The 34 papers in this volume discuss a variety of technical writing topics. The following are some of these topics: (1) definitions and historical analyses of technical writing; (2) using case studies in technical writing classes; (3) advice to beginning teachers on how to teach graphics in technical communication classes; (4) preparing for an influx of foreign students in technical writing courses; (5) enlightened use of the passive voice in technical writing; (6) technical writing and the marketplace; (7) teaching technical writing to native Americans; (8) new directions in technical communications; (9) effective models and classroom techniques for integrating oral communication within technical writing courses; (10) a rhetorical analysis of the words, sentences, and paragraphs in 16 industrial scripts; and (11) research in the comprehension of engineering lectures by nonnative speakers. (RL)