Writing in Engineering:some-what-not-really-final draft

A continuation of the research paper I am writing on the topic of visuals in technical writing.

Abstract
 In the engineering and technological sciences researchers use the written word to communicate processes and ideas to their peers and validate their findings. Central to that communication is the use of diagrams, drawings, and other visual aids. Visuals not only communicate the data found in the process of research, but they can also show relationships,trends, the experimental process itself, and details of the machines and instrumentation used. Although visual communication in the technological sciences extends beyond pure research, this paper will focus mostly on the addition of visuals to research paper. This paper aims to foremost teach how to appropriately use visuals, and secondarily convince the reader of the centrality of visuals to the technical communicator.

Index Terms: Data Communication, Image Communication, Writing,

Writing in Engineering: Proposal

Since my last blog post I have interrupted my writing process with many mighty adventures which will hopefully fill a blog post soon to come. In the mean time my writing professor has instructed that I actually get around to writing this research paper. To this end I have written up the proposal for the project, and will be turning it in tomorrow. If you would like to view said paper I have put it online as Google Doc because the required format just doesn't fit into that of the post. I have put a brief outline here for those only mildly interested.