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Project I assignment
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Graham, M., A. Slocum, and R. Moreno Sanchez. "Teaching High School Students and College Freshmen Product Development by Deterministic Design with PREP." Journal of Mechanical Design 129 (July 2007): 677.

Oakley, Barbara, et al. "Turning Student Groups into Effective Teams." Journal of Student Centered Learning 2, no. 1 (2004): 9. (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Philips, Patricia L. "So You're Going to be a Member of a Team." Chemical Engineering Progress, January 1997. (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

"Theory of Multiple Intelligences." Wikipedia.

Learning styles test and interpretation
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"Tuckman's Stages of Group Development." Wikipedia.

"Pirate's Creed of Ethics."

"Questions to Consider to Create a Team Contract." (PDF)
3 Library info searching: Introduction to Compendex and Inspec video
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Gopen, George, and Judith Swan. "The Science of Scientific Writing." American Scientist.

Buy at Amazon Kishlansky, Mark A. "How to Read a Document." Sources of World History Volume 1. Wadsworth Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780495091516.

Meetings reading from the MIT-Gordon Leadership Program. (PDF) (Courtesy of the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program. Used with permission.)
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ASME. "Ethical Standards for Authors in the Publication of ASME Journals."

ASME. "ASME Code of Ethics for Engineers." (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Yates, JoAnne. "Active Listening and Reflective Responses." MIT Sloan Communication Program Teaching Note. (PDF) (Courtesy of JoAnne Yates. Used with permission.)
6 No readings
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Pogue, David. "A Camera That Has It All? Well, Almost." New York Times, December 8, 2005.

Buy at Amazon Williams, Jim. "Should Ohm's Law Be Repealed?" Analog Circuit Design. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1991. ISBN: 978075069640.
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Buy at Amazon Florman, Samuel C. The Existential Pleasures of Engineering. St Martin's Griffin, 1996. ISBN: 9780312141042.

Buy at Amazon Petroski, Henry. Invention by Design: How Engineers Get From Thoughts to Thing. Harvard University Press, 1996. ISBN: 978067446384.
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Jan, Tracy. "At MIT, Chic Nudges Geek: Some Want Their School to Shed Notorious Nerd Image." The Boston Globe, October 15, 2008.

Nugent, Benjamin. "The Way We Live Now: 7-29-07: Idea Lab; Who's a Nerd, Anyway?" The New York Times, July 29, 2007.
10 Buy at Amazon Thurber, James. Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated. Harper Perennial, 1983. ISBN: 978006090994.
11 Buy at Amazon Bolles, Richard N. What Color is Your Parachute? 2011: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. Ten Speed Press, 2010. ISBN: 9781580089890.
12 No readings
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Pound, Ezra. "In a Station of the Metro."

Additional Readings

American Institute of Physics. This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.AIP Style Manual. (PDF - 4.1MB) 1990.

Buy at Amazon Levi, Primo. "Argon." In The Periodic Table. Everyman's Library, 1996. ISBN: 9780679444633.

Houghstow, Amber. "Measuring the Heat Absorption and Retention Properties of a Solar Autoclave." May 14, 2010. 2.671 Measurement and Instrumentation, MIT. (PDF) (Courtesy of an MIT student. Used with permission.)