Writing 50E
Research Writing for Engineers
Readings
NOTE: Please print all readings and bring to class, or have them downloaded to your laptop or mobile device. Weekly readings below indicate when you should have the reading done before class.
Week 1
UCSB Career Manual, "Resume Writing" pp. 42–70. [NOTE: The UCSB Career Manual will be distributed on the first day of class; copies may also be picked up at the UCSB Career Services office.] Take a self-guided tour of the office, as you will have a journal writing assignment to describe what you learn.
Week 2
Read (thoroughly) the following
"The Rise of 'Logical Punctuation'." Ben Yagoda. Slate.com. May 12, 2011
"How to write the perfect sentence." Joe Moran. The Guardian. (2018 September 21)
UCSB Career Manual, "Cover Letters Made Easy" pp. 74–82
Supplemental archival readings
"Get Connected." Pankaj Koria. The Chemical Engineer. (01 November 2007)
"Career Journals." Deb Koen. Nature (04 January 2004)
"Designing for the 'Other 90 Percent'." Cynthia G. Wagner. The Futurist. (May-June 2007)
"Turning old cars into condom machines in Sierra Leone." BBC News Africa. (05 March 2012)
"The 17 Great Challenges of the 21st Century." James Martin. The Futurist. (January-February 2007)
"How to be a faster writer." Michael Agger. Slate. (2011 August 10)
"Collaboration Beats Smarts in Group Problem Solving." Joe Palca. NPR. (2010 September 30)
Week 3
Read (thoroughly) the following
"The origins of Silicon Valley's office playgrounds," Richard Donkin. BBC.com, (2017 OCT 30).
Supplemental archival readings
"Intolerable failures." Kevin McManus. Industrial Engineer. (01 December 2013)
Week 4
Read (thoroughly) the following