The Effects Of Stomp On Students' Understandings Of And Attitudes Toward The Engineering Design Process

Abstract

is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. He received all of his degrees from Stanford University. Chris is a co-founder of the Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach and spends much of his time playing with LEGO products.

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