Delahanty, C., & Genis, V., & Herring, S., & Timby, T. (2022, August), Innovative Curriculum: Collaboration Between Technician Education and Workforce Development  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41946

\bibitem{asee_peer_41946}
  Delahanty, C., \& Genis, V., \& Herring, S., \& Timby, T. (2022, August), \emph{Innovative Curriculum: Collaboration Between Technician Education and Workforce Development}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41946

Christine Delahanty, Vladimir Genis, Susan Herring, and Tracy Timby.  "Innovative Curriculum: Collaboration Between Technician Education and Workforce Development".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41946 Internet.  08 Oct, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41946}
  Christine Delahanty, Vladimir Genis, Susan Herring, and Tracy Timby.
  "Innovative Curriculum: Collaboration Between Technician Education and Workforce Development".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41946 Internet.  08 Oct, 2024

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