Numerical problem solving using mathcad in undergraduate reaction engineering

Chemical Engineering Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-23

  Parulekar, Satish J ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PACKAGES; LARGE DATA ARRAYS; SYMBOLIC MATH PROGRAMS; UNDERGRADUATE REACTION ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPREADSHEETS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33644636533     PISSN: 00092479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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