Veety, E. N., & Ozturk, M. C., & Escuti, M., & Muth, J., & Misra, V. (2014, June), Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Minor Program in Nano-Science and Technology at North Carolina State University  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--22858

\bibitem{asee_peer_22858}
  Veety, E. N., \& Ozturk, M. C., \& Escuti, M., \& Muth, J., \& Misra, V. (2014, June), \emph{Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Minor Program in Nano-Science and Technology at North Carolina State University}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--22858

Elena Nicolescu Veety, Mehmet C. Ozturk, Michael Escuti, John Muth, and Veena Misra.  "Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Minor Program in Nano-Science and Technology at North Carolina State University".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/22858 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22858}
  Elena Nicolescu Veety, Mehmet C. Ozturk, Michael Escuti, John Muth, and Veena Misra.
  "Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Minor Program in Nano-Science and Technology at North Carolina State University".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/22858 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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