Olague, I., & Leslie, I. H., & Burton, T. D., & Torres Knight, R. R. (2012, June), One Challenge, Two Countries: A Dual Aerospace Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program Between New Mexico State University and the University Autonomous of Chihuahua  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21755

\bibitem{asee_peer_21755}
  Olague, I., \& Leslie, I. H., \& Burton, T. D., \& Torres Knight, R. R. (2012, June), \emph{One Challenge, Two Countries: A Dual Aerospace Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program Between New Mexico State University and the University Autonomous of Chihuahua}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21755

Imelda Olague, Ian H Leslie, Thomas D. Burton, and Ricardo R. Torres Knight.  "One Challenge, Two Countries: A Dual Aerospace Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program Between New Mexico State University and the University Autonomous of Chihuahua".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21755 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21755}
  Imelda Olague, Ian H Leslie, Thomas D. Burton, and Ricardo R. Torres Knight.
  "One Challenge, Two Countries: A Dual Aerospace Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program Between New Mexico State University and the University Autonomous of Chihuahua".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21755 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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