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\chapter*{Acknowledgments}
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Acknowledge those who helped you. I offer no comment on proper degree of mushiness. The work in this thesis was only possible because of all the helpful and guiding members of the UMass Lowell engineering education community. Many people have helped me not just in research effort, but in introducing me to new thoughts and ideas that became foundational to this project.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. DRL-0000000 and No. DGE-0000000.\footnote{Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.}

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