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Integrating Written Communication within Engineering Curricula

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Volume 128, Issue 4
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Volume 128Issue 4October 2002
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Robert J. Bonk
Assistant Professor of Communications, Humanities Div., One University Place, Widener Univ., Chester, PA 19013-5792; formerly, Supplemental Faculty, Dept. of English, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
Paul T. Imhoff, M.ASCE
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 360 DuPont Hall, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
Alexander H.-D. Cheng, M.ASCE
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848; formerly, Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 355B DuPont Hall, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.

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