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Engineering Discourse Community

Engineering Discourse Community. Nate Fuss, Andrew Sedano, Justin Cobb, and Alec Pickup. Discourse Community. What is a Discourse Community Engineering Discourse Community Jargons Certain writing and citation styles How writing is used . Types of Writing. Technical Reports Research

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Engineering Discourse Community

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  1. Engineering Discourse Community Nate Fuss, Andrew Sedano, Justin Cobb, and Alec Pickup

  2. Discourse Community What is a Discourse Community Engineering Discourse Community Jargons Certain writing and citation styles How writing is used

  3. Types of Writing Technical Reports Research Memos E-mails Project Proposals Employee Reviews

  4. Writing Styles The style depends on the intended audience Passive voice is rarely ever used It is too objective and non professional High style or formal writing is most popular

  5. Writing Formats IEEE Research Papers and Technical Writing Chicago Manual Style Reports and Research Papers MLA Format Simple Papers that are non professional

  6. Jargon Important so that Engineers can communicate efficiently Engineering Jargon is mostly made up of technical terms related to design Use a lot of acronyms

  7. Jargon Examples CADD ASCE NSPE MRP TDM

  8. Jargon Purposes Quick form of communication Efficient shorthand Short but still professional Easily recognizable

  9. InterviewWith Professor Don Blackmon

  10. Real Life Examples Duke Power Company Four-story elevator for a power plant Involved specifications, proposals, and reports. High Voltage Lines Design needed to raise the lines 1200 feet, and then across the river. Also needed proposals, reports, and specifications.

  11. Real Life Examples Duke Power Company Environmental Reports for state and federal agencies. Three or four 3-inch binders of material needed to be submitted Proposal to US Department of Energy Turning weapons grade plutonium into nuclear fuel. As many as 100 people working at the same time on specifications, environmental reports, and proposals.

  12. Real Life Examples National Account Manager for Duke Power Must be able to write letters, reports, proposals. Find out problems that companies are having, and then solve them. One example, a yard spinning company had seven 700 horsepower air compressors. Variation in the power lines needed to be fixed. A proposal was written to do work to fix the air compressors.

  13. Computers in Engineering Computers have become an integral part of engineering, despite just recently being invented. In 1970, computers were only used for advanced modeling. Currently, computers can be used for modeling, prototyping, word processing, and many other tasks.

  14. Academic & Professional Societies National Society of Professional Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers Computer Science & Engineering Society

  15. Forms of Publications Blogs Magazines Journals Books Contracts Documents

  16. What are They Like? News Legislative Educational Formal Technical Employment

  17. Works Cited "American Society of Civil Engineers." ASCE. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov 2012. http://www.asce.org/default.asp&xgt; ASCE, "Writing Style." Accessed November 6, 2012. www.asce.org "Chicago Formatting Guide." worksCited4U. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov 2012. http://www.workscited4u.com/chicago.html "Engineers: Why You Need A Work Portfolio." Key Personnel . N.p., 06 2012. Web. 7 Nov 2012. http://www.keyjobs.com/Article.aspx?RSSId=18 Marquette University, "Writing in Engineering." Last modified July 7, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2012. http://www.marquette.edu "National Society of Professional Engineers." NSPE. NSPE, n.d. Web. 7 Nov2012.< http://www.nspe.org/index.html Online Learning Environment, "Engineering Jargons." Accessed November 6, 2012. http://www.geocities.com/Baja/8205/jargon.htm Professional Training Company, "The Passive Engineer." Last modified 2008. Accessed November 3, 2012. http://www.protrainco.com/essays/passive.htm

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