Exploring student differences in formulating cross-disciplinary sustainability problems

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-338

  Adams, Robin S ^a   Beltz, Natalie ^b   Mann, Llewellyn ^c   Wilson, Denise ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross disciplinarity; Design; Problem formulation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952847361     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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