Objective: To deliver a final report outlining the results of the design project.  This report should be of professional quality which could be handed to an executive of a corporation for potential funding.

Content: Your written report should be formatted according to the following guidelines:

• Title, design team members, advisors, date
• An abstract of the project, limited to 200 words. 
• Table of contents
• A brief statement of the objectives of the project (no more than a few sentences)
• Background - information gathered, existing devices, limitations with current designs, etc. (be sure to reference sources when needed)
• A section describing the design requirements and constraints.
• A description of ideas which you considered during your brain-storming sessions.  Describe some of the pros and cons of each (e.g. costs, manufacturability,...).  Include scanned sketches of these ideas.
• Discuss which design your team chose and why you chose it. 
• A detailed description of the design you chose to pursue.  Include schematic drawings, how it works, constraints, and anything else you feel is pertinent to the reader for understanding the design.  Include all software code in the Appendix.
• Discuss economics of your design as well as manufacturability.
• Pilot data collected with the device.  Did it work, how well, limitations, etc.
• Future design modifications for improving the design.
• Conclusion
• References
• Appendix

Format: The written report should be neatly typed, double-spaced. Equations, if inserted, should be done using word-processing software. Any graphics should be machine-generated, preferably in the text, but may be taped in or appended, if necessary.

Additional Comments: Your final written report should be written as if you are going to submit it to a company for funding.  Thus it needs to be clear, concise, detailed, and professional.  Certainly you want to give the impression that you've thought about the design from all aspects and your final design choice is one optimal solution for the reasons you outline.  Remember, it's their money and they want to be sure that you've thought things through and have come up with an excellent design.

The above list of content is merely a suggestion to your teams.  Obviously you've thought about all aspects of the design and may want to include more.  If you think it is relevant, feel free to add additional sections.  Just be sure you aren't too detailed with nitty gritty details, those are left for your design notebooks.