Overview

The focus of this text is to teach engineering students the skill of technical writing. The book is unique in that it gets to the point, uses practical outlines throughout, and shows students how to produce the most common technical documents step-by-step, in a manner that is fun and interesting to students. Each chapter has an end-of-chapter critique which allows students to implement what they have learned in the chapter.

With ABET increasing the emphasis on technical writing, this affordable, straightforward, easy-to-understand text with flexible coverage, would be a perfect fit for your technical writing course.

Table of contents

1 Introduction
2 Ethical Considerations
3 Technical Definition
4 Descriptions of a Mechanism
5 Descriptions of a Process
6 Proposals
7 Progress Reports
8 Feasibility and Recommendation Reports
9 Laboratory and Project Reports
10 Instructions and Manuals
11 Research Reports
12 Abstracts and Summaries
13 Grammar, Style, and Punctuation
14 Documentation
15 Visuals
16 Electronic Publishing
17 Presentations and Briefings
18 Business Communications
19 Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews
20 Team Writing
Index