Interdisciplinary Mechatronics engineering and science: problem-solving, creative-thinking and concurrent design synergy

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-22

  Habib, Maki K ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

concurrent design; creative thinking; curriculum; design process; interdisciplinary; learning; Mechatronics; Mechatronics education; problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961559628     PISSN: 17531039     EISSN: 17531047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMMS.2008.018272     Document Type: Article

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