Spotlights
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Christine Baker
Assistant Professor
I grew up in Renton, Washington, near Puget Sound, which is a beautiful part of the Pacific …
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Omer Reingold
the Rajeev Motwani Professor in Computer Science
Computer Science
A computer scientist teaching a theater class is a bit unusual, I’ll grant you that. But is it so …
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Kwabena Boahen
Professor of Bioengineering and of Electrical Engineering
Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering
My first computer was essentially a glorified electronic calculator that could run BASIC programs …
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Jacob Hines
MS ’19, Electrical Engineering; PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Electrical Engineering
I went to preschool at NASA because my parents work at Ames Research Center …
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Marina Radulaski
Postdoctoral Fellow
Electrical Engineering
My research focuses on tiny optical devices and the very interesting physics phenomena they exhibit …
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Cynthia Bailey Lee
Lecturer
Computer Science
The images and stories that come out of Hollywood shape the imaginations and future of the whole …
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Andrew Davis
MS ’18
Computer Science
I have a PhD in music composition and write music for orchestras and string quartets …
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Ana María Tárano
PhD candidate
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I’ve been at Stanford for almost 10 years working on my bachelor’s, master’s, and now my PhD …
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Sarah Billington
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
#IAmAnEngineer. I clearly remember the distinct moment I decided to pursue a new area of research …
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Markus Pelger
Assistant Professor
Management Science and Engineering
#IAmAnEngineer but I didn’t plan on becoming an engineer …
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Jorge Cueto
MS ’18
Computer Science
I opened my letter of acceptance from Stanford with mixed emotions …
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Kendra Short
MS ’92
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I’ve been interested in space since I was in the third grade …
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Jim Leckie
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
I used to tell my students that I was an ‘accidental professor.’ …
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Justin Kruger
MS ’18
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Attaching the word ‘space’ before anything immediately makes it more exciting to me. (A car …
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Maha Yusuf
PhD candidate
Chemical Engineering
I was 16 when I left home, and I’ve worked very hard to become the independent 26-year-old that I …
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Maria Spasojevic
Senior Research Engineer, Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL)
MS ’99, PhD ’04
Electrical Engineering
#IAmAnEngineer and a scientist. My research focuses on the impact of solar storms on the near-Earth …
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Ben Williams
’18
Computer Science
I’ve never really seen myself as naturally talented at computer science …
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Maya Thompson and Aisha Sharif
’18
Management Science and Engineering
I just want younger engineering students to know that ‘you can do it.’ …
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Tim Wheeler
’18 PhD
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Everyone at Stanford Engineering is part of something bigger than themselves …
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Elise Friedman
’18
Mechanical Engineering
I think something that’s really cool about Stanford Engineering, or at least my experience at …
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Kalvin Parker
’18
Mechanical Engineering
What’s the biggest aha moment I’ve had as an engineering student …
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Ben Taylor
’18
Mechanical Engineering
My favorite engineering class was ME203 Design and Manufacturing …
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