An Example Format for Design Project Reports
AN EXAMPLE FORMAT FOR DESIGN PROJECT REPORTS
[ADAPTED FROM ASME GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION]
TITLE
(TIMES NEW ROMAN, 12, BOLD)
Team Name (Times New Roman, 12)
First Author (Times New Roman, 12)
Second Author (Times New Roman, 12)
Third Author (Times New Roman, 12)
...continue to list all authors / team members
Date (Times New Roman, 12)
Abstract (Times New Roman, 12, justified, placed on title page)
The report should start with an abstract of approximately 100 words, summarizing the objective,
contents, results, and conclusions of the report as specifically as possible.
The heading of the Abstract should be italic. Update the abstract as more sections of the report are
competed.
[Note: The purpose of the design report is to describe and justify the final design (or for the
intermediate reports the current status of the design). The audience is primarily decision makers
(technical and business project managers) in your company and internal technical staff. The style
(based on guidelines in Style Guide [Shipley and Associates, 1987] and Write to the Top
[DiGregorio, 1995] should follow these guidelines:
1) Take the active voice (use first person nouns and direct, forceful verbs);
2) Use pronouns when recommending something, drawing conclusions, or conveying
decisions;
3) Write the way you talk - make it easy for the reader to get your point;
4) Keep most sentences and paragraphs short.
Formatting Guidelines: The entire body text of the report should be Times New Roman, 12, with
1 inch margins. Major headings should be numbered consecutively, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc, typed in bold
face with a font size of 16. Sub-headings should be numbered consecutively, 1.1, 1.2, etc, typed in
bold face with a font size of 14. Finally, sub-sub-headings should also be numbered consecutively,
1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc., typed in bold face with a size 12 font face. It is not recommended to go beyond
three levels of headings.
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