FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

LAB REPORT ASSESSMENT
Student Name: _________________________________________ Student ID: _____________

Criteria Unacceptable Satisfactory Moderate Good Excellent Score

(0%) (25%) (50%) (75%) (100%)
Safety No safety Safety measures / Safety measures / All major safety All major safety
measure/ measure / precautions precautions measures / measures /
Precaution precaution are written in the lab written in the precautions are precaution are
(10 points) listed in the lab report are report were adequately fully addressed
report. irrelevant to the missing at least addressed in the in the report.
experiment. one important report; procedures
consideration; will adopted are likely
result in some risk to produce a safe
to student safety if experiment
not revised
properly.
Experimental No procedures Procedures do not Procedures are Procedures are Procedure are
procedures are written in properly listed, but missing listed in complete listed in clear
(10 points) the report. demonstrate the some information; passive steps; Each step
steps taken in the some steps are sentences, is numbered and
experiment. not numbered important in a complete
and/or are in experimental passive
incomplete details are sentence.
passive covered, but some
sentences. minor details are
missing.
Results: No figures, Figures, graphs, Most figures, All figures, All figures,
Data, figures, graphs, tables tables contain graphs, tables graphs, tables are graphs, tables
graphs, are provided. errors or are OK, some still correctly drawn, are correctly
tables, etc. poorly missing some but some have drawn, are
(30 points) constructed, have important or minor problems or numbered and
missing titles, required features. could still be contain
captions or improved. titles/captions.
numbers, units
missing or
incorrect, etc.

Discussion/ Incomplete Incomplete / Some of the Almost all of the Important trends
Observation and incorrect incorrect results have been results have been and data
(30 points) interpretation interpretation of correctly correctly comparisons
of trends and trends and interpreted and interpreted and have been
comparison of comparison of discussed; Partial discussed; only interpreted
data indicating data. but incomplete minor correctly and
a lack of understanding of improvements are discussed; good
understanding results is still needed. understanding
of the results. evident. of results is

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Conclusion Incomplete Conclusions Major points are Conclusions have Conclusions
(10 points) and incorrect missing or missing drawn, but many been drawn, could have been
conclusion. the important are misstated, be better stated. clearly made,
points. Indicating a lack student shows
of understanding. good
understanding.
Appearance Appearance Sections out of Sections in order; Lab report is Lab report is
and and formatting order, report is not Formatting is mostly typed / typed / written in
formatting totally typed / written rough but written using the well formatted,
(5 points) inappropriate. using the readable. Appropriate very readable.
appropriate format, all
format. sections in order,
formatting
generally good but
could still be
improved.
Spelling, Grammar / Frequent Occasional Less than 3 All grammar /
grammar, spelling error, grammar and / or grammar / spelling grammar / spelling spelling are
sentence writing style is spelling errors. errors, generally errors, mature, correct and very
structure rough and readable with readable style. well written.
(5 points) immature. some rough spots
in writing style.

Total Mark (100)

ATTITUDE & ETHICS

Marks will be deducted should students failed to comply with items below:
1. Submission Deadline: Late submission (minus 10 marks)
2. Punctuality: Come late to lab session (minus 10 marks)
3. Safety Regulations: Did not follow any of the safety regulations (minus 20 marks)

In the case of group report, failure to comply with the above-mentioned rules and regulations by any of the
group members will result in mark penalty for the whole group.

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