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ENGINEERING NOTEBOOKS

A “HOW-TO” CREATED FOR THE STEM101 ACADEMY COURSES

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“Like a scientist's log, an engineering projectnotebook can be used to capture work in progressduring a project. Scientists and engineers use projectnotebooks to record data as they collect it, tobrainstorm explanations of data, to record details ofexperimental apparatus, and to make progress notes.The project notebook can be formal or informal,recorded on paper or on the computer.”

Definition of an Engineering Notebook.

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http://www.bookfactory.com/special_info/engr_notebook_guidelines.html

engineering notebooks with black or burgundy cover

Examples of Engineering Notebooks You Can Purchase

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Why should you keep an engineering notebook:

•Engineering Notebooks are proof of your work as long asyou follow established guidelines and procedures.

•Engineering Notebooks should be treated as a legaldocument.

•Engineering Notebooks are often used for patents or legaldocumentation.

•Engineering Notebooks helps you ensure that you do notleave out information nor insert information. Informationmust be sequential.

•Engineering Notebook allow you to keep research in alogical, progressive manner.

•Engineering Notebooks allow you to document yourexperiments observations, mock-ups, prototypes and results.

•Engineering Notebooks are on-going forms of yourresearch in all areas and can be used to show thecorrelation of the research.

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Examples of the types of information you should keep in yourengineering notebook:

•Dates

•Experiments

•Experiment Results

•Diagrams

•Sketches

•Charts

•Data

•Proof Sets

•Formulas

•Calculations

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Things you should try to remember when using yourEngineering Notebook:

•Use a bound notebook, never tear out pages or pieces of thepages.

•Start at the top of the first page, continue to make dated entriessequentially, working your way to the bottom of the last page.Make sure you number your pages.

•After completing an entry, sign it and date it before continuing.If possible have a peer sign and date it as well.

•You should be the only one make entries in your EngineeringNotebook.

•Never leave blank spaces and never erase or remove materialyou have added. If you make a mistake- make an X or draw aline through it, then initial it and date it. You can write a notenext to it with new information but be sure to initial and date itas well.

•You can put supporting material into your notebook by securelyattaching it in the appropriate chronological place. Make sureyou document the attachment in your Engineering Notebook.

•Document all additional sources.