Pinnell, M., & Blust, R. P., & Franco, S., & Beach, R., & Preiss, S. M. (2013, June), Innovating Education for the Next Generation of Engineers – Results of an NSF-RET Program Focused on Innovation  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19769

\bibitem{asee_peer_19769}
  Pinnell, M., \& Blust, R. P., \& Franco, S., \& Beach, R., \& Preiss, S. M. (2013, June), \emph{Innovating Education for the Next Generation of Engineers – Results of an NSF-RET Program Focused on Innovation}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19769

Margaret Pinnell, Rebecca P. Blust, Suzanne Franco, Renee Beach, and Sandra M Preiss.  "Innovating Education for the Next Generation of Engineers – Results of an NSF-RET Program Focused on Innovation".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19769 Internet.  10 Mar, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_19769}
  Margaret Pinnell, Rebecca P. Blust, Suzanne Franco, Renee Beach, and Sandra M Preiss.
  "Innovating Education for the Next Generation of Engineers – Results of an NSF-RET Program Focused on Innovation".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19769 Internet.  10 Mar, 2025

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