Faculty and Research

Strategic priorities: The future has no walls

Many of the greatest innovations of the past were driven by collaborations that reached across traditional boundaries. We believe that the most promising opportunities for discovery exist at the intersections of disciplines, and that the technologies of the next century will grow out of interdisciplinary partnerships. To guide our own growth, the dean has identified four major areas for long-term investment:

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A fusion of engineering and the life sciences promises new discoveries, technologies, and therapies to improve human health and the environment.
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Meeting the needs of a growing world population in an environmentally sustainable way is a major challenge of the 21st Century.

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Hardware, software and communications are the pillars of information technology. Continuing research in these fields ranges from basic science, through materials and devices, to systems and applications.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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Advancing the science and technology of very small structures holds vast opportunities for research and application development.


Bringing it all together:
The Clark Center
The Clark Center
The Clark Center for biosciences showcases all that is best about Stanford Engineering. Faculty and students from many fields meet in an open environment — a state-of-the-art building, ideally located between the engineering quad and the School of Medicine. More »
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Research profiles
Faculty, students, and research staff from across the school conduct fascinating research related to the school's strategic priorities. This is the home to a collection of articles about those efforts, with a new one written every month. More »