Daraio, J. A., & Dusseau, R. A. (2015, June), Infrastructure Education Using the Impacts of Extreme Storms as Case Studies  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24302

\bibitem{asee_peer_24302}
  Daraio, J. A., \& Dusseau, R. A. (2015, June), \emph{Infrastructure Education Using the Impacts of Extreme Storms as Case Studies}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24302

Joseph A Daraio and Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E..  "Infrastructure Education Using the Impacts of Extreme Storms as Case Studies".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24302 Internet.  23 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_24302}
  Joseph A Daraio and Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E..
  "Infrastructure Education Using the Impacts of Extreme Storms as Case Studies".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24302 Internet.  23 Dec, 2024

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