2006-2007 Engineering Service-Learning Courses

General service-learning courses on the Haas Center website

Courses Related to Science Outreach

Courses related to Science Outreach

CEE277A: Teaching Science Literacy for a Sustainable Society (Winter)
Teaching science to nontechnical audiences emphasizing technologies and science for the sustainable use of water. Guest lecturers. Learning styles, and the role of engineers and scientists in K-12 and media communication. Students develop teaching modules to be used in educational settings involving nontechnical audiences. 2-4 units (staff)

GES218: Communicating Science (Autumn)
For undergraduates and graduate students interested in teaching science in local schools. Inquiry-based science teaching methods. How to communicate scientific knowledge and improve presentations. Six weeks of supervised teaching in a local school classroom. Prerequisite: course in introductory biology, geology, chemistry, or marine sciences. 3 units (Saltzman, J)

Past courses related to Science Outreach

ED315X: Issues in Science Education for Science Graduate Students (Spring 2006)
Recurring themes in debates about science education: why should science be taught in schools; what science should be taught; how and to whom; do schools present an accurate picture of science, and should they; how much do science teachers need to know; how do they know what students are learning; what is the role of scientists? 1-3 units (Alonzo)

ME80: Stress, Strain, and Strength (Autumn 2004)
The basic mechanics of materials and engineering properties of structural materials. Topics include static failure theories for ductile and brittle materials, stress concentrations, and buckling. Fracture, fatigue, corrosion, fretting, and wear. Failure in structural components emphasizing applications to mechanical design. Experiment and design component addresses characterization of real materials and structures. Prerequisite: ENGR 14. GER: 2b. 4 units (Pruitt)

Outreach Component: Students participate in two outreach trips to local Girls’ Middle School to supplement a 7th grade engineering course. Final design project requires exploration of topic beyond the scope of the course and development of interactive presentation to communicate technical concepts to the 7th graders.

Courses with a Focus on Public Service Engineering Projects

CEE177S/277S: Design for a Sustainable World (Autumn, Spring)
Technology-based problems faced by developing communities worldwide. Student groups partner with organizations abroad to work on concept, feasibility, design, implementation, and evaluation phases of various projects. Past projects include a water and health initiative, a green school design, seismic safety, and medical device. Admission based on written application and interview. See http://esw.stanford.edu for application. 1-5 units (Staff)

ME206A,B: Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability (Spring)
Project course jointly offered by School of Engineering and Graduate School of Business. Students apply engineering and business skills to design comprehensive solutions for a specified challenge faced by the world's poor. Student teams collaboratively design product prototypes, distribution systems, and business plans for entrepreneurial ventures in developing countries for a specified challenge faced by the world’s poor. Topics include user empathy, appropriate technology design, rapid prototype engineering and testing, social technology entrepreneurship, business modeling, and project management. Weekly design reviews, final course presentation. Industry and advisor interaction. Limited enrollment via application. See www.stanford.edu/class/me206.
A: Win, 4 units (Beach, D; Kelley, D; Patell, J)
B: Spr, 4 units (Kelley, D; Patell, J)

Courses with a Public Service Component

CS106A: Programming Methodology (Autumn with Social Impact Section)
Introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. Uses the Java programming language. Emphasis is on good programming style and the built-in facilities of the Java language. No prior programming experience required. 3-5 units

Social Impact Section: Students can opt into a 1-2 unit public service section that meets an extra day a week and covers three main components: case studies of non-profits that use technology for social benefit, teaching basic programming to underserved youth in neighboring communities, and an optional final project that incorporates topics from the course.

Past Courses with a Public Service Component

CEE70: Environmental Science and Technology (Autumn 2003-2005)
Introduction to environmental quality and the technical background necessary for understanding environmental issues, controlling environmental degradation, and preserving air and water quality. Material balance concepts for tracking substances in the environmental and engineering systems. Three-day field project to quantify the flux of pollutants from a local watershed outlet to the ocean or bay. Students may enroll in 70A concurrently. (Boehm)

Public Service Project: Reports from field project go to inform local watershed naturalists, treatment plant, etc.

