A professor at Waterloo Engineering has released a book to help international students improve their formal academic writing in English.
Zhongchao Tan, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, took advantage of time at home during the coronavirus pandemic and drew on his personal experiences as a Chinese-Canadian to write the guide for international engineering students, as well as university faculty members who supervise them.
Tan, also the associate dean, international, at Waterloo Engineering, has studied and worked in academia in Canada and the United States for 21 years, giving him valuable insight into differences in language and culture.
“As an engineering professor … I have seen and helped many students who need systematic training in writing for their course projects, conference papers, journal articles, and theses,” he writes in the preface to Academic Writing for Engineering Publication. “The guidelines in this book have been proven useful to advancing their formal writing skills.”
The guide is available in paperback or as an e-book on Amazon websites.