Innovation skills for tomorrow's sustainable designers

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 451-461

  Linsey, Julie S ^a   Viswanathan, Vimal K ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Design creativity; Design fixation; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952849691     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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