The MS in ME at Stanford: no two programs look alike

Larry Leifer, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Director of the Center for Design Research (CDR)

Sheri Sheppard, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE)

On behalf of all our colleagues in ME who

support graduate education

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The Stanford ME Faculty Team

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Grad enrollment growing

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MSME Picture (numbers/year)

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matriculated

admitted

applied MS 654

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Average annual numbers from 5 years (AY08-09 to AY12-13)

individuals

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MS Degree Requirements

45 quarter units total (a class is usually 3-5 units)

Requirements organized by:

Math and ME Grad. Courses (24 units)

Technical Electives (15 units)

Unrestricted Electives (6 units)

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pieces

Math: 6 units from over 13 courses

ME Depth: 10-12 units from 14 Areas

ME Breadth: 6 units from another ME Area

Technical Electives: 15 units from many opts.

Unrestricted Electives: 6 units from any where.

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Automatic Controls Heat Transfer

Biomechanical Engineering High Temperature Gas Dynamics

Mechatronics Solid Mechanics

Design Methodology Dynamics

Manufacturing MEMS

Fluid Mechanics Robotics and Kinematics

Energy Systems Materials and Stress Analysis

Depth Packages

Specific course combinations in graduate handbook Combinations designed by the faculty

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Students must take one depth package (2-3 courses)

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From the handbook

These courses are independent of

one another, involve weekly or bi-weekly

assignments, and a capstone project

(individual or team)

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From the handbook

Mechatronics at Stanford is taught in the

Smart Product Design courses

A tightly integrated sequence that includes

new technological knowledge, lab

experiences and a project integration

experience

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The Smart Product Design Sequence

Four hours of lecture/week plus a mix of individual

lab assignments and group projects.

Lab assignments focus students on taking command

of the technology from the lectures.

Projects emphasize integrating new technology into

a complete system.

Projects become more complex and longer as the

sequence progresses

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Projects Are at the Core

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Projects Are at the Core

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Projects Are at the Core

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Projects Are at the Core

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From the handbook

Spring deliver the

functional

product

Autumn explore the

problem space

Winter explore the

solution

space

paper bike

challenge

benchmark

prototype

critical function/experience

prototype

FUNCTIONAL system

prototype

darkhorse

prototype FUNKY system

prototype

whatever it takes to get it done

Presentation &

Documentation Corporate

Projects Start

re-inventing the future every 30 weeks

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global team world

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Instructors

Teaching

Assistants

Student

Teams Corporate

Staff & Mgmt

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Group

Liaisons

University learning PROCESS CONTENT delivered by Industry

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coaches

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Stanford

Team Munich

Team

Teaching Team

Project Coach Project Coach

Culture

Coach

Culture

Coach

Teaching Team

real industry projects

Stanford Team

Munich Team

Teaching Team Teaching Team

Project

Coach

Project

Coach

Corporate Partner

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(9) 310-stanford partnerships 2010-2011

(20) total 310-global teams network wide

Stanford ME (9)

Stanford-Helsinki (2 of

5)

Stanford-HPI (2 of 3)

Stanford-UNAMexico (1/3)

Stanford-Cali (2 of

3)

PIEp, KTH Stockholm

Stanford-St.Gallen (1 of

7)

PIEp, TU Llea

Stanford-Paris (1 of 4)

UNAMexico-Munich (2)

