• DocumentCode
    475817
  • Title

    Strong words: The creative writing of engineers

  • Author

    Moran, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Rochester Inst. of Technol., NY
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    13-16 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    A number of contemporary engineers who have authored books of poetry, award-winning short fiction, highly-acclaimed creative non-fiction, and best-selling novels are introduced. Their thoughts on engineering, engineering education, the engineering workplace and technical and creative writing are presented. Implications for engineering education and creativity are discussed.
  • Keywords
    engineering education; award-winning short fiction; contemporary engineers; engineering education; engineering workplace; highly-acclaimed creative nonfiction; strong words; creative writing; engineer writers; engineering communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Professional Communication Conference, 2008. IPCC 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2085-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.2008.4610223
  • Filename
    4610223