Tackling the research-to-teaching challenge in engineering design education: Making the invisible visible

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 598-608

  Turns, Jennifer ^a,c   Cardella, Monica ^a,c,f   Atman, Cynthia J ^a,c,g,h   Martin, Josh ^a,c,f   Newman, Joshua ^a   Adams, Robin S ^b,d,e  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE)

^e Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education CAEE

^f Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching   (United States)

^g NSF Funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE)

^h NSF Funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education ^*

Author keywords

Engineering design; Research impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745229687     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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