Can a course on the calculation of the effects of fires, explosions and toxic gas dispersions, be topical, enjoyable and meaningful?

Education for Chemical Engineers

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Assael, Marc J ^a   Kakosimos, Konstantinos E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Multimedia; Peer assessment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955656730     PISSN: 17497728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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