Palmquist, Mike, authorLile, Derek, authorJayasumana, Anura, authorMahan, John E., authorIEEE, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032000Mahan, John E., et al., Bringing an Emphasis on Technical Writing to a Freshman Course in Electrical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Education 43, no. 1 (February 2000): 36-42.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67928We have recently added a strong writing component to one of our freshman courses in electrical engineering. The students prepared two kinds of reports—memoranda and formal engineering project reports. Our instructional objectives were to execute well these two forms: to write with a professional tone, and to make good choices about which technical material to include. To meet these objectives, model memos and engineering project reports were developed, lectures about these memos and reports were presented, a Web site for the course was developed, the technical aspects of the reports were graded by a student hourly grader, the writing aspects of the reports were evaluated by a professor, and followup debriefings were conducted at the lecture class meetings. We report on the development process and discuss student response to the course.born digitalarticleseng©2000 IEEE.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.technical reportswritingelectrical engineering educationengineering writingtechnical writingfreshmanproject reportText