In to Africa: Teaching nanoscience to undergraduates in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1320, Issue , 2011, Pages 48-59

  Augustine, Brian H ^a   Munro, Orde Q ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PREPARATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; LABORATORY COURSE; PILOT PROGRAMS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNDERGRADUATE COURSES; UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

CURRICULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NANOSCIENCE; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84860138803     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/opl.2011.580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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