Schmidt, P. L., & Hoch, D., & Bousaba, N. A., & Heybruck, W. F., & Sharer, D. L., & Cecchi, V., & Teng, G., & Sharer, E. (2011, June), An Optimization Routine for Assigning Students to Capstone Project Groups  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17479

\bibitem{asee_peer_17479}
  Schmidt, P. L., \& Hoch, D., \& Bousaba, N. A., \& Heybruck, W. F., \& Sharer, D. L., \& Cecchi, V., \& Teng, G., \& Sharer, E. (2011, June), \emph{An Optimization Routine for Assigning Students to Capstone Project Groups}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17479

Peter L Schmidt, Daniel Hoch, Nabila A. Bousaba, William F. Heybruck, Deborah L Sharer, Valentina Cecchi, Gary Teng, and Elizabeth Sharer.  "An Optimization Routine for Assigning Students to Capstone Project Groups".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17479 Internet.  18 Feb, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_17479}
  Peter L Schmidt, Daniel Hoch, Nabila A. Bousaba, William F. Heybruck, Deborah L Sharer, Valentina Cecchi, Gary Teng, and Elizabeth Sharer.
  "An Optimization Routine for Assigning Students to Capstone Project Groups".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17479 Internet.  18 Feb, 2025

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