2nd Edition
Engineering Writing by Design Creating Formal Documents of Lasting Value, Second Edition
257 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
257 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
257 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
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Engineering Writing by Design: Creating Formal Document of Lasting Value, Second Edition shows how effective writing can be achieved by thinking like an engineer. Based on the authors’ combined experience as engineering educators, the book presents a novel approach to technical writing, positioning formal writing tasks as engineering design problems with requirements, constraints, protocols,... Read more
Preface
Authors
To the Reader
1 Introduction
1.1 Why Bother?
1.2 Think, Then Write, Like an Engineer
1.3 Quick Review of Some Design Concepts
1.4 Chapter Recap
1.5 Exercises
2 Clearly Understand the Goal
2.1 What Is the Goal?
2.2 How the Information Resides in Your Mind
2.3 Your Audience
2.4 Other Aspects of Situational Awareness
2.5 If Persuasion Is Part of the Picture
2.6 Chapter Recap
2.7 Exercises
3 Mindset for Technical Writing
3.1 See Rules as Helpful Tools
3.2 Think Clearly Before Starting to Write
3.3 Again, Keep Your Reader in View!
3.4 Getting Started with a Mind Map
3.5 Chapter Recap
3.6 Exercises
4 Avoid the Worst Thinking Traps
4.1 Why do We Fall into Thinking Traps?
4.2 Heuristics
4.3 Cognitive Biases
4.4 Informal Fallacies
4.5 Formal logic
4.6 Some Considerations When Making Arguments
4.7 Simple Checks on Correctness
4.8 Chapter Recap
4.9 Exercises
5 Some Points of Grammar and Style
5.1 Rules and Suggestions
5.2 Chapter Recap
5.3 Exercises
6 Keep Your Reader in Mind
6.1 More Rules and Suggestions
6.2 Chapter Recap
6.3 Exercises
7 Write Your Math Well
7.1 What's Wrong with My Math?
7.2 Getting Started
7.3 Writing Math Well
7.4 The Value of Abstraction
7.5 Chapter Recap
7.6 Exercises
8 Ethical Considerations in Engineering Writing
8.1 Your Duties to the Reader
8.2 Personal Issues
8.3 Dealing with Data
8.4 Ethical Concerns in Publishing
8.5 Plagiarism
8.6 Ethics of Persuasion
8.7 Chapter Recap
8.8 Exercises
Further Reading
Quick Reference
Index
Authors
To the Reader
1 Introduction
1.1 Why Bother?
1.2 Think, Then Write, Like an Engineer
1.3 Quick Review of Some Design Concepts
1.4 Chapter Recap
1.5 Exercises
2 Clearly Understand the Goal
2.1 What Is the Goal?
2.2 How the Information Resides in Your Mind
2.3 Your Audience
2.4 Other Aspects of Situational Awareness
2.5 If Persuasion Is Part of the Picture
2.6 Chapter Recap
2.7 Exercises
3 Mindset for Technical Writing
3.1 See Rules as Helpful Tools
3.2 Think Clearly Before Starting to Write
3.3 Again, Keep Your Reader in View!
3.4 Getting Started with a Mind Map
3.5 Chapter Recap
3.6 Exercises
4 Avoid the Worst Thinking Traps
4.1 Why do We Fall into Thinking Traps?
4.2 Heuristics
4.3 Cognitive Biases
4.4 Informal Fallacies
4.5 Formal logic
4.6 Some Considerations When Making Arguments
4.7 Simple Checks on Correctness
4.8 Chapter Recap
4.9 Exercises
5 Some Points of Grammar and Style
5.1 Rules and Suggestions
5.2 Chapter Recap
5.3 Exercises
6 Keep Your Reader in Mind
6.1 More Rules and Suggestions
6.2 Chapter Recap
6.3 Exercises
7 Write Your Math Well
7.1 What's Wrong with My Math?
7.2 Getting Started
7.3 Writing Math Well
7.4 The Value of Abstraction
7.5 Chapter Recap
7.6 Exercises
8 Ethical Considerations in Engineering Writing
8.1 Your Duties to the Reader
8.2 Personal Issues
8.3 Dealing with Data
8.4 Ethical Concerns in Publishing
8.5 Plagiarism
8.6 Ethics of Persuasion
8.7 Chapter Recap
8.8 Exercises
Further Reading
Quick Reference
Index
Biography
Edward J. Rothwell has been a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University since 1985, and currently holds the Dennis P. Nyquist Professorship in Electromagnetics. Dr Rothwell is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, URSI Commission B, and is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Michael J. Cloud has been a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lawrence Technological University since 1987, and currently holds the rank of associate professor. He is a senior member of the IEEE.
