Mechanical Engineering News
Stanford d.school founder fosters creative confidence with design thinking
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Engineering Professor David Kelley has co-authored a book with his brother about how to unlock everyone's innate creativity.
Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Stanford's Precourt Institute, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center have awarded 11 seed grants to Stanford faculty for early-stage energy research.
Stanford Mechanical Engineer Named a Top Young Innovator by Technology Review
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Xiaolin Zheng, an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, is selected as one of 35 people under age 35 driving the next generation of technological breakthroughs.
Stanford students will use ‘design thinking’ to judge vintage vehicles at elite auto show
Thursday, August 15, 2013
A class led by d.school founder David Kelley primed students to look for ‘the differences that make a difference’ in the cars on display at the Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach
Stanford engineers receive award to improve supercomputing and solar efficiency
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Associate Professor Gianluca Iaccarino will lead a government-funded project that will use the next generation of supercomputers to model techniques that could dramatically increase the efficiency of solar power. The project will receive $3.2 million per year for five years.
Stanford Students capture the flight of birds on very high-speed video
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Stanford mechanical engineering professor David Lentink and his students capture slow-motion video from the fastest wings in the bird world with an eye toward building flying robots that take design cues from Mother Nature.
Stanford Professor Eric Shaqfeh Receives Dean’s Award for Industry Innovation
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Engineering professor honored for outstanding teaching and exemplary leadership in delivering Stanford engineering curriculum to industry.
Bird flight a model for future flying robots
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Stanford mechanical engineers are building new flying robots to assist with search and rescue missions.
Renault-Nissan Head Carlos Ghosn Talks Future of Cars at Stanford
Friday, May 31, 2013
The Brazilian-born Ghosn is CEO of not one but two car companies, France’s Renault and Japan’s Nissan, makers of the Leaf, the first mass produced all-electric vehicle in the world. He said the car of tomorrow will be "more like a pet than a machine."
Duct Tape, Empathy, and Radical Collaboration: A Tool Kit for Changing the World
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A class brings together students from across Stanford to create and build products for some of the world's poorest people.
Global solar photovoltaic industry is likely now a net energy producer, Stanford researchers find
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The construction of the photovoltaic power industry since 2000 has required an enormous amount of energy, mostly from fossil fuels. The good news is that the clean electricity from all the installed solar panels has likely just surpassed the energy going into the industry's continued growth, Stanford researchers find.
Battle of the 'bots – Stanford students' robots duel amid raucous cheers
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Best finals project ever? Students in the Introduction to Mechatronics course build robots to do battle, sumo wrestler-style, to display their mastery of combining mechanical, electrical and computer engineering skills.
Ken Goodson named new chair of Stanford mechanical engineering
Thursday, March 14, 2013
First new department chair in 10 years is an expert in heat transfer in electronic nanostructures.
Stanford's GCEP will award $6.6 million for novel energy research
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Global Climate and Energy Project will award $6.6 million for research that leads to cleaner fuels and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Big Challenges, Big Ideas: Stanford Engineering Year in Review
Monday, January 7, 2013
Letter from the Dean of Stanford Engineering.
Peel-and-stick solar panels
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Decal-like application process allows thin, flexible solar panels to be applied to virtually any surface from business cards to roofs to window panes.
Stanford innovation: Self-healing skin, easier drink pouring, and a new kind of jump rope
Monday, December 17, 2012
Stanford University partners with all sorts of industries to cook up new ideas. Many of those ideas come from students, past and present. [National Geographic Magazine]
Summer in Beijing
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Joel Aguero spent a summer working in Beijing, but the lessons and the memories will last lifetime.
Summer in Shanghai
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Michael Si spent a memorable summer in Shanghai with Stanford's China Internship Program developing new skills and making new friends.
Stanford is new home to archives of Road & Track magazine
Monday, December 10, 2012
An interdisciplinary team of Stanford researchers and librarians is exploring the place of the automobile in modern society has inherited the entire 65-year archives from Road & Track magazine, becoming stewards of the legendary auto enthusiast magazine’s legacy and a trove of detailed prose, notes, test data and photos for future research.
Shelley, Stanford's robotic racecar, hits the track
Monday, August 13, 2012
Stanford's self-driving Audi TTS, Shelley, hit 120 mph on a recent track test. Combined with new research on professional drivers' brain activity, the car's performance could get even better.
Design and mechanical engineering share a seat in Stanford's Product Realization Lab
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Design class students design and fabricate chairs informed by historical reference, anthropometrics, form studies, user testing and materials investigations.
Stanford faculty is embracing online teaching opportunities
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The team leading Stanford's online education initiative announces seed grants to faculty members across campus for course development. "It's been a grassroots phenomenon, which really reflects Stanford's tradition of innovation and creativity," said John Mitchell, professor of computer science and President John Hennessy's special assistant for educational technology.
Dancing to her own rhythm: Alyson Yamada choreographs an individualized degree
Monday, July 16, 2012
Alyson Yamada was a promising ballerina until injury changed her plans. Now she's turned her interest in dance -- and her injury -- into an individualized major in biomechanical design and engineering.
New class lets Stanford students restore a piece of Americana
Thursday, June 14, 2012
A new course in mechanical engineering explores product design and manufacturing through the restoration of an old Cadillac DeVille.
