Promoting interdisciplinarity in engineering teaching

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-293

  Harrison, Gareth P ^a   Ewen Macpherson, D ^a   Williams, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b British Hydropower Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Engineering; Interdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DESIGN; ENGINEERING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING TEACHINGS; INTER-DISCIPLINARY DESIGNS; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY; PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERINGS; ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING; UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85068024645     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790701276775     Document Type: Article

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