Paliwal, M., & Sepahpour, B. (2012, June), A Revised Approach for Better Implementation of Capstone Senior Design Projects  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--20860

\bibitem{asee_peer_20860}
  Paliwal, M., \& Sepahpour, B. (2012, June), \emph{A Revised Approach for Better Implementation of Capstone Senior Design Projects}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--20860

Manish Paliwal and Bijan Sepahpour.  "A Revised Approach for Better Implementation of Capstone Senior Design Projects".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/20860 Internet.  06 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20860}
  Manish Paliwal and Bijan Sepahpour.
  "A Revised Approach for Better Implementation of Capstone Senior Design Projects".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/20860 Internet.  06 Dec, 2024

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