TY - GEN
T1 - Extended Abstract
T2 - 2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2022
AU - Kirkscey, Russell
AU - Attaluri, Anilchandra
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Ensuring that engineering students meet professional communication skills requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) remains a challenge for instructors. In response to this pedagogical context, this case study describes the conditions, outcomes, and implications of a project in which technical and professional communication (TPC) students worked as interns and technical editing consultants for a mechanical engineering instructor to support the communication needs of five undergraduate mechanical engineering teams during the final semester of their client-driven capstone design projects. Study results showed that the participants, including the instructor and internship advisor, found the project meaningful and important as workplace preparation that improved TPC competencies and met ABET standards for professional communication.
AB - Ensuring that engineering students meet professional communication skills requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) remains a challenge for instructors. In response to this pedagogical context, this case study describes the conditions, outcomes, and implications of a project in which technical and professional communication (TPC) students worked as interns and technical editing consultants for a mechanical engineering instructor to support the communication needs of five undergraduate mechanical engineering teams during the final semester of their client-driven capstone design projects. Study results showed that the participants, including the instructor and internship advisor, found the project meaningful and important as workplace preparation that improved TPC competencies and met ABET standards for professional communication.
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U2 - 10.1109/ProComm53155.2022.00043
DO - 10.1109/ProComm53155.2022.00043
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85138829651
T3 - IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
SP - 208
EP - 209
BT - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 17 July 2022 through 20 July 2022
ER -