This 12-hour course is designed for scientists and researchers who write a variety of technical documents, ranging from papers for publication in scientific and technical journals to field reports, cost-recovery documents, and project or funding proposals.

Through the course, participants learn to improve their technical  and scientific writing, while reducing the total time they spend on their documents.

The course provides industry-wide standards for:

• structuring technical information according to various document models
• integrating text and graphics effectively
• making documents more readable, persuasive, and effective
• using AI tools to supplement the writing process

 

Who Should Attend
Anyone producing or reviewing documents in a scientific environment, such as

• proposals for project funding
• technical and scientific papers for publication in print or on the web
• reports on field work, experiments, or other methodologies

 

Course Topics
In this 12-hour workshop, you will learn to

• employ an efficient writing process: planning, design, drafting, revision
• use AI tools at different points in the process
• recognize and apply three classes of scientific documentation to your own work
• maximize the computer as a tool for planning and organizing your ideas
• meet your reader’s needs and measure your document’s effectiveness from your reader’s perspective
• provide the right level of technical detail for your audience
• use specific structural models for
  • descriptions and procedures in general technical documentation
  • research papers for publication
  • field reports and methodologies
• build research papers around a well articulated thesis
• integrate source information such as quotations and other data in your own argument
• identify and correct the grammar errors that most often arise in scientific writing