Survey of K-12 engineering-oriented student competitions

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-83

  Wankat, Phillip C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitions; Design; K 12, engineering outreach; Robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847696925     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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