Technical Report Writing (Souther, James W.)

James W. Valentine

Jim Valentine went to college on the GI Bill (a WWII veterans privilege) and has been there ever since; at present he is Professor of Integrative Biology, Emeritus, at UC Berkeley. His early research was on what is now called macroecology, working with fossil marine faunas, leading to a book, Evolutionary Paleoecology of the Marine Biosphere. Those studies continue today, chiefly with colleague...

Writing Technical Articles

The abstract must not contain references, as it may be used without the main article. It is acceptable, although not common, to identify work by author, abbreviation or RFC number. (For example, "Our algorithm is based upon the work by Smith and Wesson.") Avoid use of "in this paper" in the abstract. What other paper would you be talking about here? Avoid general motivation in the abstract. You...

Web Supplement to James Cornette’s Technical Note

This supplement is directly tied to a Technical Note that appears in the July/August 2006 issue of Computing in Science & Engineering (the full citation is J. Cornette, “Gauss-Vaníček and Fourier Transform Spectral Analysis of Marine Diversity,” vol. 9, no. 4, 2007, pp. 61–63). In the Technical Note, I compared Gauss-Vaníček spectral analysis of 542 million years of marine diversity with a Four...

Book Review: The Teaching Gap by James W. Stigler and James Hiebert

Teaching Technical Writing: Opportunities for International Collaboration

Globalization of our modern economies requires a workforce that can move easily between time zones and cultures. Professors cannot ignore the drastic impact globalization has and will place upon engineering students. In order to be prepared for a competitive job market and the actual requirements of many engineering positions, students need to understand the constraints and challenges of workin...