Industrial engineering: Why students come and what makes them stay?

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 7971-7980

  Shehab, Randa L ^a   Rhoads, Teri Reed ^a,b   Murphy, Teri J ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING GRADUATES; ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; ENROLMENT; GRADUATION;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 22544463948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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