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At the Stanford School of Engineering, we seek solutions to important global problems and educate leaders who will make the world a better place.

Stanford, CA
engineering.stanford.edu
Joined January 2009

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  1. 22 hours ago

    Stanford has been an incredible place to build an academic career. I've had unbelievable students and amazing colleagues. The Electrical Engineering department is full of wise and broad and deeply technical people and visionaries. -Andrea Goldsmith

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  2. Dec 2

    Virtual assistants could one day have more centralized access to a user’s personal data than Facebook, Amazon and Google combined. Can we reap the benefits of artificial intelligence while also protecting our personal information?

    2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
  3. Nov 27

    Q&A: How do we design buildings that enable occupants to thrive? Architectural and digital innovations could help make indoor spaces much healthier.

    1 reply 8 likes
  4. Nov 26

    What if we could convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into fuel? Researchers may have found a chemical reaction that makes this possible.

    3 retweets 8 likes
  5. Nov 25

    In a society where AI powers important decision-making, how do we minimize undesirable outcomes? A new way of designing algorithms could help avoid specific misbehaviors.

    3 retweets 10 likes
  6. Nov 22

    What can the DNA in your blood reveal about your health? In The Future of Everything's 100th episode, we meet the scientist who answered this question and revolutionized everything from detecting Down syndrome to cancer.

    1 retweet 5 likes
  7. Nov 20

    A dream come true for video producers, this editing technique eliminates the need to rerecord an interview to get the best soundbyte.

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  8. Nov 18

    Unable to migrate, plants must make do with the hand that’s dealt them. This fact of life has given rise to a remarkable breadth of evolutionary adaptations plants use to make the best of their surroundings.

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  9. Nov 17

    The transition to Stanford from an HBCU wasn’t easy. At first finding a sense of community was difficult, but once I got involved in the Black Grad Students Association, I felt at home. -Kaisha Benjamin, PhD Candidate, Bioengineering

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  10. Nov 14

    Is it possible to slow tumor growth in one type of lung cancer? An experimental drug deploys a decoy protein to interrupt a set of chain reactions that result in rapid tumor growth.

    17 retweets 49 likes
  11. Nov 11

    Q&A: How do we develop new sources of usable water? An ambitious research project looks to develop affordable devices to recycle most of the water we currently throw away.

    4 retweets 8 likes
  12. Nov 7

    I think it’s cool that I was able to bring my chemical engineering background and my interest in solar together to find a home in the Materials Science & Engineering department. -Justin Chen, 2nd-year PhD student

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  13. Nov 6

    One of first things that struck me about this department as I was getting started was the collaborative, interdisciplinary and supportive nature of the community. -Rafael Vilá, 3rd-year PhD student

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  14. Nov 5

    Every year, the Stanford Materials Research Society hosts an event called “The Art of Science.” It’s an incredible way to allow students to highlight the artistic sides of themselves and their research. -Dante Zakhidov, PhD student

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  15. Nov 4

    I’ll never forget the way this department supported me as my wife and I entered parenthood. We had our now 2-year-old daughter when I was in my 4th year of my PhD work. -Antonio Baclig, PhD ’19, postdoctoral scholar

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  16. Nov 1

    I am especially grateful for the students and postdocs in my lab (“the D-Lab”) and am very excited for what the future of our research holds. -Jen Dionne, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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  17. Oct 31

    The collegiality that you’ll find among the students, faculty and staff in our department is something I’m very proud of. It may seem trite, but I’m inspired by the way our department comes together to support newcomers.

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  18. Oct 30

    One of my favorite parts of being in the Materials Science & Engineering department is meeting with new PhD students. Often when they arrive, they’re not yet aware of the multitude of research areas and problems materials scientists touch. -Dana Kralicek,

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  19. Oct 29

    I was a materials science graduate student in the early 1960s. As luck would have it, this was a time of incredibly rich growth for the field. I got to witness firsthand the rapid development of the discipline. -William Nix

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  20. Oct 25

    Is engineering the right major for me? Incoming first-year students explore this question during the Stanford Summer Engineering Academy (SSEA), a four-week pre-term program on campus.

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