The role of 'Hands-on' practice in aerospace engineering education

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Arjomandi, Maziar ^a   Gibson, Brad A ^a   Valiyff, Aliya ^a   Chartier, Benjamin J ^a   Missingham, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; ENGINEERING TASKS; HANDS-ON PRACTICE; MARKET EVALUATION; STUDENT INVOLVEMENTS; TESTING AND EVALUATION; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING; UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 78549288952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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