Shih, H., & Skelton, G. W., & Yuan, P., & Buck, J., & Williams, B. M. (2012, June), The Development of Emergency Management Technology Program at Jackson State University  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--22047

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  Shih, H., \& Skelton, G. W., \& Yuan, P., \& Buck, J., \& Williams, B. M. (2012, June), \emph{The Development of Emergency Management Technology Program at Jackson State University}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--22047

Huiru Shih P.E., Gordon W. Skelton, Pao-Chiang Yuan, Jessica Buck Ph.D., and Britney M. Williams.  "The Development of Emergency Management Technology Program at Jackson State University".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/22047 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

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  Huiru Shih P.E., Gordon W. Skelton, Pao-Chiang Yuan, Jessica Buck Ph.D., and Britney M. Williams.
  "The Development of Emergency Management Technology Program at Jackson State University".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/22047 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

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