printer friendly pageME 229: Design Evangelism
Students work with Ambidextrous staff and magazine professionals to edit and produce Ambidextrous, Stanford University's Journal of Design. Topics include design processes and innovation, storytelling, writing and editing for an audience, magazine production and project leadership. Hands-on projects, in-class exercises, and guest lectures.
ME 233: Making it Big: Crossing the Entrepreneur's Gap
Students learn to take novel designs into entrepreneurial production and prepare for market production. Education, resources, and community are provided to help students cross the gap, founding ideas and making them real, in volume. Topics include entrepreneurial production methods and initiation, vendor selection and engagement, cost, design transfer, quality and testing, manufacturing planning and execution. Course prepares students for leadership roles in entrepreneurial as well as large production-oriented companies. Case studies, regular project reviews, final presentation, industry interaction.
ME 235: Understanding Superfans and their Heroes
Harness the power of the hero coefficient through a radical team-based, hands-on, multidisciplinary class. Students will learn and utilize the principles of Empathy-Define-Ideate-Prototype-Test components of the d.thinking process. Why do superfans love their heroes? You'll get to prototype and explore how superfans connect with their heroes, understanding this connective tissue works will give your own ideas a boost. We'll be studying heroes the likes of Dale Earnhardt, Michael Jordan and Stephen Colbert. Expect to leave this class ready to spread the word about heroes and superfans and make everyone at your company or on your team feel like one. You will hear from special guests and take a field trip to a racetrack. Sponsored by the Revs Program. Limited enrollment. FAQ and apply here:
http://revs.stanford.edu/course/693
ME 239: Mechanics of the Cell
Kinematical description of basic structural elements used to model parts of the cell: rods, ropes, membranes, and shells. Formulation of constitutive equations: nonlinear elasticity and entropic contributions. Elasticity of polymeric networks. Applications to model basic filaments of the cytoskeleton: actin, microtubules, intermediate filaments, and complete networks. Applications to biological membranes.
ME 240: Introduction to Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology as multidisciplinary with contributions from physical sciences, engineering, and industry. Current topics in nanotechnology research; developments in nanomaterials, mechanics, electronics, and sensors; and applications. Nanoscale materials building blocks, fabrication and assembly processes, characterization and properties, and novel system architectures. Implications for future development.
ME 242B: Mechanical Vibrations (AA 242B)
For M.S.-level graduate students. Covers the vibrations of discrete systems and continuous structures. Introduction to the computational dynamics of linear engineering systems. Review of analytical dynamics of discrete systems; undamped and damped vibrations of N-degree-of-freedom systems; continuous systems; approximation of continuous systems by displacement methods; solution methods for the Eigenvalue problem; direct time-integration methods. Prerequisites:
AA 242A or equivalent (recommended but not required); basic knowledge of linear algebra and ODEs; no prior knowledge of structural dynamics is assumed.
ME 243: Designing Emotion-Reactive Car Interfaces
How to design in car interfaces that take into account the emotional state of the driver in the moment of driving? Participants will be prototyping and testing interfaces for an industry partner. The challenge is to take real time physiological data to infer the emotional state of a driver and to lever these to improve the driving experience. We will cover topics on design methodology, psychology of emotions, and human machine interaction. The class meets at VAIL, the Stanford automotive innovation facility, for prototyping, discussions and presentations. Participants will have access to tools, prototyping materials, physiological sensors, and a car. Students from all ENG majors but also beyond are encouraged to join, bring your drivers license.
ME 247A: @Stanford Studio
The d.school is working with the University to re-invent the on-campus experience. Huge shifts are disrupting education in unprecedented ways, questioning what it means to learn and live on campus. It's time to harness those changes and re-invent what it means to be a student right here at Stanford. You will delve into design, dig into the most adventurous educational experiments happening around the country, immerse yourself in mind-blowing experiences both on- and off-campus, and create short films and wild prototypes that demonstrate the future of campus life. Your work may be seen or experienced by faculty, deans, and the Stanford community at-large; the opportunity for impact is very real.
ME 247B: @Stanford Studio
Re-imagine the Stanford experience for the year 2020. Fall quarter the d.school's @Stanford Project will mount @Stanford Studio, an opportunity for students to design, develop, execute, and iterate immersive prototypes that allow experimentation into many facets of the future student experience. Because of the nature of prototypes and the subject matter, significant time outside of scheduled class meetings will be required. Students will work closely with design mentors, campus stakeholders, and inspiration partners (innovative educators, artists, museums, companies and/or topical experts from beyond Stanford) to create live, testable, learning experiences. Course will involve fast-paced team work and rely on strong, consistent participation and perfect attendance. Admission by application. Please see
dschool.stanford.edu for application information.
ME 247C: @Stanford Studio
Re-imagine the future Stanford experience. @Stanford Studio is an opportunity for students to design, develop, execute, and iterate immersive prototypes that allow experimentation into many facets of the future student experience. Students enrolled in @Stanford Studio in winter quarter will be responsible for running quarter-long independent experiments. This is an advanced studio for continuing students only. Admission by application.
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