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Using personality type differences to form engineering design teams

, MDRes, PhD. (Assistant Professor) , , BEng (Mech), PhD, CEng, MIMechE, PGCertHE, FHEA (Principal Lecturer) , , BSc (Eng), MSc, MSc, PhD, PhD, FRAS, FIMechE, MRAeS (Research Professor) & , BEng (Mech), PhD, MIEEE, FRSA, FHEA (Principal Lecturer)
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