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Engineering Discourse
CommunityNate Fuss, Andrew Sedano, Justin Cobb, and Alec Pickup
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Discourse Community o What is a Discourse Communityo Engineering Discourse Communityo Jargonso Certain writing and citation styleso How writing is used
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Types of Writing
o Technical Reportso Researcho Memos o E-mailso Project Proposalso Employee Reviews
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Writing Styles
o The style depends on the intended audienceo Passive voice is rarely ever usedo It is too objective and non professionalo High style or formal writing is most popular
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Writing Formats
o IEEE Research Papers and Technical Writingo Chicago Manual Style Reports and Research Paperso MLA Format Simple Papers that are non professional
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Jargono Important so that Engineers can
communicate efficientlyo Engineering Jargon is mostly made up of
technical terms related to designo Use a lot of acronyms
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Jargon Exampleso CADDo ASCEo NSPEo MRPo TDM
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Jargon Purposeso Quick form of communicationo Efficient shorthando Short but still professionalo Easily recognizable
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InterviewWith Professor Don Blackmon
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Real Life Exampleso 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.
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Real Life Exampleso 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 Energyo Turning weapons grade plutonium into nuclear
fuel.- As many as 100 people working at the same time
on specifications, environmental reports, and proposals.
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Real Life Examples
o 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.o One example, a yard spinning company had
seven 700 horsepower air compressors. o Variation in the power lines needed to be fixed.o A proposal was written to do work to fix the air
compressors.
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Computers in Engineering
o 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.
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Academic & Professional Societies
• National Society of Professional Engineers• American Society of Civil Engineers• Computer Science & Engineering Society
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Forms of Publications
• Blogs • Magazines• Journals• Books• Contracts • Documents
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What are They Like?
• News • Legislative• Educational• Formal• Technical• Employment
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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=18Marquette 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.htmlOnline 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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