Globalization, diversity, leadership, and problem definition in engineering education

Proceedings of the Inaugural International Conference on Research in Engineering Education, ICREE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Downey, Gary Lee ^a   Lucena, Juan C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Engineering epistemologies; Globalization; Leadership; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

DESCRIPTIVE KNOWLEDGES; ENGINEERING FIELDS; EXPOSITORY ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION CALLS; SHARP DISTINCTIONS;

ENGINEERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84858512364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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