Everyday electrical engineering: A one-week summer academy course for high school students

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-494

  Mehrizi Sani, Ali ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical engineering education; High school education; Outreach; Power engineering; Problem based learning; Summer academy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

HIGH SCHOOL; OUTREACH; POWER ENGINEERING; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SUMMER ACADEMY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84898776295     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2012.2190606     Document Type: Article

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