Calabro, K., & Gupta, A., & Lopez Roshwalb, J. R. (2015, June), A Reflection on the Process of Selecting, Developing, and Launching a New Design Project in a Large-scale Introduction to Engineering Design Course  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23436

\bibitem{asee_peer_23436}
  Calabro, K., \& Gupta, A., \& Lopez Roshwalb, J. R. (2015, June), \emph{A Reflection on the Process of Selecting, Developing, and Launching a New Design Project in a Large-scale Introduction to Engineering Design Course}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23436

Kevin Calabro, Ayush Gupta, and Jackelyn Raquel Lopez Roshwalb.  "A Reflection on the Process of Selecting, Developing, and Launching a New Design Project in a Large-scale Introduction to Engineering Design Course".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23436 Internet.  14 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_23436}
  Kevin Calabro, Ayush Gupta, and Jackelyn Raquel Lopez Roshwalb.
  "A Reflection on the Process of Selecting, Developing, and Launching a New Design Project in a Large-scale Introduction to Engineering Design Course".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23436 Internet.  14 Jan, 2025

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