Board 27: Improving Student Writing with Research-based Instruction: Results from the Civil Engineering Writing Project

Improving Student Writing with Research-based Instruction: Results from the Civil Engineering Writing Project Dr. Susan Conrad, Portland State University Susan Conrad, Professor of Applied Linguistics, is the head of the Civil Engineering Writing Project, in which engineering faculty, engineering practitioners, and writing specialists collaborate to improve writing instruction in civil engineering courses. She has written numerous articles and books about English grammar, discourse, and corpus linguistics. Mr. Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc. Mr. Pfeiffer is a senior engineer and manager at Foundation Engineering in Portland, Oregon. Kenneth Lamb P.E., Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Kenneth is an Assistant Professor at Cal Poly Pomona. Kenneth is a licensed Professional Engineer in Nevada with experience working on a variety of water, storm water, and waster water systems projects. He holds degrees from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (BSCE and PhD) and from Norwich University (MCE).