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Technical Report Writing for Engineering Students
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THE
CONCLUSION OF A REPORT
The
concluding section of the report usually comprises
three components as
outlined below. Notice that the first component looks back at what has been
done and the last two components look ahead or beyond your project using the
new experience gained from your project.
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1)
Meeting of objectives
Here
you are required to tell the reader whether you met your objectives,
and if not, the extent to which you did meet them. If there was any change in
your initial objectives you must give the reasons for this change.
2)
Proposing/Recommending Design improvements to your project
Having worked on your project for some time,
you may have thought of other ideas that could improve your piece of work
in terms of its cost, efficiency to design, etc. These should be indicated at
this juncture.
Remember that when you are making recommendations
you are saying what should be done to remedy a situation or to
improve something.
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3)
Suggesting New Lines of Study
Here
you are required to move away from the confines of your own project and tell
the reader if the ideas contained in your work could be applied elsewhere, giving
rise to new assignments, projects and new areas of study.
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Language
Focus- Parallelism in Recommendations and Suggestions
Parallelism
means keeping to a similar structure e.g. My hobbies are: singing,
dancing and cooking
So in writing recommendations we might write:
The
following changes are recommended:
1. making the machine out of a stronger material
2. gluing the base to the body of the sharpener
3. using self-tapping screws instead of nails
Parallelism
includes more than just sticking to ing
endings in verbs.