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Tisdale, Joany Kathryn

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  • My research focuses on engineering education, with an emphasis on increasing holistic engineering education. My goal is to ensure that engineers consider people, societies, and the planet in all engineering decisions. My research work is around embedding this approach into the engineering curriculum.

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  • engineering curriculum development, undergraduate engineering education, engineering design, teaching design, human-centered design, engineering teams, undergraduate engineering projects, project-based learning, service-based learning

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  • GEEN 1400 - Engineering Projects
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
    First-year students solve real engineering design problems in interdisciplinary teams. Design projects vary by section. Curriculum focuses on iterative design process, teamwork and team dynamics, supporting design with testing and analysis, and technical writing. Completed projects are exhibited at an end-of-semester design expo. Students are responsible for contributing towards their design project budget, workshop costs, and course arduino kit (approximately $125). Degree credit not granted for this course and ASTR 2500, ASEN 1400, ASEN 1403 and ECEN 1400.
  • GEEN 2010 - Engineering Tools and Analysis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
    Taught by engineering faculty, this course utilizes active learning pedagogies to connect math content to engineering problems (across multiple disciplines) by using real engineering tools. Students are introduced to circuits, multimeters, oscilloscopes, sensors and more. They learn to program in MATLAB (no previous programming experience necessary). Students work collaboratively with other students to collect and analyze experimental data. There is one lecture, one mixed lecture/hands-on problem session, and one lab period each week.
  • GEEN 3852 - Thermodynamics for Engineers
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2023
    Explores fundamental concepts and basic theory, including first and second laws of thermodynamics, properties, states, thermodynamic functions and cycles. Links theory and application with labs and a design project involving a functioning thermodynamic process. Degree credit not granted for this course and MCEN 3012 or AREN 2110.
  • MCEN 3012 - Thermodynamics
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2022 / Summer 2023
    Explores fundamental concepts and basic theory, including first and second laws of thermodynamics, properties, states, thermodynamic functions and cycles. Degree credit not granted for this course and GEEN 3852 or AREN 2110.

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