Effective "writing to communicate" experiences in electrical engineering courses

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lord, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENGINEERING CAREER; ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029023452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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