Engineering Design and Communication: The Case for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 342-348

  Hirsch, Penny L ^a   Shwom, Barbara L ^a   Yarnoff, Charles ^a   Anderson, John C ^a   Kelso, David M ^a   Olson, Gregory B ^a   Colgate, J Edward ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

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