Engineering Communication: From Principles to Practice, 2e, is a writing and communications text designed to guide engineering students through the process of writing polished and professional documents.

PREFACE; PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION; TO THE INSTRUCTOR; TO THE STUDENT; INTRODUCTION; PART I; GETTING STARTED: PRE-DRAFTING AND DRAFTING; PRINCIPLE 1: FINDING PURPOSE; PRINCIPLE 2: IMPROVISING GENRE; PRINCIPLE 3: CONSTRUCTING AUDIENCE; PRINCIPLE 4: DEVELOPING CREDIBLE ARGUMENT; PRINCIPLE 5: USING RHETORICAL PATTERNS; PART II; MODES OF CONTROL: TOOLS FOR REVISION; PRINCIPLE 6: BUILDING EFFECTIVE INTRODUCTIONS; PRINCIPLE 7: FRAMING KNOWLEDGE; PRINCIPLE 8: IMPOSING VISIBLE STRUCTURE; PRINCIPLE 9: MAKING TRANSITIONS; PRINCIPLE 10: DESIGNING PARAGRAPHS; PRINCIPLE 11: MOVING FROM KNOWN TO NEW; PRINCIPLE 12: MODIFYING MATTERS; PART III; ELEMENTS OF REFINED DESIGN; PRINCIPLE 13: ELEVATING VERBS; PRINCIPLE 14: POSITIONING THE VERB; PRINCIPLE 15: FINDING THE REAL SUBJECT; PRINCIPLE 16: CAPITALIZING ON THE POWER POSITION; PRINCIPLE 17: DETERMINING SENTENCE LENGTH; PRINCIPLE 18: MASTERING SENTENCE RHYTHM; PART IV; APPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION: FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE; APPENDICES; APPENDIX A: CORE SENTENCE COMPONENTS: CLAUSES; APPENDIX B: SENTENCE TYPES; APPENDIX C: ACTION ELEMENTS: VERBS AND VERBALS; APPENDIX D: OPTIONAL SENTENCE ELEMENTS: MODIFIERS; APPENDIX E: JOINERS; APPENDIX F: PUNCTUATION; APPENDIX G: A BRIEF PRIMER ON ETHICS FOR THE ENGINEER (NEW); APPENDIX H: FALLACIES; REFERENCES; INDEX