Engineering education and practice in Turkey

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 26-35

  Tantekin Ersolmaz, Ş Birgüg ^a   Ekinci, Ekrem ^a   Saǧlamer, Gülsün ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENGINEERS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; MODERNIZATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENGINEERING INSTITUTIONS; ENGINEERING SCHOOLS; MILITARY ENGINEERING INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL EDUCATION; TURKEY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33746998927     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2006.1649025     Document Type: Article

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