\documentclass[final,letterpaper,twoside,12pt]{report}
% if you use "report", you get a seperate title page
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\author{Terry~Sturtevant \thanks{Physics Lab Supervisor}}
\date{\today}
\title{PC132 Lab Project}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin {abstract} 
Note the \textbf{abstract} environment in \LaTeX\
is defined for 
reports and articles (but not for books) so that it gets typeset 
differently from other sections.
\end{abstract}

\section*{Introduction}
Remember that bibliographies can be created automagically as well.



\end{document}