• DocumentCode
    1026509
  • Title

    Preparing Graduate Students for Interdisciplinary Careers

  • Author

    Gobbert, Matthias K. ; Neerchal, Nagaraj K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    93
  • Lastpage
    95
  • Abstract
    Careers in science and engineering entail interactions with professionals from many fields. Interdisciplinary work in graduate school - such as that found at UMBC´s Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting - offer a way for students to gain experience with handling the challenges involved in these interactions.
  • Keywords
    engineering education; professional aspects; graduate students; interdisciplinary careers; interdisciplinary work; Art; Collaboration; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Government; Mathematics; Organizing; Pharmaceuticals; Statistics; Writing; education; graduate courses; interdisciplinary research;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2008.11
  • Filename
    4418775