Irene Mena

493 total citations
26 papers, 304 citations indexed

About

Irene Mena is a scholar working on Education, Media Technology and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Irene Mena has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 304 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Education, 12 papers in Media Technology and 5 papers in Architecture. Recurrent topics in Irene Mena's work include Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (11 papers), Experimental Learning in Engineering (6 papers) and Engineering Education and Pedagogy (5 papers). Irene Mena is often cited by papers focused on Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (11 papers), Experimental Learning in Engineering (6 papers) and Engineering Education and Pedagogy (5 papers). Irene Mena collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Irene Mena's co-authors include Brenda Capobianco, Heidi Diefes‐Dux, Thomas Litzinger, Sarah Zappe, Geoffrey Herman, Jeffrey A. Laman, Jonathan Tomkin, James D. McGlothlin, Vincent G. Duffy and Matthew West and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Higher Education, Applied Ergonomics and Journal of Engineering Education.

In The Last Decade

Irene Mena

23 papers receiving 281 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irene Mena United States 7 174 126 85 66 52 26 304
Rebekah Hammack United States 9 212 1.2× 97 0.8× 64 0.8× 54 0.8× 44 0.8× 32 299
Cathy Lachapelle United States 9 198 1.1× 99 0.8× 71 0.8× 61 0.9× 37 0.7× 24 299
Toni Ivey United States 10 213 1.2× 89 0.7× 63 0.7× 44 0.7× 39 0.8× 22 301
Meredith Knight United States 6 181 1.0× 155 1.2× 73 0.9× 71 1.1× 39 0.8× 10 339
Christine Schnittka United States 10 247 1.4× 79 0.6× 44 0.5× 74 1.1× 53 1.0× 31 370
Jennifer Kersten United States 4 292 1.7× 112 0.9× 53 0.6× 90 1.4× 58 1.1× 7 448
Aikaterini Bagiati United States 9 276 1.6× 109 0.9× 37 0.4× 50 0.8× 39 0.8× 28 391
Janet Callahan United States 8 312 1.8× 94 0.7× 62 0.7× 99 1.5× 27 0.5× 54 455
Natalie Tran United States 9 191 1.1× 72 0.6× 50 0.6× 69 1.0× 15 0.3× 21 319
Jenny Daugherty United States 11 228 1.3× 74 0.6× 39 0.5× 94 1.4× 54 1.0× 36 366

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Fields of papers citing papers by Irene Mena

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irene Mena

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mena, Irene, Sarah Zappe, & Thomas Litzinger. (2020). Preparing the Engineer of 2020: Analysis of Alumni Data. 25.1062.1–25.1062.22. 3 indexed citations
2.
Capobianco, Brenda, Heidi Diefes‐Dux, & Irene Mena. (2020). Elementary School Teachers' Attempts at Integrating Engineering Design: Transformation or Assimilation?. 22.551.1–22.551.15. 3 indexed citations
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Laman, Jeffrey A., et al.. (2020). Classroom Flip in a Senior-level Engineering Course and Comparison to Previous Version. 25.314.1–25.314.18. 8 indexed citations
4.
Mena, Irene, Heidi Diefes‐Dux, & Brenda Capobianco. (2020). Doctoral Students as Course Instructors: Three Engineering Teaching Assistants’ Socialization Experiences. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 22.509.1–22.509.15. 2 indexed citations
5.
Mena, Irene, Brenda Capobianco, & Heidi Diefes‐Dux. (2020). Significant Cases Of Elementary Students' Development Of Engineering Perceptions. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 14.1057.1–14.1057.16. 4 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Dennis, Sven Schmitz, & Irene Mena. (2020). Report on the Learning Experiences of Undergraduate Students in a Novel Aerospace Engineering Course Integrating Teaching and Research. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 23.1038.1–23.1038.14.
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Mena, Irene, Sarah Zappe, & Thomas Litzinger. (2020). Examining the Experiences and Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Students. 23.559.1–23.559.17. 5 indexed citations
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Mena, Irene, Thomas Litzinger, & Sarah Zappe. (2020). Experiences of International and Domestic Students in the First Two Years of Undergraduate Engineering Programs. 24.572.1–24.572.13.
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Schunn, Christian D., Steven P. Dow, Mary Goldberg, et al.. (2018). Impact of collaborative team peer review on the quality of feedback in engineering design projects. International journal of engineering education. 34(4). 1299–1313. 10 indexed citations
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Mena, Irene, et al.. (2018). Perceptions of Academic Integrity of Students in a First-Year Engineering Program. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).
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Litzinger, Thomas, Sarah Zappe, Samuel T. Hunter, & Irene Mena. (2015). Increasing integration of the creative process across engineering curricula. 31(1). 335–342. 4 indexed citations
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Mena, Irene, Sven Schmitz, & Dennis McLaughlin. (2015). An Evaluation of a Course That Introduces Undergraduate Students to Authentic Aerospace Engineering Research.. 4(4). 1 indexed citations
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Roesler, Jeffery R., Arthur R. Schmidt, Lance Schideman, et al.. (2015). Campus integrated project-based learning course in civil and environmental engineering. 23. 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Herman, Geoffrey & Irene Mena. (2015). Tracking the spread of research-based instructional strategies. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Zappe, Sarah, Philip M. Reeves, Irene Mena, & Thomas Litzinger. (2015). A cross-sectional study of engineering students’ creative self-concepts: An exploration of creative self-efficacy, personal identity, and expectations. 26.32.1–26.32.15. 7 indexed citations
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Capobianco, Brenda & Irene Mena. (2013). Longitudinal profiles of children’s conceptions of an engineer. International journal of engineering education. 29(2). 415–425. 5 indexed citations
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Mena, Irene, Heidi Diefes‐Dux, & Brenda Capobianco. (2013). Socialization Experiences Resulting from Doctoral Engineering Teaching Assistantships. The Journal of Higher Education. 84(2). 189–212. 5 indexed citations
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Mena, Irene & Heidi Diefes‐Dux. (2011). First-Year Engineering Students’ Portrayal of Engineering in a Proposed Museum Exhibit for Middle School Students. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 21(2). 304–316. 4 indexed citations
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Capobianco, Brenda, et al.. (2011). What is an Engineer? Implications of Elementary School Student Conceptions for Engineering Education. Journal of Engineering Education. 100(2). 304–328. 201 indexed citations
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McGlothlin, James D., et al.. (2009). Evaluation of lifestyle risk factors and job status associated with back injuries among employees at a mid-western university. Applied Ergonomics. 41(1). 106–114. 10 indexed citations

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