Hsieh, S. (2015, June), Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Portable Kit  for Programmable Logic Controller Education  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23797

\bibitem{asee_peer_23797}
  Hsieh, S. (2015, June), \emph{Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Portable Kit  for Programmable Logic Controller Education}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23797

Sheng-Jen Hsieh.  "Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Portable Kit  for Programmable Logic Controller Education".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23797 Internet.  11 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23797}
  Sheng-Jen Hsieh.
  "Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Portable Kit  for Programmable Logic Controller Education".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23797 Internet.  11 Jul, 2024

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