This page contains samples of my best written work during my technical writing course. I have also included one sample physics journal style article to demonstrate my writing technique in a scientific context. Please find a description of each assignment followed by an attached pdf copy below.

 

Definitions Assignment

For this assignment, we were required to demonstrate our understanding of definitions by writing an example for each of the three types (i.e., parenthetical, sentence, and expanded). I chose to define “weight”, as this is a physics term that is often misused by the layperson.

Attachment: Definitions Assignment

 

Formal Report Proposal

This was the first step to completing our formal report for English 301. The purpose of this assignment, as the name suggests, was to propose a topic for our formal report. It includes a description of the problem to be researched, the proposed solution, the scope of the research, and its limitations.

Attachment: Formal Report Proposal

 

Peer Review – Definitions Assignment

This was my peer review of Sarah Parry’s definitions assignment. This was my first attempt at peer reviewing someones work. I must note that peer review assignments have been extremely useful to me. I have adopted many excellent writing practices from my peer’s work.

Attachment: Peer Review of Definitions Assignment

 

Formal Review of Scientific Literature

This is a sample assignment from Physics 348, a writing course for physicists. The objective of this assignment was to write a formal review on a physics related topic. I chose to write about the evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (eLISA), a project by the European Space Association.

Attachment: A Review of the LISA and eLISA Projects