- Conference Session
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1
- Collection
- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
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Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Alena Zheng, University of Maryland College Park
- Tagged Topics
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Diversity
- Tagged Divisions
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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)
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