Teaching Team Group Page
| Ken Waldron ME Design kwaldron@stanford | John Howard Intuity Medical jhoward@stanford | Edith Wilson ME Design edithwil@stanford | Dave Jaffe ME Design dljaffe@stanford | Manjula Waldron ME Design mwaldron@stanford |
| Paul Csonka Robotic Locomotion Lab pjc30943@stanford | Art Wangperawong artitw@stanford | Dan Jacobs Robotic Locomotion Lab dajacobs@stanford | Linus Park Robotic Locomotion Lab ljpark@stanford | Josh Carter ME Design jcart24@stanford |
 | Ken Waldron Ph.D. is a Mechatronics Professor. He works in diverse areas of mechanical design, robotics, and biomechanics. His current activities include design and testing of a quadrupedal galloping machine, haptic simulation of surgical procedures and methodology for design for manufacturability. On the Enneagram he is #5, the Observer with strong leanings towards a 9. He is calm in crisis, with high integrity, objective, analytical, wise, perceptive and self contained. At his worst he is distant and stubborn. To get along with him: be independent, be staright forward and brief, and let him have his privacy. |
 | John Howard, P.E., has over twenty years of progressive design and leadership experience in product development and industrialization spanning the medical and consumer industries. At Nektar John held roles as Vice President Device Manufacturing and Principal Fellow, Delivery Systems. He led the development and packaging organization responsible for all of Nektar’s proprietary drug delivery systems including the commercial development and industrialization effort for the first pulmonary drug delivery device for Pfizer’s revolutionary Exubera inhaled insulin. Prior to Nektar John worked at Apple Computer leading multiple Product Design teams in the development of desktop and notebook computers. John received both his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University, where he has been a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Design Division since 1989. In addition to advising companies on product development, John sits on San Francisco State University’s Engineering Advisory Board. |
 | Dave Jaffe organized a course, "Perspectives in Assistive Technology" (ENGR110/210) that introduces students to the many aspects of rehabilitation and technologies that benefit people with disabilities. In this course students also have an opportunity to participate in a project that addresses a specific disability need. He assists in teaching ME218 "Smart Product Design" and has been a coach in ME113 for the past several years. Dave has expertise in the areas of electronics, embedded system hardware and software, and product design / development. |
 | Edith Wilson is a Consulting Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford and also consults in the high technology and medical device areas using her expertise from 20+ years experience in executive corporate management; entrepreneurship; technology assessment, acquisition, and development; teaching; and consulting. She graduated from Duke University with a BS in Bio-Medical Engineering and came to Stanford’s Mechanical Engineering Design Group where she also received her MS and Engineer’s degrees studying under Professor Philip Barkan. Edith assisted Prof. Barkan with the teaching on ME317 starting shortly before Phil’s retirement and has continued to assist Prof. Kosuke Ishii with course development, teaching, and graduate student advising and coaching. On her professional track, after a short stint at Telesensory Systems, Edith joined Hewlett-Packard as an engineer at HP Labs. She then had a variety of positions at HP including working in the OptoElectronic LED business unit, Corporate Headquarters, England, Malaysia, Singapore, and Santa Rosa Spectrum Analyzer Business Unit. In 2001, Edith retired from high tech so she could concentrate on her consulting business, teaching at Stanford, raising grapes, making wine and her family. Last year Edith returned to work in the medical device area pursuing her own start up and working for venture capital firms performing due diligence and advising them on business, R&D, and manufacturing issues. |
 | Manjula Waldron Ph.D. is a professor in Engineering whose focus is on whole person design of wellness technologies for mind body fitness. She has over 30 years of experience in cross functional engineering design and research. On the Enneagram She is # 7 an Adventurer with strong wings in 8. At her best that makes her curious, optimistic, enthusiastic, imaginative, visionary, spontaneous, free spirited, generous, gutsy, risk taker, and remove pain and suffering from the world. At her worst she is rebellious, impulsive, and unfocused. She will probably run out of time to do all the things she is excited about and committed to doing. To get along with her: Give her freedom, laughter, time for her adventure stories, be direct, and accept her as she is. (Ref: Enneagram made easy by Renee Baren & Elizabeth Wagele) |
 | Paul Csonka is a doctoral student in the Stanford Robotic Locomotion Laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Design Division, with a focus on experimental legged robotics. |
 | Art Wangperawong is currently an engineering graduate student at Stanford. He has experience designing robots, medical devices, solar cars, solar panels as well as semiconductor devices. Art is also a hardcore vegan (with the exception of some types of seafood) for ethical and environmental reasons. Having taken ME113 as an undergrad, he is now a TA for the course. |
 | Josh Carter is currently pursuing a graduate degree in mechanical engineering, design methodology at Stanford. Josh has professional experience in the Medical Device, Aerospace and Product Design industries. He has coached numerous fast paced ME113-style project teams and enjoys helping groups with organizational and team dynamics matters in addition to the technical design process. |
 | Linus Park is a graduate student in mechanical engineering at Stanford University. His current research in the Locomotion Laboratory deals with new shape-changing materials. Past experiences in engineering include product design, medical devices, alternative energy, and designing for developing communities. |
 | Daniel is a PhD student in mechanical engineering working in the Robotic Locomotion Laboratory. His research involves modeling foot-ground collisions during high speed landings of legged robotic systems. Both his undergraduate and masters degrees are from Stanford and he is looking forward to doing ME113 from the teaching perspective. |