van de Vegte, J. M., & Duncan, A. P. (2011, June), Renewable Energy Revives Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18568

\bibitem{asee_peer_18568}
  van de Vegte, J. M., \& Duncan, A. P. (2011, June), \emph{Renewable Energy Revives Electronics \& Computer Engineering Technology}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--18568

Joyce M van de Vegte and Alan P. Duncan.  "Renewable Energy Revives Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/18568 Internet.  07 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_18568}
  Joyce M van de Vegte and Alan P. Duncan.
  "Renewable Energy Revives Electronics \& Computer Engineering Technology".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/18568 Internet.  07 Jan, 2025

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