Work in progress: Alumni mentoring of engineers in a technical communication course

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sharp, Julie E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumni mentoring; Alumni networking; Report writing; Technical communication; Workplace communication

Indexed keywords

ALUMNI MENTORING; ALUMNI NETWORKING; REPORT WRITING; WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644469167     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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