Michael Alley, Penn State
Writing as an Engineer or Scientist
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    • Scientific Presentations
    • Scientific Posters
    • Scientific Film
  • Reports
    • Tutorial: Reports >
      • Short Tutorial: Reports
      • Badge: Writing Reports
    • 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
    • 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
      • Teaching Slides
      • Errata
    • Class Periods >
      • Writing Reports
      • Writing Emails
      • Making Connections
    • Kahoots to Teach Writing
    • Teaching Writing in Large STEM Courses
    • 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.

New Film: Connecting Sentences

Tutorials 

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Short Films  


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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