Preface

One of the important lessons I like my students to learn is that they will build their research on work of other researchers and by doing so become gradually part of this community. Some of the research in the field of academic writing this e-book builds on is listed in the bibliography.

Research is also often only possible if necessary funds are available. Therefore, I would like to thank Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts for supporting the project of writing this e-book.

I am also most grateful to colleagues from the Department of Engineering + Architecture who critically read it and helped to make it a useful resource for our students, and I am particularly indebted to Beatrice Hunziker and Peter Radcliffe-Lunn. As this is still work in progress, these acknowledgements will be continuously updated.

I. D., 10 September, 2018