Work in Progress: Embedding a Large Writing Course in Engineering Design - A New Model to Teach Technical Writing

A 2010 survey by ASME [1] of 590 managers revealed that the writing skills of entry-level engineers are weak and need strengthening. In response, many engineering colleges have engineering undergraduates take a standalone writing course. No matter whether the course resides in an English department or in the college of engineering itself, the typical model of such courses calls for a single instructor (with expertise in writing) and 20 – 30...