Schell, W. J., & Claudio, D., & Sobek, D. K., & Stanley, L., & Ward, N. (2014, June), Introducing Flexibility in an Engineering Curriculum Through Student Designed Elective Programs  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20700

\bibitem{asee_peer_20700}
  Schell, W. J., \& Claudio, D., \& Sobek, D. K., \& Stanley, L., \& Ward, N. (2014, June), \emph{Introducing Flexibility in an Engineering Curriculum Through Student Designed Elective Programs}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--20700

William J. Schell IV P.E., David Claudio, Durward K. Sobek II, Laura Stanley, and Nicholas Ward.  "Introducing Flexibility in an Engineering Curriculum Through Student Designed Elective Programs".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/20700 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20700}
  William J. Schell IV P.E., David Claudio, Durward K. Sobek II, Laura Stanley, and Nicholas Ward.
  "Introducing Flexibility in an Engineering Curriculum Through Student Designed Elective Programs".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/20700 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

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