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Mark

Cutkosky

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Manian

Adrit

Lath

Santhi

Elayaperumal

Larry

Leifer

Mark

Schar

Manny

Hundal

George

Toye

Vikas

Agrawal

Kat

Nguyen

Alice

Brooks

Jaime

Mayoral

Andres

Mercado

Alejandro

Lopez

April

Alexander

Kelly

Johnson

Trevor

Clark

Carolina

Gomez

Juan

Ruiz

Hector

Cuellar

Daniel

Jaramillo

Xiao

Ge

Travis

Bow

Jessica

Ji

Rafael

Mayani

Isaac

Castaneda

Claudio

Hansberg

Jenn

Peterson

Ryan

Brooks

Joules

Gould

Anthony

Zhu

Francisco

Acosta

Florencia

Denti

Fernando

Gonzalez

Olmo

Villegas

Tobias

Rawald

Christoph

Thiele

Falk

Benke

Shashank

Sharma

Quin

Lai

Min Ming

Lo

Matt

Kandler

Josh

Ga ord

Aaswath

Raman

Katie

Planey

Guillaume

Thrierr

Keijiroh

Nagano

Marwan

Khiat

Raphael

Didier

Jack

Ng

Yukino

Jodai

Rafat

Mehdi

Esa

Nummijoki

Tuukka

Laurila

Tiia

Suomalainen

Henrik

Amberla

Alex

Granieri

Peter

Kardassakis

Abhishek

Shiwalkar

Lassi

Laitinen

Laura

Timosaari

Sakari

Castren

Tom

Zhuang

Shantanu

Garg

Ryan

Anderson

Yair

Kollmann

Tiziana

Mauchle

Manuel

Schoeni

Jaime

Aguilar

Maria

Camacho

Carlos

Serrano

Daniel

Garca

Andrs

Cuellar

Andrs

Torres

Stephany

Fernndez

Sara

Delgado

Andrea

DelgadoMarco Antonio

Cruz

Miguel ngel

Velzquez

Arturo

Trevio

Alejandro

Ramirez

Marcelo

Lopez

Philipp

Dobrigkeit Thomas

Kowark

Matthias

U ackerAlexander

Zeier

Michael

KarschKeven

Richly

Ole

Rienow

Stefan

Hampel

Tomoya

Yamamoto

Sarah

Fathallah

Paul

Mauduit

Khaled

Sellami

Vronique

Hillen

Amina

Alaoui

Amine

Bellakrid

John

Gedge

Sushi

Suzuki

Roukaya

El Houda

Julien

Mauroy

Chakib

EL Haouzia

Shogo

Suzuki

Mikelis

Studers

Susanna

Ollila

Tuukka

Kingelin

Vesa

Lindroos

Youssef

Ahizoune

Mathieu

Chabasse Kenji

Nishito

Aurlien

Sibiril

Svante

Suominen

Pauliina

Tenho

Heikki

Steri

Panu

Keski-Pukkila

Antti

Sonninen

Maria

Kulse

Harri

Toivonen

Tuuli

Utriainen

Lauri

Repokari

Heikki

SoininenJulia

Pettersson Hakava

Tuomas

Sahramaa

Mamiko

Nagao

Haruna

Kawashima

Petra

Monn

Fabian

Bischof

Marc

Schlegel

Caroline

Dohle

Christian

Haueter

Rico

Rinderknecht

Tiziana

Aiol

Pascal

Kappeler

Pasqual

Vossberg

Friederike

Ho mann

Christophe

Vetterli

Falk

Uebernickel

Philipp

Skribanowitz

Marco

Brunori

Dominic

Widmer

Amanda

Bachmann

Andreas

Stockburger

Patrick

Keil

Deborah

Schaub

Stephanie

Petersen

Matthias

Huebner

Dominic

Schlegel

2010 - 2011

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a brief history

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Learning Lab with Wallenbergs of Sweden

Learning Design & Technology with Education

Product Design Program with Fine Arts Department

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Design (MEMS) with EE

Robotic Systems Design with Computer Science and Aero

Team-Based Systems Design (310) with Corporate Partners

Manufacturing Systems Design with GSB and MS&E

Smart Product Design (218) with EE and CS

d.school with HPI and IDEO

BioDesign with Biology & Medicine

Human Computer Interaction Design with CS

310.global

Center for Design Research (CDR) with Industry Partners

Creative Design with John Arnold and GSB

venture design with India & Nigeria

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extreme case study

need-find, conceive, build-test

re-invent the physical architecture

of communication satellites

for Lockheed Martin with Cali in

me310-2011

current user

architecture

meet

kevin

extreme case study

need-find, conceive, build-test

re-invent the eye make-up experience

for Belcorp with Cali Columbia me310-

2011

but, what if

we engage an engineer

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extreme case study

need-find, conceive, build-test

re-invent the driver car interface

for Audi with Aalto Univ. in

me310-2009

beyond cool

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i = (m+e)cX

innovation = minds and emotions in communication radical, relevant, & even more rigorous

working creatively together

re-designing the equation for

precision engineering innovation

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Many different MSME

degrees

Math: 6 units from over 13 courses

ME Depth: 10-12 units from 14 Areas

ME Breadth: 6 units from another ME Area

Technical Electives: 15 units from many opts.

