Description
Book SynopsisEngineering 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, standards, and customers (readers) to satisfy. Specially crafted for busy engineers and engineering students, this quick-reading conversational text:
- Describes how to apply engineering design concepts to the writing process
- Explains how engineers fall into thinking traps, and gives techniques for avoiding them
- Covers the essentials of grammar, style, and mathematical exposition
- Highlights topics in writing ethics, including copyright, plagiarism, data presentation, and persuasion
Table of Contents
Introduction. Clearly Understand the Goal. Mindset for Technical Writing. Avoid the Worst Thinking Traps. Some Points of Grammar and Style. Keep Your Reader in Mind. Write Your Math Well. Ethical Considerations in Engineering Writing. Further Reading. Quick Reference. Index.
