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• Design Affiliate Project Reports by Student Design Teams are Big Winners in the 1997-98 Lincoln Design Competition!New!

Membership in the Design Affiliates Program gives industrial representatives the opportunity for close association with the faculty and students in one of the nation's most highly regarded design education programs.

Companies are welcome to send job postings for electronic distribution to our students to Kristin Burns.

Cooperative Research

Special research studies are undertaken by Design Division faculty and students. Projects of interest to members of our Affiliates Program are given priority consideration.

Design Partnership

An annual meeting is held on campus for all members of the Design Affiliates Program. This gathering provides an important opportunity to meet with students, exchange technical information and ideas with others, and obtain information on current and future developments in the Design Division. This meeting emphasizes the importance of constant involvement between all of us through workshops, student activities, research and personal contact.

An important part of the affiliate's role is to ensure that faculty and students are aware of industrial conditions and needs, keeping them current on present development and future plans via a constant exchange of theory and methodology. This will assure that teaching and research within the academic system are in tune with industrial interests and concerns.

Participation

Our affiliate companies are preferentially eligible for participation in project courses. Student teams and/or individuals are involved in the synthesis of design solutions to problems that are supplied by industry. For an overview of design project courses see the Industry Project Planning Session slides from EXPE'98.

Faculty Liaison

Direct links are established by individual choice between a member of the faculty and a company/sponsor representative. Through this close association, areas of interest common to both organizations are identified and joint projects formulated. The faculty liaison assures a satisfactory response to sponsor needs. This is accomplished through visits to sponsor facilities; by providing sponsor with information about current Design Division activities; and by supporting student recruiting activities. Close contact between the sponsor and the Design Division fosters renewed commitment and is a vital component of the Design Affiliates program.

A Sampling of Affiliate Companies--Past and Present

  • Adept Technology-Sunnyvale, CA
  • Aerojet Electrosystems, Azusa, CA
  • AFX-Autonomous Effects Inc., Redwood Shores, CA
  • Apple Computer, Inc., Fremont, CA
  • Applied Materials Corp., Santa Clara, CA
  • AT&T-Information Systems, Holmdel, NJ
  • Baxter Healthcare Corporation, McGaw Park, IL
  • BMW of North America, Inc., Westwood, NJ
  • Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle, WA
  • Cap Snap Co., San Jose, CA
  • Devices for Vascular Intervention, Redwood City, CA
  • Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA
  • Environmental Products Corporation, Newark, CA
  • FMC Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
  • Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
  • General Motors Corporation, Troy, MI
  • Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA
  • Hughes Aircraft, El Segundo, CA
  • KLA-Tencor, San Jose, CA
  • Litton Integrated Automation, Alameda, CA
  • Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Sunnyvale, CA
  • McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, Huntington Beach, CA
  • Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing (3M), Austin, TX
  • Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tokyo, Japan
  • NASA-Ames, Moffett Field, CA
  • NCR, Scotland
  • Nikon Precision Instruments, Belmont, CA
  • Peterbilt Motors, Denton, TX
  • Pfizer Inc. New York, NY
  • Philips Miltimedia, Palo Alto, CA
  • Procter & Gamble Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
  • Quantum, Milpitas, CA
  • Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA
  • Redwood Microsystems, Menlo Park, CA
  • Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Seiko Instruments, San Jose, CA
  • Siemens Automotive, Auburn Hills, MI
  • Sperry Corporation, St. Paul, MN
  • Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA
  • Spectra-Physics Company, Mountain View, CA
  • Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
  • Volvo Cars of North America, Camarillo, CA
  • Warner-Lambert Co. Schick Wilkinson, Milford, CT
  • Western Digital, San Jose, CA
  • Western Sky Industries, Inc., San Jose, CA
  • Weyerhaeuser Company, Seattle, WA

Program Membership

To explore Design Affiliate opportunites in more detail, please contact Design Affiliates Program Administrative Director, Kristin Burns, or submit a Stanford Design Affiliates Program Inquiry.

Mechanical Engineering Design Division
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4021
Telephone: 650/723-4288
Fax: 650/723-3521