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‘ Soft’ Knowledge Depth Enhancing engineering curricula with focused, relevant non-technical programs. EOTF 2.0 March 2009 Brian Schertz Thomas Frankie University of Illinois-UC
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The Case for the Non-Technical: Depth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Contemporary Offerings (University of Illinois) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Contact Information ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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