Integrated biomedical engineering education using studio-based learning

Richard A. Foulds; Michael Bergen; Bruno A. Mantilla

doi:10.1109/MEMB.2003.1237508

Integrated biomedical engineering education using studio-based learning

Richard A. Foulds, Michael Bergen, Bruno A. Mantilla

Bio-Medical Engineering

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	92-100
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2003.1237508
State	Published - Jul 2003

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Biomedical Engineering

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