McJunkin, T. R., & Rieger, C. G., & Johnson, B. K., & Naidu, D. S., & Beaty, L. H., & Gardner, J. F., & Ray, I., & Le Blanc, K. L., & Guryan, M. (2015, June), Interdisciplinary Education through “Edu-tainment”: Electric Grid Resilient Control Systems Course  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24349

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Timothy R McJunkin, Craig G Rieger, Brian K. Johnson, D. Subbaram Naidu P.E., Lawrence H Beaty, John F. Gardner, Indrajit Ray, Katya L Le Blanc, and Michael Guryan.  "Interdisciplinary Education through “Edu-tainment”: Electric Grid Resilient Control Systems Course".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24349 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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  Timothy R McJunkin, Craig G Rieger, Brian K. Johnson, D. Subbaram Naidu P.E., Lawrence H Beaty, John F. Gardner, Indrajit Ray, Katya L Le Blanc, and Michael Guryan.
  "Interdisciplinary Education through “Edu-tainment”: Electric Grid Resilient Control Systems Course".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24349 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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