Teaching workplace communication in senior design

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2627-2634

  Norback, Judith Shaul ^a   Forehand, Garlie A ^a   Jernigan, Stephanie A ^a   Quinn, Alexander B ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES; WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; CURRICULA; ENGINEERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744268513     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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