Flamur Kukaj 

ENGL 21007

Professor Delamare

April 27, 2022

Rhetorical Analysis of a Research Paper In the Field of Technology and Engineering

Bazhinov Et al, (2021) the paper was chosen because of its interesting journey. As a future Engineer, this paper gives insight into what employers are looking for in technology and engineering. This is a perfect paper on understanding the field of engineering and going through what engineers go through. Bazhinov Et al, (2021) lead us toward their whole project and give us an understanding of the statistics and math equations they went through. The purpose of this rhetorical essay is to analyze the author’s techniques when it comes to understanding the messages they give out. Techniques such as introduction, methodology, research, and discussion are what we use to understand the messages that authors give out. 

Bazhinov Et al, (2021) are affiliated with departments associated with technical and transportation. Audiences could be future engineers who want to become like these seven students and it could also be car companies that would be very interested in their idea. Car companies such as Tesla, Ford, Nio and etc look for engineers such as these students to figure out their evaluations of the conditions of hybrid car powertrain. Future engineers that are interested in the transportation in technology department The Point of these engineers is to make hybrid cars look better than gas cars because hybrid cars are healthy for the environment. A hybrid car is a mix of battery/gas cars meaning you don’t have to use gas at all unless you need it.

Bazhinov Et al, (2021) Use mostly logos as one of the rhetorical devices which are using examples and logic to support the claim and persuade them from all the statistics. These engineers made sure to add an analysis paragraph that explains to us the problems and malfunctions of using a combustion engine. There are also equations they used for their method and what were the original equations. The seven engineers were so clever to even have a measuring complex in the car which measures the internal combustion engine and the vehicle acceleration and the vehicle they tested was the Prius car which comes from the company Toyota. The paper is filled with graphs and tables showing how the equation can bring up an evaluation. The graphs have a controlled variable and independent and how they both have different effects on each other. They have a graph that shows the distribution of the energy flows which is battery power.

Bazhinov Et al, (2021) use Ethos by doing very well in including references which makes the reader feel more reliable reading the journal. They have 33 sources to be exact which means that this paper can be trustworthy. In addition to them explaining it makes it even more trustworthy. The journal is peer-reviewed means it’s more trustworthy and accurate to the topic and when it’s peer-reviewed it’s also looked at more often because readers know there wouldn’t be any mistakes. They also did a very job in having the text in IMRaD writing format which is an introduction, methodology, results, and discussions. This group of people did a very good job of providing an opposing side which is healthier for the environment and there is a side that likes to drive gas cars. Some of us younger generation people will love to witness the future and the solution is to have hybrid cars instead of completely gas cars. Bazhinov Et al, (2021) makes the audience agree with them especially since it’s about improving technology so mankind and the environment can be healthy. These engineers have experience, they have struggled with this project, and figuring out a new method can be difficult. However, they manage to figure it out and now we have ways of evaluating hybrid cars.

Engineers design hybrid vehicles to reduce emissions. The pathos relevance is correlated to the buyer of hybrid vehicles in the sense that they wish for a more healthy environment and cleaner air. Courtney, C. (2020) stated “the average miles per gallon(mpg) of hybrid vehicles is 42, while compared to a regular sedan hypothetically averaging 25 mpg would cost the owner an estimated $1600 annually.” Hybrid vehicles come in at an estimated $975 annually, a $625 difference in savings yearly. This quote conveys that using hybrid vehicles could cut down on yearly costs. This is significant because these engineers have made life simpler for humans, despite the fact that we now know that gas automobiles leak too much gas into the atmosphere, causing harm to the world and its ecology. In the abstract, they add toxicity exhausting gases which show that these engineers do care for mankind and want to remove these gases from the hybrid cars and improve the batteries.

After all, Bazhinov Et al, (2021) use rhetorical devices to show their audience how they show credibility, logistics, and emotion through their engineering project of finding a new method of evaluation for hybrid cars. The paper had an exceptional amount of graphs, equations, and tables made by the authors. They were successful in achieving their goal of finding a new method of evaluating hybrid cars which took them a long time. The seven Engineers’ narratives were able to show that they were able to get through these obstacles on how they had many failures and difficulties. Their thoughts of thinking about hybrid vehicles are very clever, especially during the time of too many gas emissions being released into the Sky which can hurt the earth. This rhetorical analysis dissects the text and examines the author’s target audiences and how they are addressed in the text. 

References:

Bazhinov, O., Gerlici, J., Kravchenko, O., Haiek, Y., Bazhynova, T., Zaverukha, R., & Kravchenko, K. (2021). Development of a Method for Evaluating the Technical Condition of a Car’s Hybrid Powertrain. Symmetry (20738994), 13(12), 2356. https://doi-org.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/10.3390/sym13122356C, C. (2020, October 7). How much money will a hybrid save me? – carvana blog. How much money will a hybrid save me? Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://blog.carvana.com/2020/10/how-much-money-will-a-hybrid-save-me/