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Technical Report Writing for Engineers (University of Sheffield)

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Learn to communicate effectively through technical report writing

Technical reports are a vital tool for engineers to communicate their ideas. This online course introduces technical report writing and teaches the techniques you need to construct well-written engineering reports.

Each week, we’ll look at a key section of a technical report and the skills needed to write it. You’ll cover areas such as referencing and citations; presenting equations; diagrams and data; and using language and tenses correctly.

We’ll also talk to practising engineers, as well as students and educators who write and mark technical reports, who’ll give their hands-on advice.

This course is designed for both students and professional engineers. It will teach you the technical report writing skills you need to tackle everything from a two-page document to a PhD thesis. As such, it will be applicable for the entirety of your engineering degree or career.

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What Will You Learn?

  • What is a technical report and why write one?
  • Welcome to the course
  • Communicating clearly
  • What is a technical report?
  • Summing up and looking ahead
  • Writing your introduction
  • Welcome to Week 2
  • Introducing your report
  • Reviewing the literature
  • Explaining the theory
  • Outlining the aim and objective
  • Summing up and looking ahead
  • Explaining your method
  • Welcome to Week 3
  • What goes in the procedure section?
  • Language check: what are the rules?
  • Figures and diagrams
  • In the lab: writing a procedure
  • Summing up and looking ahead
  • Communicating your results
  • Welcome to Week 4
  • What goes in the results?
  • Reporting numbers
  • Presenting your data
  • Summing up and looking ahead
  • What does it all mean? Your discussion and conclusion
  • Welcome to Week 5
  • What goes into a discussion?
  • Language check: what are the rules?
  • Conclusion
  • Summing up and looking ahead
  • Putting it all together
  • Welcome to Week 6
  • The abstract
  • Optional sections
  • Global formatting
  • Summing up

Course Content

Module 0: Career Development

  • Career Assessment
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Module 1: Intro to Course

Module 2: Course Assessment

Module 3: Certification and Ranking

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