Berry, C. A., & Chang, D., & Miller, C. (2016, June), From LEGO to Arduino: Enhancement of ECE Freshman Design with Practical Applications  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26972

\bibitem{asee_peer_26972}
  Berry, C. A., \& Chang, D., \& Miller, C. (2016, June), \emph{From LEGO to Arduino: Enhancement of ECE Freshman Design with Practical Applications}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.26972

Carlotta A. Berry, Daniel Chang, and Christopher Miller.  "From LEGO to Arduino: Enhancement of ECE Freshman Design with Practical Applications".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/26972 Internet.  26 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_26972}
  Carlotta A. Berry, Daniel Chang, and Christopher Miller.
  "From LEGO to Arduino: Enhancement of ECE Freshman Design with Practical Applications".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/26972 Internet.  26 Apr, 2025

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