Undergraduate research and education in nanotechnology

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1 PART I, 2006, Pages 157-170

  Sweeney, Aldrin E ^a   Vaidyanathan, Pallavoor ^a   Seal, Sudipta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; Undergraduate research

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044459333     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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