printer friendly pageENGR 113D: SOLAR DECATHLON 2015 (ENGR 213D)
Open to all majors. Seminar / Lab format course facilitates the student-led administration, conception, development, and execution of the Solar Decathlon 2015 competition entry sponsored by the US Department of Energy. (http://www.solardecathlon.gov/) Students shall learn best practices in creating design teams to address multi-disciplinary design problems. Students shall work both as individuals and in teams across multiple Stanford SD2015 phases of project management, research, fundraising, design, engineering, contracting, construction administration, and competitive testing in Irvine CA.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 12 units total)
ENGR 118: Cross-Cultural Design for Service
Students spend the summer in China working collaboratively to use design thinking for a project in the countryside. Students learn and apply the principles of design innovation including user research, ideation, prototyping, storytelling and more in a cross cultural setting to design a product or service that will benefit Chinese villagers. Students should be prepared to work independently in a developing region of China, to deal with persistent ambiguity, and to work with a cross-cultural, diverse team of students on their projects. Applications for Summer 2012 were due in March.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
ENGR 120: Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering (ENERGY 120)
Lectures, problems, field trip. Engineering topics in petroleum recovery; origin, discovery, and development of oil and gas. Chemical, physical, and thermodynamic properties of oil and natural gas. Material balance equations and reserve estimates using volumetric calculations. Gas laws. Single phase and multiphase flow through porous media.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-FR, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Horne, R. (PI)
;
Wilcox, J. (PI)
ENGR 130: Science, Technology, and Contemporary Society
Key social, cultural, and values issues raised by contemporary scientific and technological developments; distinctive features of science and engineering as sociotechnical activities; major influences of scientific and technological developments on 20th-century society, including transformations and problems of work, leisure, human values, the fine arts, and international relations; ethical conflicts in scientific and engineering practice; and the social shaping and management of contemporary science and technology.
Last offered: Autumn 2011
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
ENGR 131: Ethical Issues in Engineering
Moral rights and responsibilities of engineers in relation to society, employers, colleagues, and clients; cost-benefit-risk analysis, safety, and informed consent; the ethics of whistle blowing; ethical conflicts of engineers as expert witnesses, consultants, and managers; ethical issues in engineering design, manufacturing, and operations; ethical issues arising from engineering work in foreign countries; and ethical implications of the social and environmental contexts of contemporary engineering. Case studies, guest practitioners, and field research. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
McGinn, R. (PI)
ENGR 140A: Leadership of Technology Ventures
First of three-part sequence for students selected to the Mayfield Fellows Program. Management and leadership within high technology startups, focusing on entrepreneurial skills related to product and market strategy, venture financing and cash flow management, team recruiting and organizational development, and the challenges of managing growth and handling adversity in emerging ventures. Other engineering faculty, founders, and venture capitalists participate as appropriate. Recommended: accounting or finance course (MS&E 140,
ECON 90, or
ENGR 60).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Byers, T. (PI)
ENGR 140B: Leadership of Technology Ventures
Open to Mayfield Fellows only; taken during the summer internship at a technology startup. Students exchange experiences and continue the formal learning process. Activities journal. Credit given following quarter.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Seelig, T. (PI)
ENGR 140C: Leadership of Technology Ventures
Open to Mayfield Fellows only. Capstone to the 140 sequence. Students, faculty, employers, and venture capitalists share recent internship experiences and analytical frameworks. Students develop living case studies and integrative project reports.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-3
Instructors:
Miura-Ko, R. (PI)
;
Seelig, T. (PI)
ENGR 145: Technology Entrepreneurship
How do you create a successful start-up? What is entrepreneurial leadership in a large firm? What are the differences between an idea and true opportunity? How does an entrepreneur form a team and gather the resources necessary to create a great enterprise? This class mixes mentor-guided team projects, in-depth case studies, research on the entrepreneurial process, and the opportunity to network and ask questions of Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. For undergraduates of all majors who seek to understand the formation and growth of high-impact start-ups in areas such as information, green/clean, medical and consumer technologies. No prerequisites. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Aut, Win, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
ENGR 150: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ENGR 250)
(Graduate students register for 250.) The art of innovation and entrepreneurship for social benefit. Project team develops, tests, and iteratively improves technology-based social innovation and business plan to deploy it. Feedback and coaching from domain experts, product designers, and successful social entrepreneurs. Limited enrollment; application required. See
http://sie.stanford.edu for course information.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-6
Instructors:
Behrman, W. (PI)
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