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 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 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