Interacting with the public using images of the nanoscale

Society for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 2000-2004

  Crone, W C ^a   Duncan, K A ^a   Anderson, M M ^b   Meshoulam, D ^a   Sims, M ^a   Luster, K ^a   Johnson, A ^a   Williamson, H ^a   Hood, E ^a   Zenner, G M ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFFEE SHOPS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENERAL PUBLICS; NANO SCALE; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SCIENTIFIC IMAGES; SURVEY DATA;

MECHANICS;

EID: 72849117491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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