Enabling sustainable thinking in undergraduate engineering education

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-230

  Huntzinger, Deborah N ^a   Hutchins, Margot J ^a   Gierke, John S ^a   Sutherland, John W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual development; Problem based learning; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249290084     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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