Writing in the Biomedical Engineering Discipline

Maldonado, Salome A.

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Writing in the Biomedical Engineering Discipline Public

As the movement of “writing in the disciplines” continues to advance in the university curriculum, anticipation increases for students to publish their own research material. However, there is a stark contrast between the genre of student writing and research journal articles. This project will evaluate the process that is required to construct a published research article. This includes defining the genre and discourse community that the biomedical engineering field uses to transform what is now a Biomedical Engineering Master's thesis into a potential journal article. This project aims to clearly construct this process using a variety of rhetorical strategies and to provide insight into the question: why can't a graduate/undergraduate student just write their own journal article?

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