Humanitarian engineering: Global impacts and sustainability of a curricular effort

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-174

  Moskal, Barbara M ^a   Skokan, Catherine ^a   Muñoz, David ^a   Gosink, Joan ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Global engineering; Humanitarian engineering; Undergraduate curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949141660     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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