Rucha Joshi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Teaching Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering
451 E. Health Sciences Dr.
GBSF, Room 2318
University of California
Davis, CA 95616

Email: rvjoshi@ucdavis.edu

Phone: 530-752-2177

Research

Keywords: Pedagogy development; Instructional innovation in biomedical engineering, Design and analysis of needs, learners, & context; Professional formation of engineers; Learning through service; Diversity and Inclusion

Dr. Joshi’s research centers around enhancing teaching, learning, outreach, and diversity of engineers, along with instructional innovation in Biomedical Engineering. Her current research interest focuses on applying human centered design thinking for approaching challenges in teaching engineering. Rucha is also actively involved in educational entrepreneurship projects and making engineering accessible to underrepresented high school students in the US as well as India, and partakes in STEM popularization activities (https://ruchajoshi.weebly.com/).