Stanford School of Engineering

03/26/2026

Linguist and computer scientist, Dan Jurafsky, explores overly affirming AI along with PhD student, Myra Cheng.

Learn more about this research: stanford.io/4m1K13e

01/22/2026

With 2025 behind us, Stanford Engineering closes its first 100 years. Over the past year, the centennial came to life through a series of gatherings and activities, from the May 15 celebration and showcase in the Science and Engineering Quad to conversations with Jensen Huang and Sergey Brin, a centennial-themed football event, and many moments in between.

Please enjoy a look back at our centennial year. And you can continue exploring the decade stories, historic timeline, videos, event highlights, and more at engineering100.stanford.edu. Thank you for celebrating with us!

🎥: Nikolas Liepins

01/15/2026

Ready for a close-up! Scientific American’s January 2026 cover features OceanOneK, a humanoid robot developed at Stanford Engineering by Oussama Khatib to enable hands-on exploration of the deep sea.

The cover story details the many projects underway at the Stanford Robotics Center, where researchers are developing robots for caregiving, cleaning and tidying, manufacturing, and beyond, bringing humans and robots ever closer to living and working side by side.

Ready the full story: stanford.io/4bqgmgH

12/15/2025

On December 7, for the closing event of Stanford Engineering’s centennial year, Sergey Brin (MS ’95) returned to campus for a conversation with Stanford President Jonathan Levin and Dean Jennifer Widom. At the event, Brin shared stories about his time as a student, reflections from the early days of Google, and insights on the future of education and AI.

To the left of the stage sat the original Google server from 1996, built with ten 4-gigabyte disk drives and encased in toy building blocks, translucent plastic, and packing tape.

This event was hosted in collaboration with Stanford Engineering’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series. Watch the full event: stanford.io/3MT5YDQ

📷: Saul Bromberger

12/10/2025

As Stanford Graduate School of Business and School of Engineering mark their mutual centennials this year, each is celebrating more than their simultaneous 1925 launches. United from the start by a pioneer mindset and a shared taste for challenge and risk, the two schools have long been linked through their values, programs, and people.

A century later, this ongoing collaboration reflects how powerful it is to bring technical skills and business skills together. These complementary mindsets create something unique and needed, helping prepare leaders who understand technology in detail and can guide it effectively.

Read the full story: stanford.io/44dz32Y

📷: Captured in 1925, this aerial view of Stanford shows the campus as it looked when the GSB and School of Engineering were founded. Courtesy of Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

As Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and School of Engineering mark their mutual centennials this year, each is celebrating more than their simultaneous 1925 launches. Over their shared history, the two schools have been variously linked through their values, programs, and people. Led from th...

12/03/2025

As we celebrate 100 years of Stanford Engineering, we conclude our look back with the tenth and current decade, from 2015 to the present.

Jennifer Widom became the school’s tenth dean in 2017, setting a vision for crossdisciplinary collaborations to solve big problems and recognizing the strengths that engineering could bring.

The decade broadened engineering’s reach in new and meaningful ways, from the production of The Future of Everything podcast; to Code in Place, which offered the school’s most popular introductory computer science course for free, online; and The Stanford Emerging Technology Review, a collaboration with the Hoover Institution to bring together engineering and policy expertise. Also during this decade, engineering faculty collaborated on the founding of the university’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), aimed at ensuring that AI research, education, policy, and practice will improve the human condition.

On campus, a new art installation of twelve stone spheres added a spirit of playfulness and inspiration to the Science and Engineering Quad, while new spaces for the next century debuted, including the Stanford Robotics Center and the Computing and Data Science building, a joint effort with the School of Humanities and Sciences.

Dean Persis Drell reported in a 2015 assessment that the School of Engineering was in “remarkable” shape—blessed with stunning new facilities, incredible faculty, and amazing students. Such accomplishments should be acknowledged and not taken for granted, she said, but the school’s real focu...

11/20/2025

As we celebrate 100 years of Stanford Engineering, we’re looking back at each decade.

The ninth decade, from 2005 to 2014, was defined by designing for the future. The d.school opened in 2005, institutionalizing the concept of “design thinking” and reshaping how students approached creativity and problem solving. In the years that followed, the four buildings that make up the Science and Engineering Quad were constructed and opened in 2008, 2010, and 2014.

The decade also saw Stanford engineers lead a bold experiment in universal education, becoming the first university to offer what became known as massive open online courses (MOOCs). In research, Karl Deisseroth pioneered optogenetics, a method of using light to activate individual neurons, and Krishna Shenoy developed brain-computer interface technologies that interpreted neural signals. The decade closed with Persis Drell becoming dean – the first woman and first non-engineer to do so.

The fall of 2005 brought a new program to the school and university: the cross-disciplinary Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, dubbed the d.school. The institute embodied Stanford Engineering’s collaborative spirit as it welcomed students from across the university to participate in its innovativ...

11/13/2025

As part of Stanford Engineering’s centennial celebration, Manu Prakash reflects on engineering as a form of play, with joy at the heart of new ideas.

Watch the full centennial film: stanford.io/eng100-film

10/30/2025

As part of Stanford Engineering’s centennial celebration, Allison Okamura reflects on her journey from student to professor.

Watch the full centennial film: stanford.io/eng100-film

10/24/2025

The Stanford Engineering community honors the life and career of Richard Luthy, professor of civil and environmental engineering. A beloved engineer, researcher, educator, and colleague who sought innovative solutions to hydrate a drought-stricken American West, Luthy was a powerful force for water conservation and cleanup for more than five decades.

Read the full obituary: stanford.io/3KW97C0

📷: Thomas Broening

10/16/2025

On September 27, 2025, Stanford Engineering teamed up with Stanford Football for a one-of-a-kind celebration marking the School of Engineering’s centennial.

Read the full recap: stanford.io/eng100-fball

🎥: Nikolas Liepins