An Experience Design Review of Munich’s Altes Pinakothek Museum
By Kristin Zibell, guest author
June 2024
I thought the Albrecht Dürer masterwork painting, “Selbstbildnis imcPelzrock” would make me cry.cInstead, it was the abominable experience design of the Altes Pinakothek museum that brought me to tears.
My parents and I …
Introduction
Over the next weeks and months, we will be highlighting award winners recognized by IEEE ProComm. This week’s interview is with Dr. Jason Tham, who is an Associate Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech University. Tham is also the Assistant Chair of …
The IEEE Professional Communication Society is managed by a Board of Governors comprising 12 volunteers who work to assure that our society serves its members and the field of technical and professional communication. If you are interested in a higher level of involvement in the society …
A slate of six candidates for election to the ProComm Board of Governors for 2022–2024 has been announced.
Nancy Barr, Mercer UniversityZhijun Gao, Peking University Suzanne Lane, MITKira Dreher, University of QatarLin Dong, University of International Business and Economics, BeijingAravindhan Anbazhagan, IEEE ProComm YP representative
The election schedule is as …
A recent article from IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication was featured in the Arizona State University news.
Generation Z have been told throughout their high school and collegiate careers that their technology use would distract them in the workplace. However, when they got there, they discovered …
Volume 64, Number 2, June 2021
Research Articles:
New Engineers’ Transfer of Communication Activities from School to Work, by J. D. Ford, M. Paretti, D. Kotys-Schwartz, S. Howe, and R. OttCommunication is critical for engineers, but despite its emphasis within engineering education, it is still noted as a …
Moving from Student to Engineer – Part 1
By Robert Lyons, Technical and Management Consultant, and Nancy Barr, PhD
The differences between academic and industrial communication projects seem to be in scope and scale of content, size and number of teams, duration of collaboration, and geographic dispersion.
Industry …
Our society is excited to launch a discussion series to help you stay connected with like-minded professionals as we all navigate significant changes to our professional lives. The “ProComm Fireside Chat” series will be an informal opportunity to learn from other ProComm members as we …
ProComm is currently looking for nominations for our 2021 awards, specifically:
The Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering CommunicationThe Emily K. Schlesinger Award for Outstanding Service to the Professional Communication SocietyThe Ronald S. Blicq Award for Distinction in Technical Communication Education
Additional details about these …
In her paper “‘Here We Show’: Teaching Engineering Students to Reason with an Audience,” to be delivered at ProComm 2020, Dr. Suzanne Lane argues that learning to use first-person discourse alongside with active voice is an important step in becoming an engineer.
Although the use of …
