Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Burns, Western Michigan University; Enas Aref, Western Michigan University; Mohammad Majd, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

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