WELCOME TO TECHNICAL WRITING FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS.
This is a required course for UCSC CE and EE students.
What would you like to know?
- Instructor: Gerald B. Moulds
- Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00 -4:30pm (or by appointment)
- Office Location: Engineering-2, Room 237A
- e-mail: gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu
- Teaching Assistants: Janelle Yong and Steve Burt
- Office Hours:
- Janelle Yong: Wednesday 10:00-11:30am (or by appointment) in Engineering-2 Room #577
- Steve Burt: Tuesday 6:00-7:30pm (or by appointment) in Baskin Engineering, Room 312C/D
- Email: jyong@soe.ucsc.edu and sjburt@soe.ucsc.edu
- Class meetings
- Location: Engineering-2 #192
- Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:00pm-6:45pm
- IEEE Formatting Exercise
- You can download a .doc version of the text, or a plain text version.
- Follow the instructions in brackets.
- You are on your own to find the formatting rules. Feel free to use a template if you find one. Also, use the text editing or word processing tool of your choice.
- You may collaborate with others, but each student must turn in his or her own printed copy.
- In the Acknowledgements section, list anyone you collaborated with and the URL of any Templates you used.
- Submitting papers:
- All assignments must be submitted on paper.
- Electronic submission will not be allowed except through special arrangements.
- All papers (except the Resume and Cover Letter assignment and the IEEE Formatting Exercise) should be double-spaced.
- All papers must be peer edited before they are submitted.
- Papers should be signed "Peer edited by [insert name]"
- Any paper not peer edited may be returned ungraded.
- Late papers are subject to a reduction in grade.
- Grade reduction applies to rewrites, affecting the maximum possible grade for the assignment.
- Portfolios: At the end of the quarter, you will hand in a portfolio of all your work for the quarter, including rough drafts and any rewrites.
- Grades: Grades will be mostly (~80%) based on the total portfolio of work you turn in at the end of the class. This consists of five major writing projects (including your final project). Failure to turn in a major writing project will most likely result in a failing grade. To a lesser degree (~20%) your grade will be based on your oral presentation, poster project, various minor writing assignments, and your participation in class discussions.
- Collaboration is good, and plagiarism is bad. Read more about it here.
POSTER DAY:
On March 5 and 7, meet at the Jack Baskin Lounge in Baskin Engineering, otherwise known as the Whiteboards room.
Poster Information:
- You can get your poster printed for $33-$83 (see below) at BELS if it meets the standard size of 48"x36"
- The cost of your poster depends on how early you submit it. Cost is $33 if submitted 5 business days before pickup, $83 for one-day turnaround, and a sliding scale in-between. See the BELS page for details, and plan accordingly.
- BELS has suggestions and requirements for making a good poster. Go to their pages on poster printing and poster guidelines.
- BELS also lists some excellent poster resources at Cornell and Swarthmore.
Poster Dates:
- March 5:
- Babukr Abdo
Block Michael
Burnette Jackson
Cotten Warren
Crum Malcom
Deo Darrel
Hart Sean
Jujjavarapu Chethan
Kolling James
Koyano Kikuye
Langan Kyle
Le James
Maalouf Michelle
Medina Hector
Moffet Amy
Moore Thomas
Parulkar Rahul
Rocha-Roux Alexis
Sharma Divya
Stern Derek
Thompson Joel
Trinh Phat
Ye William
- March 7:
- Chou Au-Yun
Duffner Robert
Erkander Jenny
Escalante Luis
Ginjpalli Meghana
Gong Benze
Ighani Farhad
Karamchandani Sidhant
Kim Seong Min
Lowe Alex
Lum Mark
Lutz Nicholas
Luu Tam Stephanie
Morales Jose
Pierson Nico
Pister Stark
Plascencia Juan
Rubin Jeffrey
Salamzade Rauf
Selling Christopher
Tran Binh
Wang Tenen
Wong Phillip
Oral Presentation Dates:
- Jan 11
- Hector Medina
- Farhad Ighani
- Mark Lum
- Jan 18
- Jan 23
- Jenny Erkander
- Jackson Burnette
- Jan 25
- Jan 30
- Feb 1
- Feb 6
- Stark Pister
- Kyle Langan
- Darrel Deo
- Feb 8
- Rauf Salamzade
- Amy Moffet
- Michelle Maalouf
- Phillip Wong
- Feb 13
- Benze Gong
- Robert Duffner
- Chethan Jujjavarapu
- Feb 15
- Alex Rocha-Roux
- Michael Block
- James Le
- Thomas Moore
- Rauf Salanzade
- Feb 22
- Stephanie Luu
- Meghana Ginjpalli
- Abdo Babukr
- William Ye
- Alex Lowe
- Feb 27
- Derek Stern
- Chris Selling
- Kikuye Koyano
- James Killing
- Rahul Parulkar
- Divya Sharma
- Feb 29
- Warren Cotten
- Tenen Wang
- Sidhant Karamchandani
- Nico Pierson
- Luis Escalante
- Mar 12
- Juan Carlos Plascencia
- Jose Morales
- Phat Trinh
- Seong Min Kim
- Joel Thompson
- Mar 14
Instructors and Assistants