Tocco, J. V. (2015, June), A Female-Oriented Capstone Experience: Generations of Engineers Passing the Torch  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23379

\bibitem{asee_peer_23379}
  Tocco, J. V. (2015, June), \emph{A Female-Oriented Capstone Experience: Generations of Engineers Passing the Torch}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23379

John V. Tocco J.D..  "A Female-Oriented Capstone Experience: Generations of Engineers Passing the Torch".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23379 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23379}
  John V. Tocco J.D..
  "A Female-Oriented Capstone Experience: Generations of Engineers Passing the Torch".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23379 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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