Toghiani, R. K., & Elmore, B. B. (2011, June), Examining Current and Historical Events in a Freshman Chemical Engineering Seminar  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17943

\bibitem{asee_peer_17943}
  Toghiani, R. K., \& Elmore, B. B. (2011, June), \emph{Examining Current and Historical Events in a Freshman Chemical Engineering Seminar}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17943

Rebecca K. Toghiani and Bill B. Elmore.  "Examining Current and Historical Events in a Freshman Chemical Engineering Seminar".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17943 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_17943}
  Rebecca K. Toghiani and Bill B. Elmore.
  "Examining Current and Historical Events in a Freshman Chemical Engineering Seminar".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17943 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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