The documents in this section have been edited on various levels. All documents have overgone basic copyediting as well as format editing. The thesis had specific formatting requirements, while the manual allowed me to utilize my skills in page layout.

Dynamic Message Sign Report
Exerpt with track changes - Microsoft Word Document
This report on the position of Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) was part of a larger study prepared by HNTB for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). My edits can be seen in track changes.

Findlay Fire Department Ice Rescue Manual
Original excerpt with handwritten edits - Adobe PDF document
Edited excerpt - Adobe PDF document
I revised for the Findlay Fire Department an Ice Rescue training manual for a service learning project in Technical Writing (ENG 640). The new manual is currently being used by the department as part of their Ice Rescue training program.

How a UV-Curable Inkjet Flatbed Works: Anatomy of a UV-Curable Ink Printer
UV-curable printer edits - Microsoft Word Document
This is a real document that I edited for the head of FLAAR. The document deals with large format printers, which FLAAR reviews. The different colors of highlights were used in leiu of the MS Word feature, track changes. Yellow highlights show where I changed or re-wrote something, comments are in red with yellow highlighting. Greyed text denotes a section that should be deleted, and blue highlights show a portion of the text that has been moved.

Copperbelly Water Snake Study - Master's Thesis for Purdue University
Original with handwritten edits - Adobe PDF document
Final version excerpt - Microsoft Word document
I edited this thesis as a part of my Technical Editing (ENG 642) class. As a favor to the author, I also helped him format it correctly. The thesis has had a number of reviewers since my work with it, as can be viewed in the final excerpt.

State of the Region Edits
SOR Document edited with track changes - Microsoft Word Document
This piece was one of many that had to be edited and put together for the State of the Region Conference put on by the Center for Regional Development. The conference focused on Homeland Security in Ohio, specifically Northwest Ohio, the region of the state served by the Center. I was charged with the duty of editing and putting together the separate pieces for the publication put out for the conference.