Developing technical competency and enhancing the soft skills of undergraduate mechanical engineering students through service-learning

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3321-3326

  Pinnell, Margaret F ^a,b   Chuck, Leon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b University of Dayton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; SERVICE LEARNING; SOFT SKILLS; TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE;

COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 5444243913     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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