Social Community in Action: How Two Undergraduate Engineering Scholar Programs Facilitated Involvement in Communities of Practice
By: Lisa Trahan, Dean Rockwell and Darren Lipomi
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/see.133 | Journal eISSN: 2690-5450
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 72
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2023
Accepted on: Jan 14, 2024
Published on: Mar 13, 2024
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