Geeks are CHIC: Cultural identity and engineering students' pathways to the profession

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Loshbaugh, Heidi ^a,b   Claar, Brittany ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b CSM's Center for Engineering Education

^c REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS;

DISCIPLINARY CULTURE; PRE-PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING; PSEUDONYMOUS MOUNTAIN TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE; UNDERGRADUATE CAREERS; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029051388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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