Porter, J. R., & Morgan, J. A., & Zhan, W. (2013, June), ELECTRONIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A NASA SPONSORED EXAMPLE  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19486

\bibitem{asee_peer_19486}
  Porter, J. R., \& Morgan, J. A., \& Zhan, W. (2013, June), \emph{ELECTRONIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A NASA SPONSORED EXAMPLE}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19486

Jay R Porter, Joseph A. Morgan, and Wei Zhan.  "ELECTRONIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A NASA SPONSORED EXAMPLE".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://strategy.asee.org/19486 Internet.  28 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19486}
  Jay R Porter, Joseph A. Morgan, and Wei Zhan.
  "ELECTRONIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A NASA SPONSORED EXAMPLE".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://strategy.asee.org/19486 Internet.  28 May, 2024

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