Stanford Engineering
Management Science & Engineering
Industry Affiliates Program

The Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) aims to conduct research and provide education associated with the development of the knowledge, tools, and methods required to make decisions and shape policies, configure organizational structures, design engineering systems, and solve operational problems associated with the information-intensive, technology-based economy.

MS&E provides exceptionally strong programs of education and research by integrating three basic strengths:

* Substantial depth in conceptual and analytical foundations: optimization, dynamic systems, stochastic systems, economics, organizational science, and decision and risk analysis.

* Comprehensive coverage of functional areas of application:  finance, production, information, organizational behavior, marketing, entrepreneurship, policy, and strategy.  Programs in the functional areas emphasize both fundamental concepts and practical applications.  MS&E’s programs also provide a basis for contributing to other important areas such as biotechnology, defense policy, environmental policy, information systems, telecommunications, and other areas where mastery of fundamentals, functional knowledge, and an engineering viewpoint are extremely valuable.

* Vigorous interaction with industry, and with many organizations throughout the world. Close associations with industry enrich the programs by providing opportunities to apply MS&E methods to important problems and by motivating new theoretical developments from practical experience. 

The MS&E Industry Affiliates Program provides a proven, convenient, direct means for corporations to be linked to the vital activities of our academic department and centers.  Because the blend of basic and applied research is more varied and exploratory than product- or service- oriented industrial research, academia and industry can complement each other to mutual benefit. 

The program is designed to assist organizations in meeting today’s challenges while simultaneously expanding the educational and employment opportunities for our students.  Our graduates have pursued successful careers in consulting, enterprise management, financial analysis, government policy analysis, industrial research, line management, product development, project management, strategic planning, and university teaching and research. 

A consistent emphasis on close, effective communication exists between member companies and the faculty, staff and students in the program.  In short, our program is to ensure that theory and practice continue to draw on one another by fostering mutually beneficial long-term relationships with non-academic organizations.

See below for information about specific benefits available to Affiliate members.

All affiliate members entitled to:
 

Research Projects

• A member of the department of MS&E (hereinafter the Department) mutually agreed upon, to serve as liaison with affiliate. One trip per year by the faculty liaison to a company site.

• Participate in student projects.

• Invitation to departmental events, workshops, seminars and colloquia at Stanford University, during which the opportunity is provided to meet with faculty and students of the department on new and on-going research and engage in an informal exchange of ideas among industry representatives and Stanford University researchers. Invitation to give presentations of interest to the Department’s faculty and students.

• Access to new ideas initiated by field research of MS&E faculty and doctoral students through advance copies of research reports, papers and other publications originated by faculty and students of the department upon request.

Student Recruiting

• Access  to MS&E Department’s web based Job Resource Tool at no charge.

• Access to Stanford’s Career Development Center (CDC) at no charge.

• Contact and interviews between individual students and affiliate representatives,

  including access to resumes of interested students.  Recommendations to affiliates may

  be provided concerning students’ qualifications in order to facilitate good matches. 

  Office and classroom space for information sessions, interviews, etc. will be provided.

  Free registration to selected Stanford Job Fairs.

Industrial Visitor

Invitation to send an industrial visitor to campus with usual visitor privileges:

Title: “Official Industrial Visitor, Stanford University, MS&E Department, Dates”,

Shared office space, Local telephone, Internet connection,  Library, facilities, etc., 

SCPD Professional Education course discounts (member company),  Audit classes upon instructor approval, No administrative support.

Course Discounts

• Discounts for Professional Education short courses offered through the Stanford Center for Professional Development

• Discount to Information Week’s I.T. Executive Boot Camp

Facilities/Miscellaneous

• Use of a Management Science and Engineering Affiliates logo in either vertical or horizontal format (shown below), which may be placed on your web site to display your affiliation with Stanford University and our department.

• A directory of current faculty/student research in the Department

• Use of the Stanford Engineering library.

• Telephone Reference Service - Affiliate is invited to call their department liaison, or other faculty members directly, to request references of papers or books dealing with their current problem.

For more information about MS&E's Industry Affiliates program contact Yinyu Ye, Affiliates Program Director at 650.723.7262.

This page was last updated on 05/22/03.  
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