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Title: Lifelong Learning Is an Ethical Responsibility of Professional Engineers: Is School Preparing Young Engineers for Lifelong Learning?
Award ID(s):
1925964 1925968
NSF-PAR ID:
10278937
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Civil Engineering Education
Volume:
147
Issue:
3
ISSN:
2643-9107
Page Range / eLocation ID:
02521002
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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