Dimmitt, N. J., & Mohammed, J., & Moore, D. (2012, June), Strategies for Improving Technical Communication Effectiveness Skills in a Middle East Engineering Program  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21936

\bibitem{asee_peer_21936}
  Dimmitt, N. J., \& Mohammed, J., \& Moore, D. (2012, June), \emph{Strategies for Improving Technical Communication Effectiveness Skills in a Middle East Engineering Program}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21936

Nicholas J. Dimmitt, Jaby Mohammed, and David Moore.  "Strategies for Improving Technical Communication Effectiveness Skills in a Middle East Engineering Program".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21936 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21936}
  Nicholas J. Dimmitt, Jaby Mohammed, and David Moore.
  "Strategies for Improving Technical Communication Effectiveness Skills in a Middle East Engineering Program".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21936 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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