Undergraduate materials education 2010: Status and recommendations

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Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 34-70

  Schwartz, Lyle H ^a  

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Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA COMPILATION; ENGINEERING SCHOOLS; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY; UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA; UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION;

CURRICULA; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRAIN ENERGY;

MATERIALS;

EID: 77951039374     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-010-0046-2     Document Type: Article

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