An industrial case study: Identification of competencies of design engineers

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 709-716

  Ahmed, Saeema ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competencies; Empirical studies; Experience; Professional design knowledge

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN ENGINEERS; EMPIRICAL STUDY; PROFESSIONAL DESIGN KNOWLEDGE;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 34547522733     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2723807     Document Type: Article

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