Using a nationwide Internet-based bridge design contest as a vehicle for engineering outreach

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-128

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

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge design; Precollege outreach; Web based contest

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER ANIMATIONS; INTERNET BASED BRIDGE; REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES; WEB-ENABLED COMPUTERS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 3142688290     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00796.x     Document Type: Article

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