Ghanat, S. T., & Davis, W. J., & Mays, T. W., & Burke, R., & Brown, K. T., & Ryan, J. C. (2021, July), Engagement in Practice: Capstone Design of a Real-world Transportation Interchange Project  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--37035

\bibitem{asee_peer_37035}
  Ghanat, S. T., \& Davis, W. J., \& Mays, T. W., \& Burke, R., \& Brown, K. T., \& Ryan, J. C. (2021, July), \emph{Engagement in Practice: Capstone Design of a Real-world Transportation Interchange Project}
  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference.
  10.18260/1-2--37035

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., William J. Davis P.E., Timothy W. Mays, Rebekah Burke P.E., Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., and John C. Ryan.  "Engagement in Practice: Capstone Design of a Real-world Transportation Interchange Project".  2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July.  ASEE Conferences, 2021.  https://peer.asee.org/37035 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_37035}
  Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., William J. Davis P.E., Timothy W. Mays, Rebekah Burke P.E., Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., and John C. Ryan.
  "Engagement in Practice: Capstone Design of a Real-world Transportation Interchange Project".
  \emph{2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2021.
  https://peer.asee.org/37035 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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