National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

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Syllabus

Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC6880 : Seminar and Technical Writing { 0-0-3 / 2}

Subject Nature : Seminar

Coordinator : Prof. Shrishailayya Mallikarjunayya Hiremath

Syllabus

1. Study of the research article structure abstract writing, introduction to the problems and presenting the state of art and presenting the problem formulation and derivations and presentation of numerical simulation results and conclusions.
2. Study of Latex and beamer for technical writing.
3. Study of technical paper reading and identifying the limits of the contribution.
4. Study on presenting technical work by posters and slides.

Course Objectives

  • The goal of this seminar and technical writing is to help PG students with writing and editing technical documents, such as papers and dissertations.
  • Improve technical presentation skills and delivery.

Course Outcomes

CO1: Able to write technical reports on any research area. <br />CO2: Become well aware of making posters for presentations in conferences. <br />CO3: Able to do in-depth analysis on any research area and able to make a presentation in that area.

Essential Reading

  • Joseph M. Williams, Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace, Pearson 12th edition
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Supplementary Reading

  • Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A document preparation system, User’s guide and reference manual, Addison Wesley
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