So here is a free writing on `Communicating, Writing and Presenting in Engineering`:
One thing I like about engineering lies in its capacity to achieve things other people would call impossible. Engineers can do that not because they are super humans but because they can work as a team and create something magnificent out of the individual work they eventually combine. So the necessity of effective communication between team members is almost obvious.
There is another type of communication which can be as important as the communication between engineers. It is the communication between people who demand solutions from the engineers and the engineers themselves. Engineers work with real life problems that require real life solutions. Those solutions would be very complex. So in order to come up with something complex and effective the engineers should understand the problem thoroughly, making sure that their solution will not only fix part of the problem but all of it. Engineers should never detach themselves from the society by thinking all they need is math and science. They should pay close attention to people around them. They should try to communicate and understand individuals’ expectations from him. After all, engineers shouldn’t forget that they are there to apply science and math skills for the benefit of people around them.
Other very important thing is presentation. Engineers may come up with a solution but they have to present it well because there are situations where engineers won’t be doing the all work. For example a civil engineer may found a way to build very wind or earth quake resistant bridges but he won’t be the one building it. He has to present his solution to construction workers in order to substantiate his theory.
You may realize I didn’t talk about writing yet because I have doubts about the necessity of writing. Thanks to the very advanced graphics and simulation software, engineers can actually show their ideas then to tell them. One thing that would require writing though would be the labeling process of the designs they make. They have to be very careful about the vocabulary they use but other than that I don’t think nowadays engineers need many pieces of writing to illustrate their conclusions.
