Explicit development of engineering skills and characteristics in the freshman year

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schimmels, Joseph ^a,b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Opus College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING SKILLS; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENT SATISFACTION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029088131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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