A Guide to Writing As an Engineer

by Beer, David F.; McMurrey, David A.

• ISBN13: 9781118300275
• ISBN10: 1118300270
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-04-30
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Written for engineers, this book provides more than technical know-how and focuses on how to be an effective communicator. This new edition helps to eliminate the glitches that trip up the busy reader or listener, causing annoyance, confusion, or misunderstanding-so that their writing and speech are crystal clear. This text also focuses on the technical writing and speaking issues encountered in day to day work, writing reports, business letter, memoranda, proposals, emails, presentations, and more. The new edition includes new coverage of social media, including coverage of popular forms, best practices, dangers and ethics of using social media, and expanded coverage of informal communication.

Author Biography

David Beer is a retired professor of Engineering Communication at the University of Texas Austin.

David McMurrey is Business & Technical Communications department chair at Austin Community College; a former technical writer, editor, and vendor coordinator for IBM-Austin; and a writing seminar provider for engineering groups at state and federal agencies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Engineers and Writing

Chapter 2: Eliminating Sporadic Noise in Engineering Writing

Chapter 3: Guidelines for Writing Noise-Free Engineering Documents

Chapter 4: Letters, Memoranda, Email, and Other Media for Engineers

Chapter 5: Writing Common Engineering Documents

Chapter 6: Writing Research and Design Reports

Chapter 7: Constructing Engineering Tables and Graphics

Chapter 8: Accessing Engineering Information

Chapter 9: Engineering Your Speaking

Chapter 10: Writing to Get an Engineering Job

Chapter 11: Ethics and Documentation in Engineering Writing

Chapter 12: Engineering Your Online Reputation