Manufacturing: A strategic opportunity for engineering education

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 397-405

  Todd, Robert H ^a   Red, W Edward ^a   Magleby, Spencer P ^a   Coe, Steven ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CURRICULA; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING SCIENCE; MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION; MANUFACTURING-RELATED EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 19644363064     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00619.x     Document Type: Article

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