Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

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