Getting "dissed": technical communicators in interdisciplinary engineering teams

Authors:
Julie Dyke;Patricia Wojahn
Affiliations:
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico;New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Venue:
IPCC/SIGDOC '00 Proceedings of IEEE professional communication society international professional communication conference and Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM international conference on Computer documentation: technology & teamwork
Year:
2000

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Abstract

In this article, we discuss what we identified as the perils and promises of matching our technical communication students with teams of engineers in a capstone, client-based engineering course. Specifically, we identify the key issues that surfaced, focusing the discussion around three themes we saw as contributing to multidisciplinary success: participation level, role definition, and connections between interim processes/products and final deliverables. We conclude by sharing a series of initial recommendations and modifications established as we continue to improve this multidisciplinary endeavor and reconfigure models for working in multidisciplinary teams.