The technical communication practices of Russian and US aerospace engineers and scientists

Author

Pinelli, Thomas E. ; Barclay, Rebecca O. ; Kenne, M.L. ; Flammia, Madelyn ; Kennedy, John M.

Author_Institution

NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA

Volume

36

Issue

2

fYear

1993

fDate

6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

104

Abstract

Two studies were conducted in order to investigate the technical communication practices of Russian and US aerospace engineers and scientists. Both studies had the same five objectives: to solicit the opinions of aerospace engineers and scientists regarding the importance of technical communication to their professions; to determine the use and production of technical communication by aerospace engineers and scientists; to seek their views about the appropriate content of the undergraduate course in technical communication; to determine aerospace engineers´ and scientists´ use of libraries, technical information centers, and online databases; and to determine the use and importance of computer and information technology to them. Responses to a self-administered questionnaire that was distributed to Russian aerospace engineers and scientists at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) and to their US counterparts at the NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Langley Research Center are presented

Keywords

aerospace; aerospace computing; educational courses; information centres; libraries; professional aspects; technical presentation; Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute; NASA Ames Research Center; NASA Langley Research Center; Russian aerospace engineers; Russian space scientists; US aerospace engineers; US space scientists; computer technology; information technology; libraries; online databases; opinions; professions; questionnaire; technical communication practices; technical information centers; undergraduate course; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace industry; Data engineering; Knowledge engineering; Libraries; Maintenance engineering; NASA; Production; Professional communication; Research and development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0361-1434

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/47.222688

Filename

222688