Problems in Writing in an Engineering Class

Writing in engineering class is totally different from writing a letter to a friend or publishing a novel to readers. When I first time started to write an engineering writing, I stared at my paper without writing a single word for ten minutes. Engineering writing mostly focuses on an engineering problem or a scientific theory, which requires a logical and academic writing method. Personally speaking, I find that using proper jargons, being precise and logical are the major problems for me.

First of all, in order to write a professional engineering writing, one must use jargons. Jargons are those short words which contain a precise meaning in scientific field, which help to make an essay short but meaningful. It’s not easy to use jargons properly though. I usually use a wrong jargon and that brings a lot of troubles. In order to avoid such situation, I make sure I understand the theory and jargons before I start to write. Secondly, an engineering writing usually follows a fixed format, which makes it easier for readers to find useful information and makes the writing itself well-organized. Sometimes I am busy explaining my view such that to forget to leave an indication to readers that I’ve already reached the second point. To solve this problem, good habit helps. I make a draft before writing, stating all the points in bullet form. That helps me to state them one by one without missing any. Conjugation words also help. “first of all, secondly, moreover, in addition…” these words naturally guide my essay in a logical manner.

I enjoy writing engineering essays. I find reading others’ essay a good way to improve. And I reread my essay after I complete it to correct mistakes and make improvements. After all, practice makes perfect.

Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure

Infrastructure plays an important role in maintaining the basic operation of cities. The current situation of the infrastructure in USA is not optimistic, especially in the urban areas. The most important reasons lie in the expanding population and the insufficient financial support. The expanding population has brought along serious pollution. Hence, the main task should focus on maintaining a sustainable development.

Maintaining infrastructure definitely involves the extremely complicated telecommunications systems, especially those underground. As a result, one major issue is to precisely locate the buried infrastructures, including pipes and cables. New technologies are required here to detect the underground network using devices from above the ground. What’s more, completing the transportation system is another major task to improve the infrastructure. There already have some approaches towards this issue. Improving the transportation systems involves the approach of establishing transportation hubs to make an easier life for both the transportation agents and the citizens. Some other approaches have been done to improve transportation systems.

In order to build a better infrastructure, it’s important to find noel construction materials and also improve the aesthetics of infrastructure design. New construction materials help to maintain the sustainability of development and the more pleasing design of infrastructure would promote a more comfortable environment for people.

To sum up, although there are some approaches to improve the infrastructures in US, this is still a grand challenge ahead of engineering. Better solutions are badly required.


Original source:
National Academy of Engineering (NAE). (2008). Restore and improve urban infrastructure. (n.d.). Retrieved October 2, 2008, from
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