Engineering Writing by Design - Edward J. Rothwell, Michael J. Cloud

Engineering Writing by Design

Creating Formal Documents of Lasting Value, Second Edition
Buch | Softcover
243 Seiten
2020 | 2nd edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-34754-3 (ISBN)
62,30 inkl. MwSt
Demonstrates how effective writing can be achieved through engineering-based thinking. 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.
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, 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

Engineering Writing by Design: Creating Formal Documents of Lasting Value, Second Edition addresses the specific combination of thinking and writing skills needed to succeed in modern engineering. Its mantra is: to write like an engineer, you must think like an engineer. Featuring illustrative examples, chapter summaries and exercises, quick-reference tables, and recommendations for further reading, this book is packed with valuable tips and information practicing and aspiring engineers need to become effective writers.

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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 16 Tables, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 376 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10 0-367-34754-7 / 0367347547
ISBN-13 978-0-367-34754-3 / 9780367347543
Zustand Neuware
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