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ME 310A

Global Engineering Design Thinking, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

The ME310ABC sequence immerses students in a real-world, engineering design experience in the spirit of a Silicon Valley start-up, managing the uncertainty inherent in entrepreneurial design. Teams of Stanford graduate students often partner with similar teams at international universities for a global perspective. Design challenges are frequently at the human interface: to robots, transportation devices, manufacturing, or medical technologies (http://me310.stanford.edu). In ME 310A teams integrate corporate and market context, user definitions and need-finding, research on competing technologies, and focused early prototyping to deliver a proposal for detailed design in ME310BC.

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Sections

1 Term
Lecture 1Open
ID: 1882
0 / 50 enrolled
Meeting 1 of 2
DAYS:Thursday
TIME:3 PM – 5:50 PM
LOCATION:Departmental Room
INSTRUCTOR:
Toye, George, Cutkosky, Mark
Meeting 2 of 2
DAYS:Tuesday
TIME:4:30 PM – 5:50 PM
LOCATION:Departmental Room
INSTRUCTOR:
Toye, George, Cutkosky, Mark
4units

ME 310A: Global Engineering Design Thinking, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

The ME310ABC sequence immerses students in a real-world, engineering design experience in the spirit of a Silicon Valley start-up, managing the uncertainty inherent in entrepreneurial design. Teams of Stanford graduate students often partner with similar teams at international universities for a global perspective. Design challenges are frequently at the human interface: to robots, transportation devices, manufacturing, or medical technologies (http://me310.stanford.edu). In ME310A teams integrate corporate and market context, user definitions and need-finding, research on competing technologies, and focused early prototyping to deliver a proposal for detailed design in ME310BC.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Lecture — Thursday 3:00 PM – 5:50 PM — Departmental Room — Toye, George, Cutkosky, Mark (Graduate)

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