Defining First-generation and Low-income Students in Engineering: An Exploration
Sara Atwood, Shannon Gilmartin, Angela Harris, Sheri Sheppard
Abstract
Harris is a member of the Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (Global WaSH) cluster in the Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program. Her research seeks to better characterize human exposure pathways of fecal contamination and develop methods to interrupt pathogen transmission to protect human health. Harris is engaged in computational and laboratory investigations
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