1. Engineering Technical Writing
Lecture Formal report

2. Contents
Basic Page Layout.
Preliminary Pages.
Text Pages.
Back Mater.

3. Basic Page Layout Margins Line Spacing Font Types Font Size Font Style
Line Spacing for Equations
Font Types
Font Size
Font Style
Page Number

4. 1. Margins
Left and right 2.5 cm
Top and bottom 3.5 cm

5. 2. Line Spacing Single space the text.
Single space: table/figure caption
Allow additional space above and below the equation to separate it from the text.

6. 3. Font Types
Use proportional font -- Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, … -- must use at least 12-point font.
Fixed fonts -- Courier, … -- use 10 (10 character per inch).

7. 4. Font Size Text must be a minimum of 12-point.
Fonts 10-point not acceptable for body of report.
Fonts 8-,9-,or 10-point may be used for tables and appendix to accommodate the margins

8. 5. Font Style
Any standard office font style is acceptable -- not script, italic, bold, characters with slant or different sizes.
Italic fonts may be used when appropriate.
Times Roman -- uses 13-point size.
Font size and style are the same for text and page number.

9. 6. Page Number
Pages should be numbered consecutively, with numbers located in the upper right, lower right, or lower middle of the page.
The Introduction should begin with 1.
Before Introduction, use Roman numerals.

10. Components in Formal Reports
Generally appear in formal
reports:

11. Front matter Front cover Title page Table of Contents List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations

12. Title Page Title of document Your name Degree title - Course title
Major Subject
University name, city,
Date (month, year)
Assign numeral i, but does not appear
Back of title page is empty

13. Table of Contents Type TABLE OF CONTENTS
List items followed with dotes and page number
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
and so on
Don’t list anything before the Table of Contents

14. Table of Contents Continue
Include all chapter heads-upper case
Subheads as they appear in chapter.
Generally no more than three levels of heads are used. If heads in any levels is listed, all headings of that levels must be listed.
The Bibliography

15. List of Tables (Figures, Abbreviations)
List each one on a separate page with each table followed by dots and page number at the right margin.
Double space between each caption but single space captions longer than one line.
Number all tables/figures consecutively

16. Text Pages Introduction. Materials and methods.
Results and discussion.
Conclusion

17. Text Pages Continue
Must be divided into chapters which could be sub divided and listed in the Table of Contents.
Use just boldface, just italic, or just underline any heading.
Single space all heading.
Each new chapter must start on a new page.
Avoid having a heading as the last line of text on a page.

18. I. Introduction First paragraph should capture reader’s attention.
Should include
Statement of the problem
Motivations
Complete description of the project.
Mentioning each part of the report

19. II. Materials & Methods Literature Review. Theoretical Derivations.
State your assumptions clearly.
Step-by-step derivation.
Figures may be necessary.
Summary of the approach taken.
Software simulation, hand calculation, design and implementation, programming, or analytical derivations.

20. III. Results & Discussion
Analysis of plots, charts and figures where each should be mentioned and discussed.
Explanation of the results
The punch line
How did it turn out?
Was it as expected?
Do you understand the significant of the results?
The reader should know exactly what happened and why.

21. IV. Conclusion Tie together any loose ends.
Summarize the whole report.
Should include
restatement of the problem
restatement of the goals
restatement of the approach taken
restatement of the results & their relevance
future works, extrapolation and possible applications for technology

22. Reference should include
author
title of work
title of journal or text
volume number
date
page number
publisher
publisher’s city

23. Title page example Islamic University of Gaza Gaza, Gaza Strip
TITLE OF THE PROJECT BY
YOUR NAME
Specialization in: Electrical Engineering
Islamic University of Gaza
Gaza, Gaza Strip
July 2016

24. Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ………..……………………….……………..…….…………1
1.2 Literature Review …………………….……………………….……..3
1.3 Outline of This report……………….……………………………….5
2. CLASSICAL CONTROL SYSTEM.…..……………………………………...8
2.1 Background ..…..………..…………………….……..………,..……8
2.2 Controller Design…………………………………….……….……….9
2.3 Proportional-Integral-Derivative ….………………………..11
3. DESIGNING PID CONTROLLER FOR NONLINEAR SYSTEM..14
3.1 Introduction ..………………………………………….……………….14
3.2 Inverted Pendulum Problem ..………………………………….15
3.3 Nonlinear case ..…..………….………………………………………17
3.4 linearization case….…………..………………..……………………19
4. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH …….………………………………..25
REFERENCES ………………………………………………..……………………….….…..26

25. LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1 Inverted Pendulum Parameter Values ……………21
Table Inverted Pendulum Equations …….………..………..53
Table Inverted Pendulum Parameter Values ……....…..54
Table Fuzzy Associative Memory (FAM) ………….…..…..59
Table 5.4 Set of Input-Output Data for First Rule …….……70
Table 5.5 Finding Parameters of First Rule Using Least
Square Method ………………………………………..….….70
Table 5.6 The Eigenvalues of Sugeno Fuzzy Control Using
State Variable Feedback ……..……………….……...85

26. LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Closed-Loop Controller …………………………..…………………………….…….…..8
Figure A PID Controller ……………………………………………...…………………….…....…12
Figure PID Controller for Inverted Pendulum ………………..…..…………..….…..18
Figure The Cart Position of the Inverted Pendulum (Nonlinear Case) ….….18
Figure 3.3 The Position of the Inverted Pendulum (Nonlinear Case)……………….19
Figure The Cart Position of the Inverted Pendulum (Linearized Case) …..22
Figure 3.5 The Position of the Inverted Pendulum (Linearize Case)………………..23
Figure The Venn diagram of a fuzzy set ……………………….….………………….…..27
Figure Intersection of fuzzy sets A and B …………………………………………..……29
Figure Union of fuzzy sets A and B …………………………..………………………..…...29
Figure Complement of fuzzy set A ……………………………..………………………....30
Figure A bell-shaped membership function ………….. …………………….....…..31

27. GLOSSARY

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29. REFERENCES