Teaching systems thinking and biomimicry to civil engineering students

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 176-182

  Cattano, Corey ^a   Nikou, Tina ^a   Klotz, Leidy ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil engineering; Engineering education; Sustainable development; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMICRY; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; CLEMSON UNIVERSITY; ENGINEERING COURSE; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; LEARNING OBJECTIVES; LIFE LONG LEARNING; PROBLEM RECOGNITION; STUDENT FEEDBACK; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; SYSTEMS THINKING; TEACHING APPROACHES; TEACHING METHODS; TEACHING MODULE; TEACHING SYSTEMS;

BIOMIMETICS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 81855193637     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000061     Document Type: Review

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