Final Report Worksheet

Statement of Work

This writing template is designed to help you plan your Final Report.

At the completion of this worksheet you should have:

In the sections below, fill out the bulleted lists or include responses/plots below the section headings.

Outline

There are a variety of ways that you can organize your final report. The list of sections below is a suggested place to start, but you should feel free to modify it to best fit your rhetorical purpose. Consult with a professor or proctor if you have any questions.

  1. Abstract
  2. Introduction
  3. Sensor Design
  4. Robot Design
  5. Deployment Details
  6. Results
  7. Conclusion
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. References

See the tech memo writing template for a refresher on good topic sentences and equations.

Template

Abstract

What is the main gist of your project?

What is the significant quantitative result(s) of your project?

Introduction

List the key concepts that you need to introduce (with references).

Sensor Design

For for each sensor, include information about its design.

What sensors does your robot include?

Sensor 1:

What is the expect range of input values?
What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?
Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.
What if any software modifications were made?
How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

Sensor 2:

What is the expect range of input values?
What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?
Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.
What if any software modifications were made?
How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

Sensor 3:

What is the expect range of input values?
What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?
Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.
What if any software modifications were made?
How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

Robot Design

Include information and calculations for the mechanical design and integration.

Deployment Details

Include relevant data for your deployment (e.g., experimental protocol, safety precautions, photos/diagrams of deployment locations and launch trajectories)

Results

Include the plots you’ll use to present the key results from your deployments. Plots should include comparisons to theory and ground truth measurements.

Conclusion

Write a succinct (3-4 sentence) summary of your project and results.

What were the big-picture takeaways from your work?

What are your recommendations for future work? If you were deploying again next week, what would you change/improve?

Acknowledgements

Who helped you with your project? Who made the deployments possible?

References

What references are needed to support the concepts you introduced?