Guanes Melgarejo, G., & Bill, V., & Martin, J. P., & Li, T., & Douglas, K. A., & Holloway, E. (2023, June), Work in Progress: Opportunities for Engineering Undergraduates to Develop Non-Technical Professional Skills during the COVID-19 Pandemic  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44321

\bibitem{asee_peer_44321}
  Guanes Melgarejo, G., \& Bill, V., \& Martin, J. P., \& Li, T., \& Douglas, K. A., \& Holloway, E. (2023, June), \emph{Work in Progress: Opportunities for Engineering Undergraduates to Develop Non-Technical Professional Skills during the COVID-19 Pandemic}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--44321

Giselle Guanes Melgarejo, Victoria Bill, Julie P Martin, Tiantian Li, Kerrie A Douglas, and Eric Holloway.  "Work in Progress: Opportunities for Engineering Undergraduates to Develop Non-Technical Professional Skills during the COVID-19 Pandemic".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/44321 Internet.  22 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44321}
  Giselle Guanes Melgarejo, Victoria Bill, Julie P Martin, Tiantian Li, Kerrie A Douglas, and Eric Holloway.
  "Work in Progress: Opportunities for Engineering Undergraduates to Develop Non-Technical Professional Skills during the COVID-19 Pandemic".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/44321 Internet.  22 May, 2024

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