The IEEE Guide to Engineering Communication

The goal of this book is to introduce students and practicing engineers to all the components of writing in the workplace. Readers will learn how considerations of audience and purpose govern the structure of their documents. The handbook is broken up into two sections: Writing in Engineering Organizations and What Can You Do With Writing? The first section helps readers approach their writing in a logical and persuasive way as well as analyze their purpose for writing. The second section demonstrates how to distinguish rhetorical situations and the generic forms to inform, train, persuade, and collaborate.

The website provides professional users a recognizable workplace environment that they can consider as they plan to act within their own workplaces. Users who log into the website will be able to access engineering documents and media organized in a way that tells the story of real world engineering projects.  Student users will be provided with insight into workplace contexts, which are essential to understanding how engineers communicate at work.