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Chris Flink
Adjunct Professor, d.school
BioChris Flink is an Adjunct Professor and a versatile leader with experience spanning premier creative, educational and cultural institutions. He's a dynamic executive who consistently marries imagination with strategic rigor, brings the best out of interdisciplinary teams, and fosters inclusive, human-centered organizational cultures. He is the former CEO and Executive Director of the Exploratorium (2016-22), senior partner at IDEO (1997-2016), and Fortune 500 corporate board member. At Stanford, he is supporting strategic leadership of the "d.school" and contributing to its courses, programs and fundraising. Chris was a founding faculty member of the d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) and key part of its early leadership team. He currently co-teaches the undergraduate Capstone course ("Advanced Design"; 161 a/b) and was previously appointed as a Consulting Associate Professor in Engineering (1999-2017), a Lecturer in Marketing at the Graduate School of Business (2011-16), and a faculty Resident Fellow (2013-17). Courses taught include: "Advanced Product Design" (ME 216B), "Human Values in Design" (ME 313 with Professor David Kelley), "Brands, Experience & Social Technology" (MKTG 353), "Designing Empathy-based Organizations" (GSBGEN 555), "Social Brands" and "Building Innovative Brands" (MKTG 541 & 552 with Professor Jennifer Aaker). He served as the faculty Resident Fellow for a vibrant innovation-themed undergraduate dorm of more than 130 upperclass students (each year) as they built community and fueled their creative confidence. Chris has also delivered popular guest lectures at Wharton and Columbia business schools, and presented at TEDx as well as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. His adventures with Stanford began as an enthusiastic student, earning his BS in Engineering/Product Design and his MS in Management from the Graduate School of Business.
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Renate Fruchter
Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCognitive demands on global learners, VR in teamwork, Sustainability, Wellbeing
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Cristian Galdeano
Robotics Researcher, Robotics Center
BioCristian Galdeano is a Robotics Researcher at the Stanford Robotics Center. He received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he focused on robotics, perception, and sensing. His work involves robotic perception, vision-guided manipulation, and autonomous systems.
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Abi Gandhi
Aerospace Prototyping Lab Manager, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Current Role at StanfordAerospace Prototyping Lab Manager, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Aimee Garza
Faculty Administrator, Computer Science
Current Role at StanfordCS DEI Program Coordinator
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Danielle Juliane Gaspar
Student Services Officer 2, Computer Science
Current Role at StanfordStudent Services Officer 2, Computer Science Department
