The first edition, published in 1992, was the best seller on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Press anthology press list for that year. The new edition is revised and expanded, with two new sections on global communications and the Internet.
Dr. Beer is a senior member of IEEE and co-author of A Guide to Writing as an Engineer, published by John Wiley and due to be printed in a second edition later this year.
He has frequently given presentations at the International Professional Communications Conference and is an active book reviewer for three publishers. He has published papers in IEEE and The American Society for Engineering Education journals.
Dr. Beer consults with high-tech industries on writing and editing and regularly offers workshops on technical communication to these companies. One of his key areas of research is in making highly technical subjects accessible to non-technical audiences.
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