Mastering the Professional Writing: Navigating the Journey of Professional Writing

 

Writing is crucial in our day-to-day lives. From personal to professional, every aspect of life requires writing. Therefore, this course on writing for engineering has been designed to teach us some of the most useful professional writing methods. Through this class, I was able to learn plenty of writing strategies, including: Self-introduction writing, resume and cover letter, group proposal project, technical description, etc.

 

In the introductory paragraph, I wrote down an insightful self-introduction paragraph. This is where I talked about my education and my background. I’m from Bangladesh. Also, I’ve talked about my hobbies and passions: gym, soccer, and cricket. In addition, I talked about anything interesting about me—that I can walk a lot of distances. Through this, I’ve learned how to tell a story about myself.

 

This assignment is about creating a resume, cover letter, and job posting. For this assignment, I followed the resume format that Professor Bubrow taught us in class. Then, I put my name, education, skills, experiences, and all the qualifications into that. In addition, I also wrote down a cover letter that consisted of three paragraphs. Lastly, the job posting part was conducted. In order to do this, I first logged in to my LinkedIn profile and then figured out the job matching that matched my qualifications and career and highlighted the keywords that matched the skills I’ve acquired. After all, this was a really helpful assignment,though I had the opportunity to learn the very crucial skills of how to make a professional resume and cover letter, conduct research about jobs, and apply for the positions I appreciated.

 

Another important project that was conducted this semester was the lab report. This assignment was quite long and required a lot of necessary skills in writing, researching, probability, and coding. This assignment was about dice rolling and writing a lab report based on the experiment about the probability of the most-appearing sum. However, for my project, I wrote about finding the most-appearing sum of dice using a Google dice roller and a spreadsheet and followed the class instructions. After all, I learned another important skill of how to write a lab report, which is really necessary for me and other students in our academic and professional fields, including physics, sciences, and so many engineering courses that required that skill of writing a lab report based on the experiment followed by a certain organization.

 

The fourth assignment of this course is a group proposal assignment. It was an amazing assignment to be working on because I was able to learn something new with a combination of group hard work. For my assignment, I worked on the ‘Beaver Builders’ team with three of my other classmates: Ram Pachal, Richard Lopez, and Gavin Lee. Add to this, our project was about renovating the wingate to make a student center. Importantly, this assignment developed my ability to work and collaborate with groups, do professional-level research, PowerPoint, and develop writing skills. After all, I’m so grateful for being able to do that assignment properly, and I believe this will be beneficial for my career.

 

The fifth assignment was a technical description. This assignment was about making a presentation about any technology that is associated with my career. Therefore, I chose to write about the Falcon-9 rocket. The reason I’m so passionate about rockets is because this is the only vehicle to explore the outside of our atmosphere. Then, I presented it in class in front of the whole class with a brief overview of Falcon and the importance of this technology for our world. After all, I loved this assignment because it helped me to develop research skills about any technologies in order to learn, as well as sharpen my presentation, communication, and writing skills.

  This course has been a life-changing experience that has given me a wide range of professional writing abilities that are necessary for success in the engineering industry. Every task provided a different opportunity to learn, from creating an engaging self-introduction to grasping the nuances of writing a CV and cover letter. I was able to expand my skill set by studying technical descriptions, working in groups on projects, and writing thorough lab reports. In addition to improving my communication skills, I also refined my research, teamwork, and presentation abilities. Thinking back on this experience, I have no doubt that the skills I have gained will be extremely useful for my academic and professional endeavors in the future.