Virtual Environments in Materials Science and Engineering: The Students' Opinion

@inproceedings{Vergara2015VirtualEI,
  title={Virtual Environments in Materials Science and Engineering: The Students' Opinion},
  author={Diego Vergara and Miguel Lorenzo and Manuel Pablo Rubio},
  year={2015}
}
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