Robert Loweth
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
22
Citations
93
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
7
Publishing since 2019
Robert Loweth studies engineering design education, focusing on how students and practicing engineers collaborate, gather information from stakeholders, and develop project requirements. His work often uses qualitative and narrative research methods to examine students' beliefs, experiences, and career pathways in engineering, including issues of diversity and inclusion in design work. This research is aimed at improving how engineering design is taught, particularly in capstone and team-based courses.
Publication output was minimal before 2019 but has been fairly steady since 2020, averaging about 2-3 papers per year with some fluctuation, including a notable increase in 2024-2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Collaboration rules: A narrative comparison of engineering students and practicing engineers' collaboration experiences and beliefs using structuration theory
Journal of Engineering Education · 2025
- Advancing Engineering Design Research Through the Use of Qualitative and Participatory Methodologies
2025
- “You’re just not what they’re looking for”: An intersectional collaborative autoethnography exploring pathways to engineering design doctoral programs
2024
- Professional merit in engineering career advancement: Student perspectives and critiques
2024
- Integrating Engineering Design in Laboratory Sessions for Second-Year Mechanical Engineering Students
2024
- An Investigation of Engineering Students’ Information Sorting Approaches Using an Open-Ended Design Scenario
2024
- The Use of Narrative Methods to Generate Engineering Design Knowledge: A Scoping Literature Review
2024
- Changes to stakeholder engagement approaches throughout a capstone engineering design course
International Journal of Technology and Design Education · 2023
- The use of recommended interviewing practices by novice engineering designers to elicit information during requirements development
Design Science · 2022
- Evaluation of a Hybrid Learning Block Model for Engineering Design Interview Skill Building
2022
- Engineering Designers' Engagement and Inclusion of Diverse Perspectives in Engineering Work
Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · 2022
- A Comparative Analysis of Information Gathering Meetings Conducted by Novice Design Teams Across Multiple Design Project Stages
Journal of Mechanical Design · 2021
- “You Could Take 'Social' Out of Engineering and Be Just Fine”: An Exploration of Engineering Students' Beliefs About the Social Aspects of Engineering Work
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings · 2021
- Novice Designers' Approaches to Justifying User Requirements and Engineering Specifications
2021
- Novice Designers' Approaches to Justifying User Requirements and Engineering Specifications
2021
- International Journal of Technology and Design Education×2
- Journal of Mechanical Design×1
- International journal of engineering education×1
- Design Science×1
- Journal of Engineering Education×1
- Robin Adams
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Wonki Lee
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Andrew Jackson
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Nicholas Fila
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Pamela Napier
Engineering · Indiana University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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