Summary: This is what we want to avoid ...
Why you think today's topic is a waste of time...y y y p
I'm an engineer -- I do numbers, not words
I'm an engineer -- How hard can it be?
I'm too busy--I can't get all my work done as it is
LaTeX/Word will correct all my miss steaks
Technical editors will edit my papers
The science is what's important;
"communications" is just fluff
I' j t t d it / k dI'm just not a good writer/speaker and
there's nothing I can do about it
Over the course of your career, you'll communicate
science in many different ways to many differentscience in many different ways to many different
audiences
P s nt ti ns t p m tin s k sh psPresentations at group meetings, work shops,
conferences, and job interviews
Publications in journalsj
Teaching and training
Grant proposals
R i f th l ' i t dReviews of other people's manuscripts and

Source: Androulakis, Ioannis (Yannis) - Biomedical Engineering Department & Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University

Collections: Engineering; Biology and Medicine