Michael Alley, Penn State
Writing as an Engineer or Scientist
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    • Scientific Presentations
    • Scientific Posters
    • Scientific Film
  • Reports
    • Reports Tutorial >
      • Reports Tutorial: Full
      • Badge: Writing Reports
    • Report Formats >
      • Sample Report Format
      • Report Templates
    • Laboratory Reports
    • Design Reports
  • Emails
    • Tutorial: Emails
    • Writing Professional Emails
    • Writing Professional Letters
    • Badge: Writing Emails
  • Research Papers
  • Grammar
    • Section 1: Grammar
    • Section 2: Punctuation
    • Section 3: Usage
    • Comprehensive Quiz
    • Badge: Grammar Errors
  • Teaching Resources
    • Short Films
    • Canvas Quizzes for Report Tutorials
    • Kahoots to Teach Writing
    • Craft of Scientific Writing >
      • Lessons >
        • 2: Being Precise and Clear
        • 3: Avoiding Ambiguity
        • 4: Sustaining Energy
        • 5: Connecting Your Ideas
        • 6: Being Familiar
        • 9: Emphasizing details
        • 10: Incorporating Illustrations
      • Errata
    • Why Our Students Struggle With Scientific Writing

Your writing is important 

Important decisions in engineering and science are often influenced by formal reports, research papers, and emails to managers and clients. Through tutorials, short films, Kahoot quizzes, and model documents, this website aims to help young engineers and scientists improve their writing in these situations.

Tutorial on Reports: 15 Minutes

Short Films  


Tutorials 

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Formal Reports

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Professional Emails

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Teaching Resources

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Please feel free to provide comments, questions, and suggestions for the films, text, and quizzes of this website. To help us understand your feedback, please let us know whether you are a student or instructor (or other professional).
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Content Editor:

Michael Alley
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mpa13@psu.edu