Senior Project Courses with Public Service Options

CS194: Software Project (Spring)
Design, specification, coding, and testing of a significant team programming project under faculty supervision. Documentation includes a detailed proposal and development plan. Public demonstration of the project at the end of the quarter. Prerequisite: 108. 3 units (Plummer)

Public Service Projects: Students can choose to work with local technology non-profit organizations, schools, etc. Project proposals gathered ahead of time by the Office of Engineering and Public Service (OEPS) and presented at the beginning of the quarter. Projects also available for CS191W. Contact OEPS for details: http://soe.stanford.edu/publicservice

ME113: Mechanical Engineering Design (Spring)
Goal is to create designs and models of new mechanical devices. Design is experienced by students as they work on a team design project obtained from industry or other organizations. Prerequisites: 80, 101, 112. 4 units (Nelson, D)

Public Service Projects: Non-profit projects are included, with Veteran’s Administration Hospital, private citizens, local non-profits, research group outreach projects, etc.

MS&E108: Senior Project (Winter)
Restricted to MS&E majors in their senior year. Students carry out a major project in groups of four, applying techniques and concepts learned in the major. Project work includes problem identification and definition, data collection and synthesis, modeling, development of feasible solutions, and presentation of results. 5 units (Barley, S; Carlson, R; Katila, R; Shachter, R)

Public Service Projects: Students can choose to work on management projects with local government and non-profit organizations.

Courses with a Focus on Social Entrepreneurship

URBST 131. Social Innovation and the Social Entrepreneur (Autumn)
Invited lecture series. Perspectives and endeavors of thought leaders and entrepreneurs who address social needs in the U.S. and internationally through private for-profit and nonprofit organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or public institutions. 1 unit (Staff)

URBST 133. Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory (Spring)
Interdisciplinary student teams create and develop U.S. and international social entrepreneurship initiatives. Proposed initiatives may be new entities, or innovative projects, partnerships, and/or strategies impacting existing organizations and social issues in the U.S. and internationally. Focus is on each team's research and on planning documents to further project development. Project development varies with the quarter and the skill set of each team, but should include: issue and needs identification; market research; design and development of an innovative and feasible solution; and drafting of planning documents. In advanced cases, solicitation of funding and implementation of a pilot project. Enrollment limited to 30. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 131, 132 (may be taken concurrently), or consent of instructor. (Edwards, M; Scher, L)

E150/E250. Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
(Graduate students register for 250.) The art of innovation and entrepreneurship for social benefit. Project team develops, tests, and iteratively improves technology-based social innovation and business plan to deploy it. Feedback and coaching from domain experts, product designers, and successful social entrepreneurs. Information on projects at http://sie.stanford.edu. 1-6 units (Behrman, W)

Past Courses with a Focus on Social Entrepreneurship

MS&E 75SI: Brainstorming India: Entrepreneurship Models for Indian Social Venture Projects (Spring 2006, Student-Initiated Course)
Want to apply entrepreneurial and technical skills to solve social problems in India? Ever wondered how your education could help make the world a better place? Here's your opportunity to help researchers and social entrepreneurs working on problems in India. These "project champions" willpresent specific hurdles they face in their social ventures and students in the class will collectively brainstorm to address them. Prior experience in social work is not needed. This class uses India only as a test bed and is open to students of all nationalities.

Independent Study Courses

CS192: Programming Service Project
Restricted to Computer Science students. Appropriate academic credit (without financial support) is given for volunteer computer programming work of public benefit and educational value. 1-4 units (Staff) Contact the Office of Engineering and Public Service for help defining a project (http://soe.stanford.edu/publicservice/contact.php).

E192: Engineering Public Service Project (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)
Volunteer work on a public service project with a technical engineering component. Project requires a faculty sponsor and a community partner such as a nonprofit organization, school, or individual. Required report. See http://soe.stanford.edu/publicservice/E192description.php. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. 1-2 units (Staff)