The AIM Value Proposition

Academic Programs

• Product Creation & Innovative Manufacturing Certificate
• Project courses with AIM Partner Sponsorship
• Future Professors of Manufacturing Program

Workshops and Seminars for Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Industry Partners

• Directions in Manufacturing Education & Academic Careers
• Quarterly Roundtable Discussions on Emerging Technologies
• Industrial Advisory Committee Semi-Annual Meetings
• Product demonstration fairs: Cool Products Expo
• Informal Mixers for the Manufacturing Community (see Upcoming Events)

Manufacturing Site Visits

• Graduate School of Business Product Design and Manufacturing Club Tours
• Stanford Engineering Club for Automation and Manufacturing Tours
• Future Professors of Manufacturing Site Visits

Career Development Functions

• Engineering career fair
• Resume Distribution to Industry Partners
• Summer Internships

Windows on Research

• Stanford Engineering Faculty Research Database
• Graduate School of Business Faculty Research Papers Database
• Stanford Manufacturing Faculty
• Alumni Professors of Manufacturing
• Faculty Visits to AIM Partner Companies
  

High Leverage Partnerships

• Global Supply Chain Management Forum
• Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD)
• Stanford Center for Work, Technology & Organization (WTO)
• Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Tauber Manufacturing Institute (TMI), University of Michigan
• AIM Partners
• National Association of Manufaccturers
  

MANUFACTURING FACULTY VISITS TO AIM PARTNER COMPANIES

What is it?

         A program to bring AIM affiliated faculty to AIM Partner manufacturing sites throughout North America for presentations and discussion.

What does it cost?

         All travel and any honorarium costs covered by AIM.

The faculty pool

         Stanford Manufacturing Faculty (~ 30)

         AIM Alumni Professors of Manufacturing (~ 20)

What you need to do:

Go to Windows on Research at: http://www.stanford.edu/group/AIM/AIMPrograms/Research/researchmain.html

Select 2-3 potential faculty from the following databases:

                  Manufacturing Research by Stanford Faculty

                  Research by Alumni Professors of Manufacturing

Send list of selected faculty to Richard Reis (reis@stanford.edu). Reis will contact you to arrange for a faculty visit at mutually convenient time