Integrating social justice ideas into a numerical methods course in bioengineering

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Catalano, George ^a   Baillie, Caroline ^b   Riley, Donna ^c   Nieusma, Dean ^d   Byrne, Chris ^e   Bailey, Margaret ^f   Haralampides, Katy ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smith College ^*

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Cascadia Community College   (United States)

^f ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

CASE-STUDIES; COURSE MODULES; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 85029047426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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