CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING

Every technical report has to have organization, structure, and must be written in a manner that educates the reader. The following is a suggested structure and method for writing such a report. Keep in mind that the intent of a technical report is to disseminate information to an audience that may or may not have any idea of the nature or subject that you are describing in the report.

I. INTRODUCTION/ABSTRACT

-Briefly describe what the experiment is about.

-What is the subject matter?

-Who or what are the important components of the experiment?

II. PROCEDURE(S) / METHOD(S)

- List of equipment

- Formulas, equations, etc.

- Block diagrams

- Graphs, charts, tables, etc.

- Computer program

- Verbal description of the procedure or strategy used to perform the experiment

III. RESULTS / OBSERVATIONS

- Formulas, equations, etc.

- Block diagrams

- Graphs, charts, tables, etc.

- Computer programs

- Verbal explanation of the results and observations

IV. DISCUSSION / CONCLUSION

- Verbal summary of the experiment or event

- Provide any explanations of new or unknown phenomena

- Reflect on how the experiment could be changed or improved

- Provide a personal commentary on how the experiment impacted you