The Engineering Communication Manual

Engineering Communication Manual will serve the engineering communication and engineering design courses required for the undergraduate engineering student. Intended for the first-year engineering major as well as the student about to begin a professional career, the text addresses the writing issues and communication approaches specific to the discipline, like collaborative writing, field reporting, and poster presentations. Above all, the text asks students to synthesize elements of technical argument and to think critically about how they present content.

Engineering Communication Manual's distinctive module-based format allows instructors to assign stand-alone readings and activities for the students, depending on their familiarity and experience with engineering communication and design projects. The direct format also complements the engineering student accustomed to "plug and chug" solutions. Accessible, dynamic, and full of relevant examples, Engineering Communication Manual focuses on the student as well as reflects the worldview of the engineering professions.

The text will be accompanied by instructor resources like assignments, prompts, and rubrics for specific learning objects; annotated samples of student work in several genres and media; and suggestions for using the book in different courses, like first-year design m lab courses, third-year technical communication or capstone design.

Richard Layton (Ph.D., University of Washington) is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has taught engineering courses for over 15 years, and is the author of dozens of journal articles and conference papers, as well as Principles of Analytical System Dynamics (Springer, 1998). He is a member of the ASEE's Educational Research and Methods Division, and the ASME's Dynamic Systems and Control Division.Richard House (Ph.D, University of California, Irvine) is Associate Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is involved in the Professional Engineering Genres Project. He specializes in contemporary American literature, literary theory, rhetoric of science and engineering communication.Jessica Livingston (Ph. D, University of Florida ) is an Assistant Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She received a B.A. from the University of Georgia and M.A. from the University of Kentucky. Her areas of interest include the intersections of gender and work in a global economy, engineering communication, and pedagogy.Sean Moseley (Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley) is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his M.S. and Ph.D from the Univeristy of California, Berkeley. His areas of interest include mechanics, numerical methods, and pedagogy.