WELCOME
TO TECHNICAL WRITING
FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS.
This is a required course for UCSC
CE and EE students.
What would you like to know?
- Instructor:
Gerald B. Moulds
- Office
hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:15-1:45pm.
- Office
Location: Engineering-2 #237A
- e-mail:
gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu
- Teaching
Assistants:
- Tuesday/Thursday:
Robert Casey
Office Hours: Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm, Baskin Engineering 115
Email: rtc@soe.ucsc.edu
- Monday/Wednesday:
Jonathan Magasin
Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm, Cowell
Coffee Shop
Email: jmagasin23@yahoo.com
- Class
meetings
- Tuesday/Thursday
section: Engineering-2 192.
- Monday/Wednesday
section: Social Sciences 2 075
Tuesday/Thursday 2:00pm-3:45pm Section:
Monday/Wednesday 5:00pm-6:45pm Section
- Required
texts
- The
Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by Strunk
and White. It is short, and you should read it all very early in the
quarter.
- One style
guide of your choosing - preferably whichever is used most often in your
field.
- 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.
- 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.
- If
you use a template, mention where you found it in the Acknowledgements
section.
- You
may collaborate with others, but each student must turn in his or her own
printed copy.
- 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 in-class
writing assignments, and your participation in class discussion.
- Portfolios:
At the end of the quarter, you will hand in a portfolio of all your work
Tuesday/Thursday Oral
Presentation Dates:
- Jan 6
- Jan 11
- Jan 13
- Shehba Shahab
- Kate
Norris
- Nick
Hahner
- Jan 18
- Allison
Carlisle
- Austin
Ngau
- Rohan Prabhakar
- Jan 20
- Jan 25
- Jan 27
- Feb 1
- Feb 3
- Feb 8
- Brian
Stewart
- Daniel
Hwang
- Randy
Chen
- Feb 10
- Nathan
Abercrombie
- Wilson
Liu
- Joshua
Lehman
- Feb 15
- Celine Broomhead
- Rene
Gomez
- Shuyu Pan
- Matthew
Luu
- Colleen
Clare
- Feb 17
- Michael
Lai
- Dhiraj Gopinath
- Jason
Wu
- Herman
Yang
- Feb 22
- Mike
Hultquist
- Sam
Chisholm
- Peter
Chan
- Andrew
Evans
- Feb 24
- Ankit Jambusaria
- Derrick
Huey
- Tyler
Couto
- Nick
Ferro
- Mar 8
- JingChi Huang
- Sam
Wing
- Angelica
Huang
- Mar 10
Monday/Wednesday Oral
Presentation Dates:
- Jan 10
- Vernon Wong
- Jan 12
- Palwasha Hashem
- Jansine Green
- Jan 19
- Mathew
Villarreal
- Shehadeh Dajani
- Shawn
Murphy
- Jan 24
- Tian Jiang
- Jeff
Johnson
- John
Aeron Ash
- Jan 26
- Sina Kahnemouyi
- Behnam Zohoor
- Jan 31
- Jeremiah
Almario
- Ethan
Papp
- Aigee Duenas
- Feb 2
- Brian
Chen
- Vincent
Lantaca
- Feb 7
- Peter
Turner
- Peter
Schultz
- Brian
Chen
- Feb 9
- Tyler
Gary
- Thomas
Davidson
- Steven
Lewis
- Vladimir
Kozyrev
- Feb 14
- David
Goodman
- Feb 16
- Peter
Woo
- Alexandria D’Souca
- Feb 23
- Hugo
Hernandez
- David
Zou
- Mar 7
- George Lane
- Leonardo
Bravo
- Patrick
Powers
- Mar 9
- Steven
Sonsip
- Mar 14
Poster Presentations:
Presenting (Tues/Thurs section):
March 1
Benton, Cole
Broomhead, Celine
Brounstein, Moshe
Chan, Peter
Chisholm, Sam
Clare, Colleen
Couto, Tyler
Davidson, Thomas
Ferro, Nicholas
Foster, Tyler
Gopinath, Dhiraj
Hahner, Nicholas
Huang Jingchi
Lai, Michael
Lehman, Joshua
Loomis, Patrick
Ngau, Austin
Stewart, Brian
Sughrue, Trevor
Weller, Gregory
Wu, Jason
March 3
Abercrombie, Nathan
Almario, Jeremiah
Carlisle, Allison
Chen, Randy
Evans, Andrew
Gomez, Rene
Huey, Derrick
Hwang, Daniel
Jambusaria, Ankit
Liu, Wilson
Luu, Matthew
Norris, Kate
Pan, Shuyu
Poltorak, Andrew
Prabhakar, Rohan
Quinn, Ryan
Shahab, Shehba
Tong, Daniel
Walsh, Andrew
Wing, Samuel
Yang, Herman
Presenting (Mon/Wed section):
Feb 28
Dajani, Shehadeh
Green, Jansine
Hashem, Palwasha
Jiang, Tian
Kahnemouyi, Sina
Kozyrev, Vladimir
Lantaca, Vincent
Lee, Steven
Papp, Ethan
Powers, Patrick
Sonsip, Steven
Turner, Peter
Villarreal, Matthew
Wong, Vernon
Wu, Weiqing
Zohoor, Behnam
Zou, David
March 2
Ash, John
Bravo, Leonardo
Brosio, Eric
Chen, Brian
D'Souza, Alexandria
Duenas, Angelica Grace
Gary, Tyler
Goodman, David
Grant, Ricky
Hernandez, Hugo
Johnson, Jeffrey
Lane, George
Murphy, Shawn
Schultz, Peter
Tran, Thienduc
Woo, Peter