CMNS 137 Technical Communication for Water Engineering Technology

"Many scientists and engineers consider themselves poor writers or find the writing process difficult. The good news is that you do not have to be a talented writer to produce a good scientific paper, but you do have to be a careful writer. In particular, writing for a peer-reviewed scientific or engineering journal requires learning and executing a specific formula for presenting scientific work. This book is all about teaching the style and conventions of writing for a peer-reviewed scientific journal. From structure to style, titles to tables, abstracts to author lists, this book gives practical advice about the process of writing a paper and getting it published"--Back cover.

The fourth edition of A Guide to Writing as anEngineer updates Beer and McMurrey?s popular book oncommunication and technical writing for engineers.  Usedpredominantly in freshmen engineering survey courses, the text isalso applicable for specific courses on engineering writing ortechnical communication later in the curriculum. A Guide toWriting as an Engineer deals with a variety of topicsranging from important writing concepts that apply to professionalengineers, to content, organization, format and style of variouskinds of engineering writing.  The book also covers oralpresentations, research techniques, ethics, and proper citationmethods.  Beer remains a practical, handy book that canfunction not only as a classroom textbook, but also as a referenceand guide for writing and research, for practicingengineers.