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 20052006
• 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 nearpeer (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