What is engineering practice?

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 429-438

  Sheppard, Sheri ^a,b,c   Colby, Anne ^a,c   Macatangay, Kelly ^a,c,d   Sullivan, William ^a,d,e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching   (United States)

^d Carnegie Foundation

^e La Salle University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Design; Engineering practice; Engineering work; Problem solving; Work practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745227696     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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