Impact of college learning on engineering career practice

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Baytiyeh, Hoda ^a   Naja, Mohamad K ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Engineering practice; Middle East; Transition to career

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING CAREERS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ENGINEERING PROFESSION; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMWORK; NEW SOLUTIONS; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS; PERSONAL SKILLS; PRACTICING ENGINEERS; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; TECHNICAL FIELDS; TECHNICAL SKILLS; TRANSITION PROCESS; TRANSITION TO CAREER;

ENGINEERS; INNOVATION; STANDARDS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 78751565441     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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