Publications

Student Coauthor Key:
★PhD Advisee, ◊Graduate Student, ▪Undergraduate Student

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Dringenberg, E., Kramer, A.★ (2019). The Influence of Both a Basic and In-Depth Introduction of Growth Mindset on First-Year Engineering Students’ Intelligence Beliefs. International Journal of Engineering Education, 35(4).

Dringenberg, E., Abell, A., Guanes, G.★ (Accepted). Decision Making in Engineering Capstone Design:  Participants’ Reactions to a Workshop about Diverse Types of Reasoning. International Journal of Engineering Education.

Bodnar, C., Dringenberg, E., Butler, B.◊, Burkey, D., Anastasio, D., Cooper, M (Accepted).  Revealing the Decision-Making Processes of Chemical Engineering Students in Process Safety Contexts.  Journal of Chemical Engineering Education.

Rubin, L. Dringenberg, E., Lane, J., Wefald, A.  (In Press).  Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence.  Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 19(4).

Dringenberg, E., Baird, C., Spears, J., Heiman, S.  (Under Review).  The Influence of a Growth Mindset Intervention on Middle School Girls’ Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence.  Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. 

Dringenberg, E., Purzer, Ş.  (2018).  First-Year Engineering Students’ Experiences Working on Ill-Structured Problems in Teams. Journal of Engineering Education. 107(3) p. 442-467.

​Fila, N. D., Hess, J. L., Purzer, Ş., & Dringenberg, E. (2016). Engineering Students’ Utilization of Empathy during a Non-Immersive Conceptual Design Task. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3B).

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Morris, C.▪, Ramaswami, A.▪, Kramer, A.★, Dringenberg, E. (2019).  A Preliminary Study of How Undergraduate Engineering Students Describe Intelligence and Smartness. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Annual Conference. Cincinnati, OH.

Kramer, A.★, Thanh, G.▪, Dringenberg, E., Kajfez, R., Wallwey, C. (2019). A Narrative-Style Exploration of Undergraduate Engineering students’ Beliefs about Smartness and Identity. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Annual Conference. Cincinnati, OH.

Christy, A., Johnson, T., Froyd, J., Grzybowski, D., Delaine, D., Dringenberg, E., Kecskemety, K., Kajfez, R., Casado, A., Kalish, A. (2019). Outcomes-Based Design of a New Graduate Program. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL.

Dringenberg, E., Kramer, A.★, Secules, S. (2019). Smartness in Engineering Culture:  An Interdisciplinary Dialogue.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL.

Guanes, G.★, Dringenberg, E., (2019). Engineering Students’ Beliefs about Decision Making in Capstone Design:  A revised Model for Informal Reasoning. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL.

Carroll, T.◊, Kramer, A.★, Dringenberg, E. (2019). Construction of Intelligence in Engineering: A
Gatekeeper to Diversity and Inclusion. Proceedings of the Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Annual Conference. Crystal City, VA.

Dringenberg, E., Kajfez, R. (2018).  What Does it Mean to be Smart?  A Narrative Approach to Exploring Complex Constructs.  Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, San Jose, CA.

Dringenberg, E., Abell, A.  (2018).  Characterizations and Portrayals of Intuition in Decision-Making:  A Systematic Review of Management Literature to Inform Engineering Education.   Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dringenberg, E., Shermadou, A., Betz, A.  (2018).  Reactions from First-Year Engineering Students to an In-Depth Growth Mindset Intervention.   Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Adams, A.◊, Betz, A., Dringenberg, E. (2018).  Validation of an Interview Protocol to Understand Students’ Beliefs about Intelligence.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dringenberg, E., Wertz, R. E. H. (2016).  Work in Progress:  How Do First-Year Engineering Students Experience Ambiguity in Engineering Design Problems: The Development of a Self-Report Instrument.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA.

Dringenberg, E., Mendoza-Garcia, J. A., Tafur, M., Hsu, M., Fila, N. (2015).  Using Phenomenography:  What are Key Considerations when Selecting a Specific Research Approach?  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA.

BOOK CHAPTER

​Purzer, Ş., Moore, T. J., Dringenberg, E. (2018).  Engineering Cognition:  A Process of Knowledge Acquisition and Application.  In Y. J. Dori & D. Baker (Eds.), Cognition, metacognition, and culture in STEM education.  Springer. 

INVITED TALKS

Dringenberg, E. (October 2018). Student beliefs in engineering:  A vision for inclusive engineering culture. Invited lecture for Penn State Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education. State College, PA.

Cox, M., Dringenberg, E., Kajfez, R. (January 2018).  Integrating Engineering Education Research and Entrepreneurial Minded Learning in Undergraduate Engineering.  Invited Workshop Session.  KEEN National Conference.  Dallas, TX.

Dringenberg, E., Betz, A.  (June 3, 2016).  Growth Mindset:  How do your perceptions of intelligence help or hinder the teaching and learning environments that you create?  Closing Plenary Session.  Big XII Teaching and Learning Conference.  Manhattan, KS.

Dringenberg, E.  (February, 2016) Introduction to Implicit Bias.  Guest lecture for the K-State Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering.  Manhattan, KS.

​Dringenberg, E.  (October, 2015) Recognizing Patterns in Gender Bias.  Women in Engineering seminar at Kansas State University.  Manhattan, KS.

PRESENTATIONS

Dringenberg, E., Wertz, R. E. H., Atman, C., Cross, K., Miskioglu, E., Guanes, G.★ (2019). Surfacing the Hidden Brain (System 1) in Engineering Education Teaching, Learning and Research.  Special Session at the Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Cincinnati, OH.

Morris, C.▪, Dringenberg, E., Kramer, A.★, Ramaswami, A.▪ (2019). A Preliminary Study of How Undergraduate Engineering Students Describe Intelligence and Smartness. Student poster at the Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Cincinnati, OH.

Adams, A.◊, Dringenberg, E., Betz, A. R. (2019). Preliminary Findings on Students’ Beliefs about Intelligence.  NSF Grantees Poster Session at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Tampa, FL.

Butler, B.◊, Dringenberg, E., Anastasio, D., Burkey, D., Cooper, M., Bodnar, C. (October 2018). Revealing the Decision-Making Processes of ChE Students in Process Safety Contexts.  American Institute of Chemical Engineers Conference.  Pittsburgh, PA.

Dringenberg, E. & Abell, A. (June 2018).  Developing Robust Forms of Reasoning for Engineering Decision-Making.  Workshop presented at the Capstone Design Conference.  Hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology.  Rochester, NY.

Zoltowski, C., Fila, N. D., Dringenberg, E. (2017). A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Variations in Experiences and its Relationship to Learning:  An Introduction to Phenomenography. Special Session at the Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Indianapolis, IN.

​Wertz, R. E. H. and Dringenberg, E. (2016). The CAP Model: Using Engineering Design Principles to Design Engineering Courses. Workshop presented at the ASEE Midwest Section Conference. Manhattan, KS.