Kamran, N., & Wang, Q., & Grove, A., & Dragon, W. N. (2020, June), Hands-on Engineering Experience, a Liberal Arts Case  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34720

\bibitem{asee_peer_34720}
  Kamran, N., \& Wang, Q., \& Grove, A., \& Dragon, W. N. (2020, June), \emph{Hands-on Engineering Experience, a Liberal Arts Case}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--34720

Niloofar Kamran, Qingbao Wang, Andy Grove, and William Nitschke Dragon II.  "Hands-on Engineering Experience, a Liberal Arts Case".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/34720 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_34720}
  Niloofar Kamran, Qingbao Wang, Andy Grove, and William Nitschke Dragon II.
  "Hands-on Engineering Experience, a Liberal Arts Case".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/34720 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

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