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Ruth Wertz

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2011

Publications

40

Citations

307

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Ruth Wertz's work focuses on engineering education research, including how engineering students develop skills like information literacy and critical thinking, how online and blended learning environments support student engagement, and how first-year engineering courses can be designed and assessed more effectively. Her research also touches on broader topics like accommodations for disabled students in STEM and how STEM-related toys are marketed to girls. This research is aimed at improving how engineering is taught and how student learning is measured.

Engineering education and curriculum designInformation literacy and critical thinking assessmentOnline and blended learning environmentsFirst-year engineering student learningSTEM diversity and accessibility

Publication output was uneven over the last decade, with a large concentration of outputs in 2020, quieter years before and after, and a smaller resurgence in 2024.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
172018: 2 publications18192020: 15 publications15202021: 2 publications212022: 1 publication22232024: 6 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ValpoScholar (Valparaiso University)×3
  • 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×2
  • The Internet and Higher Education×1
  • Foundations of Data Science×1
  • PsycTESTS Dataset×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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