Using information technology to facilitate accessible engineering outreach on a national scale

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 15281-15296

  Ressler, Stephen J ^a   Ressler, Eugene K ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERNET; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DIRECT CLASSROOM; JUNIOR ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SOCIETY (JETS); WEB-BASED JUDGING SYSTEMS; WEST POINT BRIDGE DESIGN CONTEST (WPBDC);

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 22544482654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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