Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Drake, Saint Louis University; Srikanth Gururajan, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

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