Stanford MS&E: Stories & Voices

MS&E Faculty: Pamela Hinds

Challenge and Impact.  Professor Hinds wanted to be asked tough questions, and that led her to find a home in academia after working in industry. She shares stories from her journey to Stanford, including how her research in management informs her leadership as the Fortinet Founders Chair of MS&E and how the department has increasingly emphasized social impact as it has grown and evolved.

MS&E Graduates: Yeganeh Ali Mohammadi (PhD)

Exploring and Foreshadowing. Yeganeh explains how her love of applied math brought her to the operations research area of MS&E and how multidisciplinary exploring sparked an interest in modeling epidemic infection spread a full year before the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as how her work helped schools in Los Angeles return to in-person teaching, and her future plans for continued research for societal impact. Note: Transcriptions are generated automatically and may not be reliable. For a version with verified captions, find us on YouTube (Stanford Management Science and Engineering).

MS&E Graduates: Shreyas Lakhtakia (MS)

Curiosity and Conversation. Shreyas shares how his intellectual curiosity, love for getting to know people, and multicultural background led him to not just explore interdisciplinary academic work at the intersection of AI, health and society, but also create the Beagle Cafe, a salon for ideas and stories. Based out of his Stanford dorm room, the conversation project brought together hundreds of students from across campus in small groups for some of the most meaningful conversations of their lives, and Shreyas was recognized with a Community Impact Award for his efforts. Note: Transcriptions are generated automatically and may not be reliable. For a version with verified captions, find us on YouTube (Stanford Management Science and Engineering).

MS&E Graduates: Nathan Lam (BS, MS)

Friendship and Involvement. Nathan talks about how his involvement in student organizations—especially since COVID-19 meant that it was his sophomore year before he arrived on campus—has been a key element of his time at Stanford and in MS&E, leading to enhanced leadership and entrepreneurial skills, lifelong friendships, and dream teams for group coursework, all culminating with their (ultimately award-winning) Senior Project experience. Note: Transcriptions are generated automatically and may not be reliable. For a version with verified captions, find us on YouTube (Stanford Management Science and Engineering).

MS&E Graduates: Josh Grossman (PhD)

Inspiring and Teaching. Josh describes how his interest in criminal justice, data science, and statistics brought him to MS&E, where he's been able to tap into his teenage years’ tutoring background to fulfill his love of teaching and mentoring students, as well as how he embraces the challenge of making classes exciting and engaging by including real world data collection and showing the relevancy to future careers. Note: Transcriptions are generated automatically and may not be reliable. For a version with verified captions, find us on YouTube (Stanford Management Science and Engineering).