The nature of engineering work in South Asia: Identifying engineering roles

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Domal, Vinay Kumar ^a,b   Trevelyan, James ^a,c  

^a UWA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Mechatronics Engineering Discipline Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGINEERED SERVICES; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; INTERVIEWS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029128939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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