demonstrations and received similar coaching tosuccessfully complete their in-person tool competencies. After completing all training, studentswere given two weeks to complete the IDE project. Two consecutive laboratory sections werededicated to the project, and teaching assistants supervised additional open laboratory hours toprovide students with more time to complete the IDE project.MethodsStudy Context. The setting for this study was the first mechanical engineering design coursetaken by all mechanical engineering majors at a mid-sized (ca. 160 students/year), ABET-accredited program at a land grant university in the mid-Atlantic United States. The timing ofthis study was such that it coincided with a pre-planned change in the undergraduate