Tirupalavanam Ganesh's initiatives help students develop their engineering identity in ways that allow them to be successful in STEM-related careers.

He also leads engineering education outreach for middle and high school students and teaches a course that provides K-12 teachers with tools to introduce hands-on engineering projects in the classroom.

Ganesh is Tooker Professor of engineering education, and associate research professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy. He is principal investigator of the National Science Foundation-sponsored project, Learning through Engineering Design and Practice, aimed at designing, implementing and studying the impact of engineering education.