WELCOME
TO TECHNICAL WRITING
FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS.
This is a required course for UCSC
CE and EE students.
Note: Final
Portfolios should be turned in at my office, Engineering-2, Room #237A, by
5:00pm on Tuesday, December 7.
What would you like to know?
- Instructor:
Gerald B. Moulds
- Office
hours: Tuesdays, 2:30 -3:30pm (or by appointment)
- Office
Location: Engineering-2, Room 237A
- e-mail:
gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu
- Teaching
Assistants: Tom Golubev and Robert Casey
- Office
Hours: To Be Announced
- Location:
To Be Announced
- Email:
- Class
meetings
- Location:
Engineering-2 Room 192
- Time:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00pm-7:45pm
- IEEE
Formatting Exercise
- You
can download a .doc
version of the text, or a plain
text version.
- Follow
the instructions in brackets.
- You
are on your own to find the formatting rules. Feel free to use a template if you find
one. Also, use the text editing or
word processing tool of your choice.
- You
may collaborate with others, but each student must turn in his or her own
printed copy.
- List
anyone you collaborated with in the Acknowledgements section. Also list the location of any Templates
you used.
- Required
texts:
- Submitting
papers:
- All
assignments must be submitted on paper.
- Electronic
submission will not be allowed except through special arrangements.
- All
papers (except the Resume and Cover Letter assignment and the IEEE
Formatting Exercise) should be double-spaced.
- All
papers must be peer edited before they are submitted.
- Papers
should be signed “Peer edited by … [insert name]”
- Any
paper not peer edited will be returned ungraded.
- Late
papers are subject to a reduction in grade.
- Grade
reduction applies to rewrites, affecting the maximum possible grade for
the assignment.
- Portfolios:
At the end of the quarter, you will hand in a portfolio of all your work
for the quarter, including rough drafts and any rewrites.
- Grades:
Grades will be mostly (~80%) based on the total portfolio of work you turn
in at the end of the class. This
consists of five major writing projects (including your final project). Failure to turn in a major writing
project will most likely result in a failing grade. To a lesser degree (~20%) your grade
will be based on your oral presentation, poster project, various minor
writing assignments, and your participation in class discussions.
- Collaboration
is good, and plagiarism is bad. Read more about it here.
POSTER DAY:
On November 16 and 18, meet at the Jack Baskin Lounge in
Baskin Engineering, otherwise known as the Whiteboards room.
Poster Information:
- You
can get your poster printed for free at BELS if it meets the standard size
of 48”x36”.
- Send
a PowerPoint or PDF file to bels-request@soe.ucsc.edu
with the Subject: 'Poster Printing - CE185 - Myname'.
- BELS has a 5-day minimum lead time, so if you haven’t
sent them your poster on time, Kinkos can do a
very quick turnaround for about $25 (black/white).
- BELS has suggestions and requirements for making a
good poster. Go to their pages on poster printing
and poster
guidelines.
- BELS also lists some excellent poster resources at Cornell
and Swarthmore.
Poster Dates:
- November 16:
- Jessica
Borja
- Christopher
Burris
- Yesenia Camacho-Bautista
- Amos
Chu
- Garrett
Hagopian
- Matthew
Hopper
- Qingya Huang
- Peter
Kaminsky
- Ranna Khorram
- Christopher
Lam
- Henry
Lau
- Alexander
Lee
- Matthew
Lucas
- Alexander
Meza
- Jerroyd Moore
- Constantine
Perepelitsa
- Russell
Petersen
- Christopher
Rainey
- Christopher
Robles
- Haven
Skinner
- Cleoma Spilman
- Simon
Tan
- Lucas
Thornsberry
- Salvador Vazquez
- Cameron
Wales
- Zachary
Wescoe
- November 18
- Kurt
Almeida
- Cyril
Belen
- Nelson
Chu
- Kevin
Danielson
- Charles
Deuter
- Ryan
Drury
- Colin
Fahy
- Seth
Helm-Burger
- Daniel
Hernandez
- James
Herrera
- Zainab Khan
- Kevin
Lam
- Aaron
Lau
- David
Lau
- Eric
Li
- Travis
McKane
- Christopher
McNamara
- Chasen Peters
- Magnus
Plutte
- Hytham Rashid
- Kevin
Rollins
- Hector
Romo
- Chirag Sharma
- Pavit Singh
- Adam
Storm
- David
Swartout
- Daniel
Tate
- Asma Uz-Zaman
Oral Presentation
Dates:
NOTE: If you are taking this class and your name is not on
this list, email gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu
with two different dates you would be able to present on. Only four students may sign up for any
individual date. Students who present
early in the quarter receive a substantial grade bonus.
o
Hytham Rashid
o
Cameron Wales
o
Asma Uz-Zaman
o
Aaron Lau
o
Hector Romo
o
Daniel Hernandez
o
Chasen Peters
o
Chirag Sharma
o
Salvador
Vazquez
o
Christopher Lam
o
Constantine Perepelitsa
o
Zachary Wescoe
o
Garrett Hagopian
o
Daniel Tate
o
Alex Lee
o
Christopher Burris
o
Yesenia
Camacho-Bautista
o
James Herrera
o
Matthew Hopper
o
Pavit Singh
o
Ranna Khorram
o
Magnus Plutte
o
Qingya Huang
o
o
Ryan Drury
o
Cleoma Spilman
o
David Swartout
o
Amos Chu
o
Adam Storm
o
Lucas Thornsberry
- November
11 - No Class, Veteran’s Day
o
Henry Lau
o
Nelson Chu
o
David Lau
o
Seth Helm-Burger
o
Russell Peterson
o
Colin Fahy
o
Travis McKane
o
Christopher McNamara
o
Charles Deuter
o
Zainab Khan
o
Eric Li
o
Cyril Belen
gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu