PeopleMover: An example of interdisciplinary project-based education in electrical engineering

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-167

  Daems, Walter ^a   De Smedt, Bart ^a   Vanassche, Piet ^a   Gielen, Georges ^a   Sansen, Willy ^a   De Man, Hugo ^a  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active learning; Design seminars; Interdisciplinary courses; Project based education; System design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; STUDENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ACTIVE LEARNING; DESIGN SEMINARS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES; PROJECT BASED EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0037301612     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2002.808229     Document Type: Article

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