Stanford University – VW AutoUni:ME 310 Collaboration

Philipp L. Skogstad for Larry Leifer, Ph.D.

Goal

To start a clone of ME 310 in Wolfsburg with the intention that VW AutoUni will be able to teach this course independently of Stanford University in the future.

Agenda

• Expected Students in Wolfsburg• Expected Faculty in Wolfsburg• Collaboration with Stanford University &

University of St. Gallen• Timeline for Year 1: Academic Year 2005-

2006 • My role

Expected Students

• In Wolfsburg: 6 – 8 Students at the Master’s Level with backgrounds a variety of backgrounds.

• Students form 2 teams working on different projects to facilitate learning in parallel

Expected Faculty in Wolfsburg

• Instructors who have visited Stanford University and experienced ME 310 and its coaching workshop. (Potentially Klaus, Bill Cockayne, ???)

• Preferred Scenario: One Instructor & one near-peer (Georg?) as TTeam, One Technical Consultant (Experienced Engineer), One Business Consultant (Experienced Manager), Coaches (Stanford Visitors)

Collaboration with Stanford University & University of St. Gallen• Teams Collaborate with Student Teams at

Stanford University (& maybe HSG, Switzerland)

• Calendar: Stanford University Calendar drives everything.

• Infrastructure: Use of ME 310’s Docushare, Wiki etc.

• Assignments: Same for all Teams• Travel: Teams visit each other

Timeline for Year 1: Academic Year 2005-2006

• Course Planning over Summer & early Fall 2005

• Start Course in October (or September if Paper Bike included)

• Finish with EXPE on June 1• Team Travel: December & April

My Role

• Visit Wolfsburg this summer to help instructors determine expectations

• Write Project Proposals with VW• Help Start-up Course potentially• Write Assignments• Help Grading first set of reports• Research on Design Habits by

Observation at all sites of the project