Technical Communication for Engineers

ABOUT THE COURSE: The proposed course provides comprehensive understanding about Technical Communication abilities and its applications for Engineering and Science students and professionals. All aspects starting from Introduction to Plagiarism would be deliberated in this course.Further, in the proposed course several modern methods of technical communications would also be discussed.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Under and post-graduate engineering, post graduate and doctoral studentsPREREQUISITES: Current students of engineering, post graduate science students and PhD students should have basic knowledge of English and computersINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Technical Communication skills are useful for every student / all types of professionals

Week 1:

• Introduction to Technical Communication
• Title and an abstract
  
• An abstract vs extended abstract
  
• Keywords and Introduction sections
  
• Background and review work
  

Week 2:

• Data inputs and methods
• Results and discussion
  
• Conclusions and acknowledgement
  
• Letters, Email, SMS and Whatsapp message
  
• Key components of a chart and types of plots -01
  

Week 3:

• Key components of a chart and types of plots - 02
  
• Tables and Captions
  
• Key elements of a map figure
• Power Point Presentations1
  
• Power Point Presentations2
  

Week 4:

• Power Point Presentations-3
  
• Project Proposals
  
• References and bibliography
• What is Plagiarism-01
  
• What is Plagiarism-02