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Ruben Lopez-Parra

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Early career · publishing since 2020Rising activity
Engineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentDesign Education and PracticeExperimental Learning in EngineeringEngineering Education and PedagogyBiomedical and Engineering Education

Publications

19

Citations

26

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

6

Publishing since 2020

Research summary
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Ruben Lopez-Parra studies how engineering students learn to design, think, and persist in their studies, especially in the first year of engineering education. Their work examines topics such as how students frame and scope design problems, develop 'systems thinking' skills, and build a sense of agency and belonging in engineering coursework, often through qualitative studies conducted in classrooms.

Engineering education researchDesign thinking and problem framing in engineering coursesStudent agency, persistence, and belonging in engineeringSystems thinking in engineering design (including biological/chemical systems)K-12 and first-year engineering curriculum development

Publication output was minimal or absent for most of the past decade but increased sharply in 2024-2025, suggesting a recent surge in research activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
1718192020: 4 publications202122232024: 10 publications10242025: 5 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×2
  • Biomedical Engineering Education×1
  • 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×1
  • Proceedings.×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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