Unrestricted Electives: 6 units from any where.

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Accessible to others

Undergraduates wanting to continue

strength their engineering backgrounds

(Co-Term Program)

Full-time professionals, working on their

MS part-time; through Stanford Center

for Professional Development (SCPD) http://scpd.stanford.edu/degreeCredit/degreesCertificates.jsp

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Other ME Resources

Supporting MSME Students

ME201: Dim Sum of Mechanical Engineering

Fall seminar introduction to research in

mechanical engineering for MS students.

Weekly presentations by current PhD students.

Units: 1

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Other ME Resources

Supporting MSME Students

ENGR 311a:

Winning Your Own Race

Winter seminar on the

professional and

personal pathways of MS

and PhD graduates.

Explores a range of

options through guest

speaker stories.

Units: 1

Organized by :

the Graduate ME+

Womens Group

http://mewomen.stanford.edu

Sponsored by: Sandia National Labs, General Motors,

Stanford Engineering Alumni Relations, Stanford Center for Professional Development

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Stanford University Resources

Supporting MSME Students

For department: academic innovation funds SCORE (faculty), SPICE (Students)

For students: professional development resources

beyond departments

Enhancing interpersonal skills Working in Diverse Teams

Writing & Speaking

Developing Life Skills

Planning Career Paths http://vpge.stanford.edu/

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MS as a step towards a phd

Data from Enrolled MSME Students 1992-2001,

Study by Rebecca Taylor, PhD candidate, 2012

100%

(1392 students)

91%

9%

19%

72%

13%

5%

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Looking at the pieces:

many MSME degrees

Math: 6 units from over 13 courses

ME Depth: 10-12 units from 14 Areas

ME Breadth: 6 units from another ME Area

Technical Electives: 15 units from many opts.

Unrestricted Electives: 6 units from any where.

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Ending Slide needed

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The following slides are leftover from Tom

Kennys new student graduate orientation presentation (Fall 2012)

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Founded 1891 - Private

Undergraduate students: 6927

Graduate students: 8796

Tenure-line faculty: 1900

Nobel laureates: 16 NAE Members: 87

Endowment: $18 billion Raised >$1B in 2011,

Just Completed $6B Campaign for Stanford Future

SoE Tuition: $36,960

NCAA Championships: 102

Summer Olympics Gold Medals 1976-2008: 59 (Japan: 59)

Consecutive Directors Cups Won: 18. Defeated USC 4 times in a row

National Research Council Doctoral Program Rankings:

CS #1, EE #1, ME #1

Stanford University: Statistics

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Class Statistics

168 MS Students (including Product Design and Coterm)

41 are Non-US Citizens

127 are U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents

123 are men (73%)

45 are women (27%)

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Student Backgrounds

You and your classmates hail from: Canada, France, Germany, India, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico,

Norway, PR China, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, United States

You hold undergraduate degrees from: American Univ of Beirut, ASU, Beijing Univ, Birla Inst of Sci and

Tech, BYU, Brown, Cal Poly, Cal Tech, Carnegie Melon, Case Western, Clemson, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Ecole Centrale De Paris, Ecole Normale, Ecole Polytechnique, FSU, Georgia Tech, Harvey Mudd, Indian Institute of Technology, MIT, Michigan State, Michigan Tech, Nanyang Tech, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Olin, Penn State, Princeton, Purdue, Rice, SFSU, SJSU, Seoul Natl Univ, Sharif, Stanford, Texas A&M, Trinity Univ, Tsinghua, Tufts, US Naval Academy, UC (most of them), Univ of Illinois Urbana, UNC, USC, Univ of Florida, Univ of Kansas, Univ of Mumbai, Univ of Texas Austin, Univ of Toronto, Univ of Virginia, Yeshiva Univ, Zhejiang Univ, Zhongshan Univ..to name a few.

