The Last of Your Springs

Kennedy, Donald

History

Stanford Historical Society

A Chronology of Stanford University and its Founders

Trees of Stanford and Environs [paperback] Ronald N. Bracewell [Jan 01, 2005]… 0966424921

Trees of Stanford and Environs

Ronald N. Bracewell

Historic Houses V: Southeast San Juan Neighborhood

Materials Science at Stanford has deep roots in the University’s history. Slowly emerging from Geology and Mining, one of Stanford’s oldest departments, the future materials science program experienced more than one short-lived jump-start by metallurgists and chemists before its formal 1919 creation as the Department of Mining and Metallurgy. Few, beyond perhaps one pioneering metallurgy professor, would have predicted that his innovative 1903 course on the physics of metals would lead to today’s Department of Materials Science &amp; Engineering, one of the premier materials science departments in the world. In celebration of the MSE Department’s centennial, 1919-2019, William D. Nix, professor emeritus and former department chair, documents the opportunities and challenges experienced by this comparatively small department in a highly competitive and ambitious university environment. Nix, a member of the department for 60 years as a graduate student and professor, draws on his knowledge and experience as well as university documents and publications, informal departmental histories, and personal interviews. This work is more than a celebratory means to document the people and events making up the history of the department. It also follows the evolution of Stanford’s metallurgy and, later, materials science program within a broader framework of its academic competitors, and in response to changing society and industry needs. The author also addresses an ongoing challenge, to attract and support women to the field, as students and especially as tenured faculty. The study of materials at Stanford initially focused on ore extraction and processing as part of its mining engineering curriculum. As the field developed, Stanford metallurgists turned to thermal and mechanical processing and properties of metals. Through this evolving interest, the field of materials science and engineering was born. Between the world wars, faculty developed a notable expertise with the compositions, microstructures, and properties of steels but after World War II, they turned their attention to nuclear power and aerospace applications, including the study of metals such as aluminum, magnesium, and titanium alloys. Work on silicon and other semi-conductors emerged from the development of micro-electronics during the 1960s and 1970s, and, subsequently, work on electro-chemical materials, with applications for batteries and fuel cells. While the department continues its research on and teaching about materials for microelectronic and electro-chemical devices, it has also turned to broader fields of nano-sciences and biosciences, with a special interest in the environment, biology, and medicine.

A Century of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford: From Steels to Semiconductors to Nano- and Bio-Materials

Engineering & Transportation

Nix, William D.

Engineering

In these candid oral history interviews, twenty-one leaders in higher education reﬂect on their experiences at Stanford during John L. Hennessy’s tenure as president (2000-2016). Their stories illuminate the struggles and opportunities, the strategies, and the decision-making process of an exceptional leader and his team during both a golden age and a time of challenge for one of the world’s greatest research universities. 
Hennessy and his team put in place interdisciplinary structures that redeﬁned the research landscape, reimagined the student experience, expanded medical research and clinical services, and oversaw the largest building program in Stanford history—all enabled by transformational fundraising. 
The interviews in this collection tell the stories behind those accomplishments. They speak to the nature of team leadership, the processes that spark innovation, the keys to attracting and retaining talent, and the fragile balance between central control and decentralized autonomy. Together they offer a nuanced account of what it takes to lead a great university.

Voices from the Hennessy Presidency: Collected Interviews with Stanford University Leaders, 2000-2016

Business & Money

Knight, Eric

Management & Leadership

Stanford's Wallace Sterling: Portrait of a Presidency 1949-1968

Biographies & Memoirs

Nilan, Roxanne L.

Kirk Jr., Cassius L.

Professionals & Academics

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