Design for frontier contexts: Classroom assessment of a new design methodology with humanitarian applications

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1029-1045

  Green, Matthew G ^a   Jensen, Dan ^b   Seepersad, Carolyn C ^c   Wood, Kristin L ^c  

^a LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Customer needs; Design methods; Developing countries; Latent needs; Task clarification

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450158598     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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