Documenting ideas, designs, prototypes, experiments and processes provides a trail of rich information that can be followed now and in the future. We understand intellectual property and have produced rock solid, time tested Lab, engineering, and Log books that are easily customizable. The other thing I have found is that taking a time slot at the end of the day or the start of the next day is critical for keeping track of where you are on a project, especially if you are doing a large amount of time slicing in your roles. Team members who are uncomfortable with an electronic notebook can use Excel and the engineers comfortable an electronic notebook can create a link to the document.

Proper bound laboratory notebooks are essential wherever scientific investigation is conducted, where data is collected, and where patentable ideas are – or might be – developed.The rubric used to evaluate digital notebooks is the same rubric that is used to evaluate physical notebooks; neither format has an advantage over the other in the judging process. Regardless of the discipline, all engineering notebook entries share some common features such as legibility, and the date and time. Event Partners then have the ability to access those Digital Engineering Notebook links for the teams registered for their events.

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