Exploring the effect of design education on the design cognition of Mechanical Engineering students

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 607-614

  Williams, Christopher B ^a,b   Gero, John ^b   Lee, Yoon ^c   Paretti, Marie ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODING SCHEME; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DESIGN COGNITION; DESIGN COURSE; DESIGN EDUCATION; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN THINKING; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; FUNCTION-BEHAVIOR-STRUCTURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; PROTOCOL ANALYSIS; QUALITY DESIGN;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; INNOVATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84863604905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-48357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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