Enhancing Graduate Student Communication to General Audiences through Blogging about Nanotechnology and Sustainability

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1600-1605

  Bishop, Lee M ^a   Tillman, Ayesha S ^b   Geiger, Franz M ^c   Haynes, Christy L ^d   Klaper, Rebecca D ^e   Murphy, Catherine J ^b   Orr, Galya ^f   Pedersen, Joel A ^a,g   DeStefano, Lizanne ^b   Hamers, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication Writing; Curriculum; Graduate Education Research; Internet Web Based Learning; Nanotechnology; Professional Development; Public Understanding Outreach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927669448     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed500050d     Document Type: Article

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