Improving engineering education outreach in rural counties through engineering risk analysis

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 224-232

  Boynton, Matthew ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education outreach; Risk analysis; Rural counties; STEM fields

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE; ENGINEERING INNOVATIONS; ENGINEERING RISK ANALYSIS; HANDS-ON ENGINEERING; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INCOME LEVELS; JACKSON; K-12 SCHOOLS; KENTUCKY; NATURAL HAZARD; PERCEPTIONS OF ENGINEERING; REAL-WORLD; RISK OF FAILURE; RURAL COUNTIES; SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY , ENGINEERING , AND MATHEMATICS; SOCIETAL VALUES; STEM FIELDS; STUDENT ASSESSMENT; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; TEACHING METHODS; TENNESSEE; TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; TESTING EFFORT; URBAN AREAS; WOLF CREEK;

INNOVATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77956799917     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000026     Document Type: Article

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