Integrating technical communication into engineering education: a case study

Author

Grady, Helen M. ; Davis, Marjorie T.

Author_Institution

Mercer Univ., Macon, GA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

23-25 Sep 1998

Firstpage

265

Abstract

The ability to communicate effectively is a critical skill for today´s engineer, and the ABET 2000 curricular initiative reflects this requirement. The authors discuss how Mercer University´s School of Engineering integrated technical communication into its engineering curriculum, beginning at the freshman level. We believe the level of integration of writing and speaking with traditional engineering fundamentals is unusual and is a reflection of the fact that the Department of Technical Communication resides within the engineering school. We describe how and why we changed the way we educate engineers to communicate

Keywords

engineering education; technical presentation; ABET 2000 curricular initiative; case study; critical skill; engineering curriculum; engineering education; engineering school; freshman level; speaking; technical communication; traditional engineering fundamentals; writing; Art; Biomedical engineering; Communication industry; Computer aided software engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Professional communication; Reflection; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1998. IPCC 98. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4890-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1998.722107

Filename

722107