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| Engineers and Writing | |
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| Engineers Write a Lot | |
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| Engineers Write Many Kinds of Documents | |
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| A Successful Engineering Career Requires Strong Writing Skills | |
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| Engineers Can Learn to Write Well | |
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| Noise and the Communication Process | |
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| Controlling the Writing System | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Eliminating Sporadic Noise in Engineering Writing | |
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| Spelling and Spell Checkers | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Sentence Sense | |
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| Technical Usage | |
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| Edit, Edit, Edit | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Guidelines for Writing Noise-Free Engineering Documents | |
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| Focus on Why You Are Writing | |
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| Focus on Your Readers | |
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| Satisfy Document Specifications | |
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| Get to the Point | |
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| Provide Accurate Information | |
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| Present your Material Logically | |
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| Make Your Ideas Accessible | |
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| Use Lists for Some Information | |
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| Format Your Pages Carefully | |
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| Express Yourself Clearly | |
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| Use Efficient Wording | |
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| Manage Your Time Efficiently | |
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| Edit at Different Levels | |
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| Share the Load: Write as a Team | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Letters, Memoranda, Email, and Other Media for Engineers | |
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| Which to Use? | |
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| Business Letters | |
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| Business Memoranda | |
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| Email | |
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| New Internet Media | |
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| Writing Styles for Business Correspondence | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Writing Common Engineering Documents | |
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| Some Preliminaries | |
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| Inspection and Trip Reports | |
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| Laboratory and Field Reports | |
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| Specifications | |
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| Proposals | |
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| Progress Reports | |
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| Instructions | |
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| Recommendation Reports | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Writing an Engineering Report | |
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| Letter of Transmittal | |
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| Cover and Label | |
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| Page Numbering | |
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| Abstract and Executive Summary | |
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| Table of Contents | |
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| List of Figures and Tables | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Body of the Report | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Documentation | |
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| Generating Portable Document Files | |
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| Using Wikis and Other Applications for Team Reports | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Constructing Engineering Tables and Graphics | |
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| Tables | |
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| Charts and Graphs | |
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| Illustrations | |
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| Graphics and Tables: Guidelines | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Accessing Engineering Information | |
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| Basic Search Strategies | |
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| Sources of Engineering Information | |
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| Internet Engineering Information Resources | |
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| Internet Search Tools | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Engineering Your Speaking | |
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| Preparing the Presentation | |
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| Delivering the Presentation | |
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| Team Presentations | |
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| Checklist for an Oral Presentation | |
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| Listening to a Presentation | |
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| The Importance of Informal Communication | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Writing to Get an Engineering Job | |
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| How to Write an Engineering Resume | |
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| How to Write an Application Letter | |
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| How to Write a Follow-Up Letter | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Ethics and Documentation in Engineering Writing | |
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| Engineering Ethics | |
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| The Ethics of Honest Research | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |