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Writing Style and Communication Skills for Undergraduate Engineers, Fifth Edition, provides students with guidance for models of experimental reporting and fully explains how they might produce such reports using their own data. The book presents models that represent the full diversity of experimental engineering reports; examples range from simple industrial testing documents to complex research reports. All examples in Parts I and II of the text resemble student reports so students will have familiar examples of undergraduate level results that are reported as concisely, concretely and specifically as possible. The book focuses on the most common reports that students produce, including typical lab assignments, the various formats for short and long reports, and a capstone report. Comprehensive guidance is presented on the proper methods for including illustrations, graphs, tables, spreadsheets, and equations. The book also provides instruction for the design and delivery of visual and oral presentations students may need to make in their undergraduate careers, such as slide presentations, exhibits, and posters. New to the Fifth Edition is a section devoted to online courses and virtual meetings, with particular attention to Zoom and Microsoft Teams. An entirely new Part III, Writing to Land the Job, offers step-by-step guidance on how to navigate the job search and application process, with a special emphasis on effectively using LinkedIn.