Integrating Technical and Professional Communication into the Engineering Curriculum: International Perspectives from Four Programs

Paper i proceeding, 2025

This panel describes the shape of four international engineering communication programs, spread across North America and Europe. Each of these programs attempt to break the typical silos that separate communication instruction - writing, presenting, and visual communication - in engineering from disciplinary knowledge and the students' technical curriculum. In describing the history, structure, and curricular practices of each of these programs, we hope to give attendees strategies for building integrated transdisciplinary skill development directly into technical courses, providing undergraduate engineering students with the most relevant instruction possible.