Stanford Engineering and Business Project Courses

For assistance concerning these project courses please send a note to Richard Reis, Executive Director, AIM at reis@stanford.edu.

Quick Course Reference

MS&E 264 Manufacturing Systems Design

MS&E 250B Engineering Risk Analysis Projects

MS&E 262 Supply Chain Management

ME113 Mechanical Engineering Design

ME317A,B Design for Manufacturability

ME218D Smart Product Design-Industrial Projects

ME310A Tools for Team-Based Design

ME310B/C Design Project Experience with Corporate Partners

OIT 357 Competitive Positioning in Supply Chains

COURSE TITLES AND SYNOPSIS:

ME310A Tools for Team-Based Design
ME310B/C Design Project Experience with Corporate Partners.
ME310A is a one-quarter graduate design course for distributed product design-development teams working on multidisciplinary industry-sponsored projects. Emphasis in ME310A is on project definition and design team specification. ME310B/C is a two-quarter continuation of projects initiated in ME310A. Emphasis is on detailed design, prototype fabrication, testing, refinement.
Instructor: M.R. Cutkosky.

TV enrollment? Yes. 1/3 of class typically enrolled via SITN TV at company sites.

Course Fees: Yes

Deliverables:
Final presentations and reports each quarter in electronic and hardcopy.
SITN and WWW oversight of team progress.
Weekly sponsor design reviews.
Significant hardware development in ME310BC.
At least one site visit by student team.

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ME317A,B Design for Manufacturability
Two-quarter graduate course with teams working on industry-sponsored dfM projects.

Contact for projects: Contact Instructor
TV enrollment? Yes, SITN student teams select projects from their workplaces. Teaching staff visit sites with >10 students
Instructor: Kos Ishii

Course fees: Yes

Deliverables: Hardcopy reports, quarterly design reviews, TV and WWW oversight of progress
at least one site visit by student team

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MS&E 264 Manufacturing Systems Design
One-quarter M.S.-level course with lectures, cases, and student teams working on industry-sponsored projects that involve the design or redesign of manufacturing lines. Topics include, flow-line design, the effective use of buffers, plant layout, line balancing, group technology, and the use of simulation for comparing design alternatives.
Instructor: F. Erhun

TV enrollment? Yes (Autumn Quarter)

Course fees: None

Deliverables: Project participation, oral and written reports

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ME218D Smart Product Design-Industrial Projects
Fourth quarter in a graduate sequence of mechatronics courses. Small teams utilize the Smart Product Design Lab to work on industrial projects involving electronics, mechanical design, sensing and software.
Instructor: E. Carryer

TV enrollment? No

Course fees: Yes

Deliverables: Final report, prototype, final presentation

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ME113 Engineering Design One-quarter undergraduate course
Small teams work on industrial projects.
Instructors: D. Nelson

TV enrollment? No

Course fees: Yes

Deliverables: Working models, hardcopy reports, design reviews.

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OIT 357 Strategy & Management in Supply Networks: Positioning and relationship Management for Competitive Advantage
MBA course (fall quarter) with an industry project component. Creating competitive advantage in product design, production, distribution, service, and recycling.
Instructors: C. Holloway, R. Carlson

TV enrollment? No

Course fees: None

Deliverables: Oral and written reports

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MS&E 250B Engineering Risk Analysis Projects
One quarter project course following the graduate course in Engineering Risk Analysis. Multidisciplinary projects sponsored by industry.
Instructor: E. Pate-Cornell

TV enrollment? No

Course fees: Yes

Deliverables: Project participation, oral and written reports.

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MS&E 262 Supply Chain Management
One-quarter Masters-level course with lectures, cases, interactive games, and industry project. Special themes: Global supply chain management to coordinate/integrate information, material and financial flows within and across companies
Instructor: W Hausman/H. Lee

TV enrollment? No

Course fees: None

Deliverables: Written reports at the end of quarter.

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For assistance concerning these project courses please send a note to Richard Reis, Executive Director, AIM at reis@stanford.edu.