24-697   Research Communication in Mechanical Engineering

Location: Pittsburgh

Units: 12

Semester Offered: Fall

This course, required for all MSME-R students, will support students in effectively writing and presenting their final research projects. Students will meet bi-weekly throughout a semester to learn communication strategies and give and receive peer feedback. There will be weekly deliverables (both written and oral) that will receive formal feedback from communication TAs. Topics covered include: writing a proposal, describing your project for different audiences, data visualization, designing a research poster, orally presenting your project in different venues, responding to questions about your project.