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Automatic Controls Heat Transfer

Biomechanical Engineering High Temperature Gas Dynamics

Mechatronics Solid Mechanics

Design Methodology Dynamics

Manufacturing MEMS

Fluid Mechanics Robotics and Kinematics

Energy Systems Materials and Stress Analysis

Breadth Requirement

Expand your understanding of Mechanical Engineering

Take two courses from other depth areas Our intent is for you to achieve TRUE BREADTH

Take some classes that are really distinct from your depth!!!

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Other Requirements

Math requirement Expand your fundamental math skills

Select at least two courses from pre-approved list

Lab requirement (one course) Hands-on experience

with real systems

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Electives Approved electives (to reach 39 units)

Graduate level math, science, engineering

Approved by your academic advisor Discussions early and often are strongly encouraged!!!

Up to 3 units of seminars

Up to 6 units of independent study

Free electives (6 units) Take whatever you want

Really, whatever you want Athletics, music, art

We have a complete University -

We want you to have significant

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Advising Spend some Quality Time with your Advisor

Check the list for hours this week

Additional contacts throughout the quarter

Do Not Be Shy, Respectful, or Reclusive

Discuss your goals Get suggestions for courses to check out

Get approval of approved electives in advance

Talk about your goals during AND AFTER Stanford

Fill out a program sheet Due October 26

Dont wait until October 25!

Stay within the MS Program Requirements.

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Advising

Spend some Quality Time with your Advisor Check the list for hours this week

Additional contacts throughout the quarter

Do Not Be Shy, Respectful, or Reclusive

Discuss your goals Get suggestions for courses to check out

Get approval of approved electives in advance

Talk about your goals during AND AFTER Stanford

Fill out a program sheet Due October 26

Dont wait until October 25!

Stay within the MS Program Requirements.

Or other faculty, for that matter

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Advice from Students

Expect a transition

This is Major League Ball - The Average Stanford Grad Student is different than average students in your undergrad institution.

Get involved!

Dont just leave class and head back to your room

Meet people Attend Welcome Reception on 9/21

Form study groups in your classes

Join a lab

Build a Network!!!

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ME Welcome Reception

Friday, September 21

4:00pm 6:00pm

Building 530 Lobby & Patio

Food and Drinks will be served

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INVITES YOU TO MINGLE WITH FACULTY, STAFF,

AND CURRENT STUDENTS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

Biomechanical Engineering

Design Group

Flow Physics & Computational Engineering

Mechanics & Computation Group

Thermosciences Group

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Graduate Fellowship

Information Session

Monday, September 24, 4:15-5:30 pm, Building 200, Room 30

Come hear about the process of applying for an outside fellowship

(e.g., the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship) to

support graduate studies*. Fellowship application deadlines are

approaching quickly!

Grad students: Even if you are on a Stanford fellowship now, we

strongly encourage you to apply for external support to provide you

with more opportunities and flexibility in your Ph.D. program.

Undergrad students: Don't wait until you are a graduate student to

apply -- these fellowships are typically more difficult to obtain the

further you are past graduation.Hosted by Professors Marc

Levenston & Allison Okamura

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Attend Research Seminars

(Check your Stanford Bulletin and department web pages for weekly offerings throughout the campus, on everything from solid and fluid mechanics to design, materials, biomechanics, nanoengineering, energy)

Hear from ME PhD students about their work and their path through graduate school:

ME201: Dim Sum of ME

(Fridays, 12:15-1:05, ?)

Check Out Research

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MS Degree Requirements

45 units total (a class is usually 3-5 units)

Requirements organized by:

Depth in Mechanical Engineering

Breadth in Mechanical Engineering

Mathematics

Laboratory Experience

Approved Tech Electives

Unrestricted Electives

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