1. Guidelines to design engineering education in the twenty-first century for supporting innovative product development.
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Violante, Maria Grazia and Vezzetti, Enrico
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ENGINEERING education in universities & colleges ,ENGINEERING students ,THREE-dimensional printing ,STEM education ,QUALITY function deployment ,YOUNG adults ,HIGHER education ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
In the twenty-first century, meeting our technological challenges demands educational excellence, a skilled populace that is ready for the critical challenges society faces. There is widespread consensus, however, that education systems are failing to adequately prepare all students with the essential twenty-first century knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in life, career, and citizenship. The purpose of this paper is to understand how twenty-first century knowledge and skills can be appropriately embedded in engineering education finalised to innovative product development by using additive manufacturing (AM). The study designs a learning model by which to achieve effective AM education to address the requirements of twenty-first century and to offer students the occasion to experiment with STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) concepts. The study is conducted using the quality function deployment (QFD) methodology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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