How can universities provide a global perspective for engineers? One institution's solution

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 3105-3111

  Mello, Natalie A ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC YEAR; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS; SEMESTER SYSTEMS; SOCIETAL CONCERNS;

CURRICULA; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8644285464     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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