Capstone Project
The Capstone project for the Joint and Dual MS degrees is an opportunity for students to address a real-world environmental problem by integrating their E-IPER and professional school coursework in an interdisciplinary project. Students present their projects at the Capstone Symposium, held at the end of each quarter in which students are completing projects. Students have the freedom to generate their own project ideas. Projects could involve any of the following:
- Further development of a project initiated in a prior or concurrent project-based course (taken while enrolled in the Joint and Dual MS degree)
- Collaboration with an off-campus client on a current environmentally related problem (e.g., by expanding on a summer internship)
- Collaboration with a business or entrepreneur to develop a business plan for a new venture
- Collaboration with a Stanford faculty member or E-IPER PhD student on a relevant research project
Detailed capstone project guidelines can be found in the E-IPER Shared Student Resources Drive. The Capstone Course, ENVRES 290, is offered in the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters for each academic year.
Spring 2024
Students | Pathways | Project Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nina Chen, Joint MS-MBA | Sustainable Energy Systems | Scalable Heat Pump Training | |
| Ragav Manimaran, Joint MS-MBA | Human and Planetary Health | Sustainable Anesthetic Practice | |
| Ian Faucher, Joint MS-JD | Sustainable Energy Systems | Climate Policy Meets Environmental Law: Environmental Review and the Federal Electric Transmission Siting Authority | |
| Chubing Li, Dual MS-MIP | Sustainable Energy Systems | Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification: The Secret Key to Methane Mitigation in Oil and Gas Industry | |
Kelsey Dunn, Daniel Huf, Joint MS-MBA | Sustainable Built Environment Sustainable Built Environment | Tools for Change: Policy Levers to Electrify Buildings at the State and Local Level | |
| Joyce Jiahui Lin, Dual MS-MIP | Global Environmental Systems | Not Another Interdisciplinary Climate Course?! Rethinking Syllabus Design for Teaching on Transformational Climate Adaptation | |
Tal Sarig, Joint MS-MBA Jason Kim, Joint MS-MBA | Food and Water Systems Sustainable Energy Systems | Getting Farmers on Board with Biochar | |
| Suman Kumar, Dual MS-MIP | Food and Water Systems | Deployment of IRA Rebates and Incentives for Energy Enhancements of Buildings for Building Decarbonization | |
Oceane Wu, Joint MS-MBA Yutong Zhu, Joint MS-MBA | Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Energy Systems | Low Cost and Sustainable Refining of Nickel and Cobalt | |
| Ben Clark, Joint MS-JD | Sustainable Energy Systems | Deploying Just Transition Funding in Energy Communities |
Questions?
If you have any questions about the Capstone Projects or ideas for a potential Project, please contact ENVRES 290 instructor, Anna Lee.