3.PROJECT REPORT WRITING Writing is Important Writing reports Francis Bacon once said, ·Structure "reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; ·Techniques but writing an exact man" ·Tips Reference: Mike Ashby (2011)"How to Write a Paper" MT333 Materials Applications and Practice Prof.XiaoQi Chen 1.9 STRUCTURE OF PROJECT REPORT Rigid structure,different from writing in the humanities Efficiently communicating scientific findings to the broad community of scientists in a uniform manner. More importantly this format allows the paper to be read at several different levels Research process Section of Paper What did I do in a nutshell? Abstract What is the problem? Introduction What did I find out Sub-topics,multiple sections (findings,analysis,discussion) Your critical thinking/reflection Critical reflection on the research topic So what? Conclusions Whose work did I refer to? References Reprints of representative references Appendices(submitted separately) MT333 Materials Applications and Practice Prof.XiaoQi Chen 1.10MT333 Materials Applications and Practice Prof. XiaoQi Chen 1.9 3. PROJECT REPORT WRITING Reference: Mike Ashby (2011) “How to Write a Paper” • Structure • Techniques • Tips Writing is Important Francis Bacon once said, “reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; but writing an exact man” MT333 Materials Applications and Practice Prof. XiaoQi Chen 1.10 STRUCTURE OF PROJECT REPORT • Rigid structure, different from writing in the humanities. • Efficiently communicating scientific findings to the broad community of scientists in a uniform manner. • More importantly this format allows the paper to be read at several different levels. Research process Section of Paper What did I do in a nutshell? Abstract What is the problem? Introduction What did I find out (findings, analysis, discussion) Sub-topics, multiple sections Your critical thinking/reflection on the research topic Critical reflection So what? Conclusions Whose work did I refer to? References Reprints of representative references Appendices (submitted separately)