Top ten ways to improve technical writing

Chemical Engineering Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-59

  Friedly, John C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; PROJECT DURATION; TECHNICAL REPORTS; TECHNICAL WRITERS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; FEEDBACK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 2442526881     PISSN: 00092479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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