis or theory that was tested. 6. Materials: List the software application program(s) [such as MS-Excel or MATLAB, with version information] and any equipment (as relevant) used for this experiment. Ideally, you want this list to be sufficiently detailed so that another person could repeat the lab exercise. 7. Procedure: DO NOT provide a procedure. Just refer the reader to the instructor's procedure, which you do not attach to your report. 8. Data: List the data you obtained, as applicable. Provide tables and graphs where relevant, if asked for in the instructor-provided procedure. Copy and paste tables and graphs from Excel and MATLAB into your MS-Word lab report. Start by doing that in the lab session, copying tables and graphs into a blank MS-Word document at minimum. DO NOT provide them as images or scanned documents in your lab report. Significant points off if you do that. 9. Results: If you performed separate calculations, not using the software application program in the lab procedure, on the data, these also are your results. Show all equations and sample 9. Results: If you performed separate calculations, not using the software application program in the lab procedure, on the data, these also are your results. Show all equations and sample (representative) calculations. Type the equations and calculations, DO NOT submit them hand- written or as images. 10. Interpretation: Explain what the data and/or plots represent, and what any unusual or unexpected results may signify. 11. Conclusion: State whether the purpose / objective was met. A brief explanation is optional. 12. References: Cite any resources or publications you used. Did you consult a handout, website, paper or text that somehow related to the lab activity? Give credit. References are needed for all facts except those that are readily available to the intended audience of the report. Cite the instructor provided lab procedure, at minimum. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: A. Do not write how much you enjoyed this exercise, how helpful the instructor, friend, or lab assistant was, or how important this topic is in engineering. Focus on the technical facts and the results only./n