Engineering education reform: Signs of progress

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1005-1011

  Splitt, Frank G ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GRADUATES; ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY; GLOBAL INDUSTRALIZATION;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 10044271079     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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