Engineering is about the design and operation of machines, systems and structures. It includes the fields of civil, electrical, mechanical and mining engineering, as well as many subdisciplines similar to areas of science, such as biomedical or biomolecular engineering.

This section covers:

• Engineering writing style
• Challenges in engineering writing
• Types of engineering publications.

Relevant sections

How to:

• use clear and appropriate language
• write about evidence
• write about risk
• write about data and statistics
• cite other work.

How to present and format:

• titles of documents and other resources
• acronyms and initialisms
• equations
• numbers and units
• references.

How to capitalise:

• academic and professional qualifications
• organisations and institutions
• proper nouns.

How to format, design and include:

• tables
• graphs
• diagrams.

Related subject areas

• Chemistry
• Computing
• Earth and the universe
• Mathematics and statistics
• Physics
• Science

Types of publications and content

• Web content
• Books and reports
• Journal articles
• Guidelines and manuals
• Theses
• Presentations
• Academic posters
• Grant applications
• News articles and press releases