Description: To be a successful researcher, you must be able to explain, defend, and promote your work to maximize its impact. This interactive seminar is open to engineers actively writing a paper for publication, an extended PhD proposal, a Master's thesis, or a PhD dissertation. The assignments are designed to help you frame and develop your research story in clear, compelling terms. Topics include textual and visual abstracts, composition, data presentation, plagiarism, structure, flow and emphasis.