Establishing school-wide standards for engineering writing: A data driven approach

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 5827-5846

  Hirsch, Penny L ^a   Smith, H David ^a   Birol, Gulnur ^b   Yalvac, Bugrahan ^a   Casler, Jeanine ^a   Anderson, John C ^a   Troy, John B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

COMMUNICATION STANDARDS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; FACULTY; PROFESSORS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544451564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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