Engineering Alumni Next Generation Tours

Next Generation Tour

A tour of Stanford Engineering expressly designed for the high-school aged children of Stanford Engineering alumni!

Day         Friday, Nov 14
Time:      3:00 - 5:30 pm
Where:   Mechanical Engineering Research Lab (MERL) Courtyard, Stanford Campus
How:       Registration is required since space is limited

Round up your high school student and bring her or him to discover Stanford Engineering on the Next Generation Tour, affectionally known as "NexGen". November is "College Tour Month" so we hope that your child's school will allow an afternoon off to explore Stanford's engineering labs. We think that it should be worth extra credit!

Itinerary
Parents and high-schoolers will be divided into groups of parent/student pairs. Each group will have its own Stanford student tour leader. While describing undergraduate life at Stanford, hopefully in glorious detail, each tour leader will take his or her group to view different labs. The same labs will be visited by each group in rotation, giving each group a breath-taking and eye-opening glimpse into the wonders researched by our engineering grad students.

Exactly which labs may be subject to change. However, it is impossible to poke one's nose into any engineering lab and not find interdisciplinery research inspired by genius. In these labs you will meet graduate students who will describe their research projects. We expect the Stanford students to be the "stars" of this event, but professors may find it hard to stay away where research is being discussed.

After the lab tours everyone, tour leaders, graduate students, participants will meet for hot chocolate, hot cider, and cookies in Room 203 of MERL. This will allow the high-schoolers and their parents to ask further questions of the Stanford students.

Registration
Registration is required and attendance is limited. If you register and find that you cannot attend, please let us know as soon as you can.

To compliment the NexGen Tour, take a look at the tour offerings by the Stanford Admissions Office. We encourage all students and parents to schedule a tour with the admissions office since they provide a wealth of information about Stanford and admissions.

Due to limited capacity, we regret that we can not offer registration to additional guests or non-Stanford engineering alumni.

Parking:  The Tresidder Lot is probably the closest lot with the most visitor parking.
Maps:     Stanford's on-line searchable maps