Turn your research into a product or service
Fall 2014
Mon 5:15p – 7:15p
Studio 1
ME 350A
1 Unit
Credit/No Credit
Launched 2013
This 1 credit class is for graduate students who are passionate about turning their research into a product or service. This is a chance to explore the potential impact of your work beyond your lab or research group. We are looking for students from the sciences, engineering, or mathematics, or students who have business acumen or start-up experience focused on technology driven companies. If you want to get out of your lab, away from your machine, and start to design your future come join us. The class will begin your journey from research to product conceptualization and user centered design through exercises and group activities.
We’ll meet once a week over the quarter in 10 self-contained 2 hour workshops where students will focus on their own work as well as explore the practical applications of fellow students’ ideas, experience team formation and collaboration, and begin to explore product and service design. Aside from class time you will need to commit up to one hour per week outside the class on customer and market exploration. Advisors from industry and academia will mentor student teams. The class will be structured for individuals with team formation optional.
Apply
Enrollment limited to 40 graduate students. To apply: fill out the online application here: http://bit.ly/designxfall2014 and attend the first day of class on Sep. 22. The online portion of the application will close on Monday, Sept 22 at 11:59pm.
Teaching Team
Dave Blakely, IDEO
Jon Feiber, d.school and Mohr Davidow Ventures
Questions
jdfeiber@stanford.edu, dblakely@dschool.stanford.edu