Industrial Affiliates

 

The Design Group currently houses two distinct Affiliates Programs:

 


Industry Affiliate Program for Teaching Design Thinking

Membership in this program gives industrial representatives the opportunity for close association with the faculty and students in one of the nation's most highly regarded design education programs.

Companies are welcome to send job postings for electronic distribution to our students to Kristin Burns.

Participation

Our affiliate companies are preferentially eligible for participation in project courses. Student teams and/or individuals are involved in the synthesis of design solutions to problems that are supplied by industry.

Design Partnership

An annual meeting is held on campus for all members of the Program. This gathering provides an important opportunity to meet with students, exchange technical information and ideas with others, and obtain information on current and future developments in Design. This meeting emphasizes the importance of constant involvement between all of us through workshops, student activities, research and personal contact.

An important part of the affiliate's role is to ensure that faculty and students are aware of industrial conditions and needs, keeping them current on present development and future plans via a constant exchange of theory and methodology. This will assure that teaching and research within the academic system are in tune with industrial interests and concerns.

Faculty Liaison

Direct links are established by individual choice between a member of the faculty and a corporate partner representative. Through this close association, areas of interest common to both organizations are identified and joint projects formulated. The faculty liaison assures a satisfactory response to corporate partner needs. This is accomplished through visits to partner facilities; by providing partner with information about current Design activities; and by supporting student recruiting activities. Close contact between the corporate partner and the Design Goup fosters renewed commitment and is a vital component of the Design Industrial Affiliates Teaching Program.

 

Policies

Relevant Stanford University policies are summarized at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/rph/ia_context.html

Program Membership

To explore opportunites for participation, please contact Administrative Director, Kristin Burns, or submit a Program Inquiry.

  • Mechanical Engineering Design
    Stanford University
    Terman Engineering Center
    Stanford, CA 94305-4021

    Kristin.Burns at Stanford.Edu
    Telephone: 650/723-4288
    Fax: 650/723-3521

 

A Sampling of Design Affiliates, Past and Present


CARS Affiliates Program

Director:  Prof. Chris Gerdes

Executive Director:  Sven Beiker, PhD

Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) is an interdisciplinary research community at Stanford University.  CARS' vision is that by creating a community of faculty and students from a range of disciplines at Stanford with leading industry researchers, we can radically re-envision the automobile for unprecedented levels of safety, performance, and enjoyment.  Our mission is to develop ideas and discover, build, and deploy critical innovations for the next generation of cars and drivers. 

Through membership in the CARS Affiliates Program, companies join the automotive community at Stanford.  Membership funds enrich this community by providing support for an executive director, administrative support, shared infrastructure for research and teaching, student project teams, and new educational initiatives.


Participation

Companies will pay an annual fee (initially set at $50,000) to join the CARS Affiliates Program. 

All CARS Affiliates Program Members will be strongly encouraged to engage with one or more faculty members through sponsored research, research gifts, class sponsorship or visiting researchers in addition to their membership.  These arrangements will be made with individual faculty members and not through CARS.

 

Benefits

An annual meeting will be held for affiliates only, at which formal presentations will be given by faculty and students on new and on-going research.  This meeting will also offer opportunities for the informal exchange of ideas among industry representatives and Stanford University researchers and students.

Members will receive invitations and announcements for the weekly CARS seminar series.

Members will be able to post job listings to the CARS community and receive assistance, if desired, in arranging interviews between individual students and company representatives.

Members will receive access to publications originated by faculty and students associated with CARS.

Relevant Stanford University policies are summarized at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/rph/ia_context.html

To join the CARS Affiliates Program:
Please contact the Executive Director, Sven Beiker
Beiker at Stanford.Edu

 


  • Telephone: 650/723-5499
    Fax: 650/723-3521

    Mechanical Engineering Design
    Stanford University
    Terman Engineering Center
    Stanford, CA 94305-4021

 

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