Comparing engineering practice in South Asia with australia

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Domal, Vinay Kumar ^a   Trevelyan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POTABLE WATER; PRODUCTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATIONS; ENGINEERING GRADUATES; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ESSENTIAL SERVICES; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; MANUFACTURING PLANT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029035609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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