Bhattacharia, S. K., & Alemayehu, F. M., & Law, T. X., & Aria, S. (2024, March), Application of Engineering Design Principles to Design and Build Solid Propellant Analysis Machine   Paper presented at 2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--45365

\bibitem{asee_peer_45365}
  Bhattacharia, S. K., \& Alemayehu, F. M., \& Law, T. X., \& Aria, S. (2024, March), \emph{Application of Engineering Design Principles to Design and Build Solid Propellant Analysis Machine }
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--45365

Sanjoy K. Bhattacharia, Fisseha Meresa Alemayehu, Tyresse Xavier Law, and Saman Aria.  "Application of Engineering Design Principles to Design and Build Solid Propellant Analysis Machine ".  2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas, 2024, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45365 Internet.  16 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45365}
  Sanjoy K. Bhattacharia, Fisseha Meresa Alemayehu, Tyresse Xavier Law, and Saman Aria.
  "Application of Engineering Design Principles to Design and Build Solid Propellant Analysis Machine ".
  \emph{2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas, 2024, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45365 Internet.  16 May, 2024

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