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Engineering Notebook

• _{What Is an Engineering Notebook?}

• Why Keep an Engineering Notebook? • Who Keeps an Engineering Notebook? • _Contents

• _{Engineering Notebook Sections} • _{Standard Page Layout}

• _{Best Practices}

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What Is an Engineering Notebook?

An engineering notebook is a book in which an engineer will formally document, in chronological order, all of his/her work that is associated with a specific design project.

• _{Clear and detailed}

description of your design process

• _{Someone unfamiliar with}

work could take over

project without additional

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Why Keep an Engineering Notebook?

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An engineering notebook is recognized as a legal

document that is used in patent activities to…

• _{Prove the origin of an idea}

that led to a solution

• _{Prove when events or ideas}

occurred

• _{Prove diligence in turning the}

idea into a solution

• _{Prove when an idea became}

a working solution (“reduced to practice”)

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Who Keeps an Engineering Notebook?

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Engineering students

• _{High school and college}

• _{Develop time management}

skills

• _{Improve research,}

documentation, and communication skills

• _{Basis for professional}

presentation of work

Engineers that work on R & D

• _{Legal documentation of work}

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Engineering Notebook Sections

• _{Title Page}

• Table of Contents

• General Chronological

Entries

• _References

• Business/Expert

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Standard Page Layout

• _{Quad ruled paper} • All pages are

– _Numbered

– _Dated

– _{Signed by the designer}

– _{Signed by a witness}

– _{Include a statement of}

the proprietary nature of notebook

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Best Practices

• _{All work is in pen.} • Markers that bleed

through the paper are not used.

• Pages are sequentially

numbered in ink on the top outside edge.

• _{Notebooks are bound.}

– _{Cannot add pages}

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Best Practices

• _{Entries begin at the}

top of the page,

working left-to-right and top-to-bottom

• _{Do not leave blank}

space. If there is

extra space, draw an X or a line across it and sign.

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Best Practices

• _{If you make a}

mistake, draw a line through it, enter the correct information, and initial the change.

• Never erase or

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Best Practices

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Best Practices

• _{Inserted items are}

permanently attached

– _{Glue is preferred}

– _{No loose leaf items}

• Sign your name so

that it extends across both the notebook

page and the inserted document.

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Best Practices

• _{Sign and date each page before the next}

page is started.

• _{A colleague or mentor should}

corroborate the events and facts on each page and sign as a witness.

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Best Practices

• _Sketches

– _{Label all parts of the}

sketch

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Best Practices

• _{Calculations and}

figures are clearly labeled.

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Best Practices

• _{Progress Entries}

– _{Reflect on tasks}

accomplished, successes, and failures

– _{Reflect on future}

needs and tasks to be completed

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Best Practices

Be

NEAT

,

be

ACCURATE

,

be

LEGIBLE

,

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Historical Example

• _{Page from Earl Silas}

Tupper’s (1907 -1983) “Invention Diary and

Sketchbook”

• _{Mr. Tupper developed}

a wide range of

inventions, including Tupperware C ou rt es y o f S m ith so n ia n In st itu te : ht tp :// si l.s i.e xh ib iti on s\ d oo d le s

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Historical Example

• _{Everett Huckel Bickley}

(1888-1972) original design notes, for an electro-mechanical fly catcher, 1943

• _{Mr. Bickley developed}

dozens of inventions. His most lucrative invention was a bean-sorting

machine that separated

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Historical Example

• _{Howard Head (1914 – 1991) original design for an}

over-sized tennis racket, 1974

• _{The larger racket more than doubled the sweet}

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Course Binder

• _{Differs from the Engineering Notebook} • Used to store all course material not

included in the Engineering Notebook including

– _Activities

– _Research

– _{Reference material}

– _Handouts

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Course

Binder

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