Learning Factory - a new approach to integrating design and manufacturing into the engineering curriculum

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-112

  Lamancusa, John S ^a   Jorgensen, Jens E ^a   Zayas Castro, Jose L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; TEACHING;

LEARNING FACTORY; MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (MEEP); WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW);

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0031119501     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1997.tb00272.x     Document Type: Article

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