Sriraman, V., & Spencer, B. J., & Talley, K. G., & Ortiz, A. M. (2016, June), Early Internships for Engineering Technology Student Retention: A Pilot Study  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26878

\bibitem{asee_peer_26878}
  Sriraman, V., \& Spencer, B. J., \& Talley, K. G., \& Ortiz, A. M. (2016, June), \emph{Early Internships for Engineering Technology Student Retention: A Pilot Study}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.26878

Vedaraman Sriraman, Bobbi J. Spencer, Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., and Araceli Martinez Ortiz.  "Early Internships for Engineering Technology Student Retention: A Pilot Study".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/26878 Internet.  11 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_26878}
  Vedaraman Sriraman, Bobbi J. Spencer, Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., and Araceli Martinez Ortiz.
  "Early Internships for Engineering Technology Student Retention: A Pilot Study".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/26878 Internet.  11 Jan, 2025

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