Future of engineering education. Part 3. Developing critical skills

Chemical Engineering Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 108-117

  Woods, Donald R ^a   Felder, Richard M ^b   Rugarcia, Armando ^c   Stice, James E ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Maestro en Diseño Industrial UNAM México   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

CRITICAL SKILLS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033741303     PISSN: 00092479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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