Attracting women to engineering that serves developing communities

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bielefeldt, Angela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

LEADERSHIP BOARDS; UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029126963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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