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Supporting Engineering Design Communication Through a Social Media Tool - Insights for Engineering Project Management

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Engineering Design Communication (EDC) is highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary and often relates to one or more artefacts associated with the product. This results in the need for a method of communication that can deliver the required engineering context, enable multiple-perspectives to be expressed and represent the artefact of interest. Therefore, this paper presents some initial insights from the analysis of user behaviour using a custom-built Social Media tool (PartBook), which has been specifically designed to support EDC and has been deployed in a Formula Student Team.

Source: Explore Bristol Research

Authors: James Gopsill, Hamish McAlpine, Ben Hicks

Language: English

Topic: Design Education and Practice

Subfield: Mechanical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green