Mehta, Y. A., & Dusseau, R. A., & Ramachandran, R. P. (2013, June), Conducting State-of the-art Research in an Institution with a Strong Undergraduate Education Focus  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19340

\bibitem{asee_peer_19340}
  Mehta, Y. A., \& Dusseau, R. A., \& Ramachandran, R. P. (2013, June), \emph{Conducting State-of the-art Research in an Institution with a Strong Undergraduate Education Focus}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19340

Yusuf A Mehta, Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., and Ravi P. Ramachandran.  "Conducting State-of the-art Research in an Institution with a Strong Undergraduate Education Focus".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19340 Internet.  05 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19340}
  Yusuf A Mehta, Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., and Ravi P. Ramachandran.
  "Conducting State-of the-art Research in an Institution with a Strong Undergraduate Education Focus".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19340 Internet.  05 May, 2024

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