Pachowicz, P. W., & Hayes, M., & Manitius, A. Z. (2023, March), Twenty-year Evolution and Lessons Learned from GMU ECE Capstone Projects  Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45055

\bibitem{asee_peer_45055}
  Pachowicz, P. W., \& Hayes, M., \& Manitius, A. Z. (2023, March), \emph{Twenty-year Evolution and Lessons Learned from GMU ECE Capstone Projects}
  Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia.
  10.18260/1-2--45055

Peter W. Pachowicz, Monson Hayes, and Andre Z. Manitius.  "Twenty-year Evolution and Lessons Learned from GMU ECE Capstone Projects".  ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 2023, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/45055 Internet.  09 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45055}
  Peter W. Pachowicz, Monson Hayes, and Andre Z. Manitius.
  "Twenty-year Evolution and Lessons Learned from GMU ECE Capstone Projects".
  \emph{ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 2023, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/45055 Internet.  09 May, 2024

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