Book description
The fourth edition of A Guide to Writing as an Engineer updates Beer and McMurrey's popular book on communication and technical writing for engineers. Used predominantly in freshmen engineering survey courses, the text is also applicable for specific courses on engineering writing or technical communication later in the curriculum. A Guide to Writing as an Engineer deals with a variety of topics ranging from important writing concepts that apply to professional engineers, to content, organization, format and style of various kinds of engineering writing. The book also covers oral presentations, research techniques, ethics, and proper citation methods. Beer remains a practical, handy book that can function not only as a classroom textbook, but also as a reference and guide for writing and research, for practicing engineers.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 1: ENGINEERS AND WRITING
- CHAPTER 2: ELIMINATING SPORADIC NOISE IN ENGINEERING WRITING
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CHAPTER 3: GUIDELINES FOR WRITING NOISE-FREE ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS
- FOCUS ON WHY YOU ARE WRITING
- FOCUS ON YOUR READERS
- SATISFY DOCUMENT SPECIFICATIONS
- GET TO THE POINT
- PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION
- PRESENT YOUR MATERIAL LOGICALLY
- EXPLAIN THE TECHNICAL TO NONSPECIALISTS
- MAKE YOUR IDEAS ACCESSIBLE
- USE EFFICIENT WORDING
- FORMAT YOUR PAGES CAREFULLY
- EXPRESS YOURSELF CLEARLY
- MANAGE YOUR TIME EFFICIENTLY
- EDIT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
- SHARE THE LOAD: WRITE AS A TEAM
- EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 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
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: A Guide to Writing as an Engineer, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2013
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118300275
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