Using research to educate freshman engineers and high school students about the multidisciplinary character of engineering

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pierrakos, Olga ^a,b   Alley, Michael ^a,b   Vlachos, Pavlos ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

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EID: 85029101883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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