Colucci Ríos, J., & O'Neill-Carrillo, E., & Fontalvo, M. D. R. (2012, June), UPRM CHEM E Sustainable Energy Demos, Workshops, Town Hall Meetings, etc.: Working the Pipeline  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--22160

\bibitem{asee_peer_22160}
  Colucci Ríos, J., \& O'Neill-Carrillo, E., \& Fontalvo, M. D. R. (2012, June), \emph{UPRM CHEM E Sustainable Energy Demos, Workshops, Town Hall Meetings, etc.: Working the Pipeline}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--22160

José Colucci Ríos P.E., Efrain O'Neill-Carrillo, and Miriam del Rosario Fontalvo.  "UPRM CHEM E Sustainable Energy Demos, Workshops, Town Hall Meetings, etc.: Working the Pipeline".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/22160 Internet.  18 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22160}
  José Colucci Ríos P.E., Efrain O'Neill-Carrillo, and Miriam del Rosario Fontalvo.
  "UPRM CHEM E Sustainable Energy Demos, Workshops, Town Hall Meetings, etc.: Working the Pipeline".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/22160 Internet.  18 Jul, 2024

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