Integrating written communication within engineering curricula

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 152-159

  Bonk, Robert J ^a,b   Imhoff, Paul T ^c   Cheng, Alexander H D ^c,d  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILLS; COMPUTER DOCUMENTATION; ENGINEERING CURRICULA; WRITTEN COMMUNICATION;

ACCREDITATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; EVALUATION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 4644301279     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2002)128:4(152)     Document Type: Review

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