An online learning tool for product platform planning

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 11013-11031

  Srinivasan, Anand ^a   Terpenny, Janis P ^b,f,g   Shooter, Steven B ^c   Stone, Robert B ^d   Simpson, Timothy W ^e   Kumara, Soundar R T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Engineering Education ^*

^g NSF Multi University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS; LEARNING TOOLS; ONLINE LEARNING; PRODUCT PLATFORM PLANNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544471561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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