For MIT engineering students and postdocs, tasks like writing grant proposals, applying to jobs, and presenting research findings require not only technical expertise but also the ability to clearly communicate. For the last 10 years, the MIT School of Engineering’s Communication Lab has helped students and postdocs develop those communication skills. Using principles like understanding your audience, identifying your purpose, and presenting a single, overarching theme, the lab’s students have advanced their academic and professional careers. “Learning communications ideas in the abstract can be difficult for engineering and science students,…
