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Introduction to Engineering Communication
Hillary Hart, University of Texas at Austin

ISBN-10: 0131461028
ISBN-13:  9780131461024

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2005
Format:  Paper; 208 pp
Published:  10/07/2004
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1. Engineering and Communication.

Writing Demonstrates My Competence as an Engineer. Writing and Speaking Can Help Me Discover What I Really Think. My Reader/Listener (My Audience) Is Always My Client. My Audiences Will Change and So Must My Writing and Speaking.



2. Discovering Ideas and Facts: You Are Leaving Home.

Framing Your Writing Project. Researching. Managing and Documenting Information.



3. Organizing Ideas and Facts: It's the Journey, Not the Destination.

Starting to Write. Drafting for Myself. Using Writing to Think Clearly.



4. Writing: It's about Control.

Readable Style. Constructing Powerful Paragraphs. Grammar and Sentence Structure: Diagnosing and Curing the Problems. Words: Picky, Picky. Punctuation: Why Should I Care?



5. Displaying: Are Pictures Always Worth a Thousand Words?

Figures and Tables: Which is Which? How to Construct Figures and Tables. Integrating Text and Figures/Tables.



6. Revising: When Will I Ever Be Finished?

Highlighting Information. Asking for Peer Review. Revising for Others.



7. Speaking: Do I Really Have to Stand Up in Front of All Those People?

Planning the Content of a Presentation. Planning the Visuals. Planning the Delivery. Controlling Nervousness. Delivering the Goods.



8. Producing Engineering Documents: The Rubber Meets the Road.

Using Boiler Plate. Correspondence (Including e-mail). Reports. Proposals. Resumés. Technical Instructions. Executive Summaries.



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