Development of undergraduate students professional skills

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 102-108

  Siller, Thomas J ^a   Rosales, Alma ^b   Haines, John ^a   Benally, Aaron ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curricula; Engineering education; Professional development; Undergraduate study

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES; COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION; ENGINEERING PROFESSION; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING; NEW APPROACHES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROFESSIONAL LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL SKILLS; PUBLIC SERVICES; UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDY;

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 67651033980     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2009)135:3(102)     Document Type: Article

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