Difficulites in Writing for Engineering Courses

There is a general misconception that engineering courses do not require any knowlegde of writing skills since scientific theories and equations form the bulk of our modules. This is rather myopic as it does require every individuals to present their ideas clearly and precise to his or her audience. However, since the writing for engineering is vastly different from the teachings of our previous educational institutions, i do encounter some difficulties along the way. The two main obstacles are ideas generation and the adoption of formal writing style.
First of all, since the primarily focus of writing in engineering is more inclined towards academic texts, therefore we must have substantial informations and backgrounds of different scientific terms and technological advancements to convince our readers. For instance, if someone barely has any knowledge about Carbon Capture and Storage, they will not be able to generate a precise and good essay. Therefore a sharp transition from national service to university has make this a difficulty for me as I am isolated from all forms of writing during that period. The fact that I hardly read newspapers has deterioriated this problem.
Next, will be the difficulty of adopting a formal style of writing. This is essential in both report writing and essay as the person whom we are addressing to is normally a professor. The usual practice is to avoid the usage of the first person, as it tends to be rather informal. Instead of writing "I measured the mass of calorimeter," try "The mass of calorimeter was measured." Sometimes this transition to passive verbs may be hard, especially when I try to vary the sentence structures to prevent my essay from getting too dull.
Solving all these difficulies maybe hard and it really require lots of efforts in it. One of the ways will be by constant readings on articles and by regular writing. The different sentence structures of writing can be achieved by analysing and exploring the different stragies that the professors presented their ideas to the reader on newspapers.