Liu, R., & Hatipkarasulu, Y. (2014, June), Introducing Building Information Modeling Course into a Newly Developed Construction Program with Various Student Backgrounds  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20698

\bibitem{asee_peer_20698}
  Liu, R., \& Hatipkarasulu, Y. (2014, June), \emph{Introducing Building Information Modeling Course into a Newly Developed Construction Program with Various Student Backgrounds}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--20698

Rui Liu and Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu.  "Introducing Building Information Modeling Course into a Newly Developed Construction Program with Various Student Backgrounds".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/20698 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20698}
  Rui Liu and Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu.
  "Introducing Building Information Modeling Course into a Newly Developed Construction Program with Various Student Backgrounds".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/20698 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

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