Technical Communication In The Engineering Center Case Study

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A Case Study of Technical Communication in the Engineering Center

Engineering is one of the most popular fields of study due to the fact that its majors produce professionals through rigorous study that are essential for the maintenance and expanse of society in this exponential age of growth. With emphasis on the idea that these individuals must be proficient in math and quantitative analysis to succeed, many scholars overlook the engineer’s need for effective qualitative skills. Writing studies scholar Dorothy Winsor has done extensive research on the literature of engineers, including their technical communication in the engineering center. She emphasizes engineers’ need for literature

Though there is diverse research about the literature of technical communication in the engineering professions, the research lacks in a few crucial areas that have been somewhat neglected by other scholars in the discipline. The gaps in the research come from the lack of emphasis on technical communication for engineers rather than just math. Questions are hence raised:

1.What role does technical communication play in the engineering center?

2. What writings do they do to communicate their ideas of any form?

3. How does qualitative research compare with

Keegan Ellrod, one of the first friends I made after moving to Orlando, graduated from the University of Central Florida as a mechanical engineering and has worked as a hardware or design engineer for the aerospace solutions and systems company Lockheed Martin. According to Keegan, the stereotype that the majority of the work done as an engineer is using large amounts of high level calculus is simply not true. Much of his day is spent designing under the United States defense contract in computer aided design programs, reading or writing. The technical documents he usually reads are generally very precise documents of information created by other engineers and administered to him by others higher up the business hierarchy. Keegan was unable to offer sample copies of the specific documents he is currently using to design the F35 Lightening II, a new fighter jet. This is due to the organizational hierarchy of engineering texts and politics behind every document an engineer uses in a specific situation (Winsor 7). Political engineering figures like to use documents and formatting that are distinct to their own company which keep the general format of technical literature from being universal through out the entire field. An example of such as situation is University of Central Florida ENG 1006 7 1007 Engineering