Project 2 Blog 1

• What discipline/profession have you selected? 
• What do students of that discipline/profession write in school? 
  • What topic do students write about?
  • What genres are students asked to write in? 
  • What research methods are students learning?
• What do professionals of that discipline/profession write at work?
  • What topics do they write about?
  • What genres do they write in?
  • What research methods are common?
  • What (groups of) people do they write for? Who reads their writing?
  • Where do professionals in this field place value in writing? Meaning, how do professionals in 
  • this field conceptualize “good” writing? 
  • What are the potential consequences of writing poorly, being sloppy with documentation, or 
  • not adhering to disciplinary conventions?

For project 2, we are asked to write about our research of a discipline/profession and the way they use specific rhetoric for that field. I chose to research Mechanical Engineering. This is the major I am pursuing in college, so I thought it would be a smart idea to do some research on this topic, it also will be interesting to me since it directly involves me. Students in this profession mostly write different reports and resumes for school. Students can write about anything from electric fields to a report on how they built a boat from scratch with a budget of $100. The main research method we learn is via experimentation, I feel as if most engineers have similar ways of learning and from my experience it seems that we learn best doing hands on activities. Mechanical engineers utilize writing daily to communicate design ideas, create manufacturing instructions, report test results, verify project progress, create user manuals, and disseminate information. Writing provides an essential means of communication. Different types of engineers and scientists would find these writings useful. Most professionals in the science fields all work together in their own ways to advance the science world. “Good” writing is considered very specific and to the point reports that can be easily read, but have a lot of information to them. Potential consequences of “bad” writing can be messing up a whole experiment and delaying the progress of science. Rhetoric and writing is very important in the engineering field and I can’t wait to finish my research.