Civil engineering: Anachronism and black sheep

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-30

  Singh, Amarjit ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Engineering profession

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PROFESSION; FUNCTIONAL TASKS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; WORD PROCESSING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845764770     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2007)133:1(18)     Document Type: Article

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