Stanford MS&E: Stories & Voices

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  Ravi Sojitra: Differences and Perspectives 30.09.2026 24Min.

  Ravi contemplates how his unusual-for-MS&E academic and industry background enhanced his research experience, and discusses the ethics around AI as well as how it's reshaping the dynamics and landscape of teaching and learning.
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  Aldís Elfarsdóttir: Sustainability and Accountability 29.09.2026 22Min.

  Aldís shares how to identify organizational greenwashing by separating empty promises from specific actions, and details how her research allows for scrutiny, hope, and individual influence over a more sustainable future.
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  Nuri Capanoglu: Serendipity and Introspection 29.09.2026 21Min.

  Nuri explores how his drive to influence outcomes paired with the not-so-delusional Stanford belief that you can change the world shaped his search for mission-driven work that utilizes his skills in decision making under uncertainty while also fulfilling childhood dreams.
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  Louisa Edwards: Preparation and Opportunity 29.09.2026 23Min.

  Louisa describes a campus year with her bestie, and how a combination of her quantitative background, strong communication skills, and belief in the impact of effort led to her being ready and able to grab a dream opportunity.
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  Rishi Jain: Ethics and Integration 28.09.2026 19Min.

  Rishi explains how his Stanford experience allowed him to integrate his personal values of integrity, service and collaboration. From managing real investments, to tackling sustainability in Tanzania, to studying abroad, he's created an interdisciplinary foundation for addressing technology's most pressing challenges.
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  Heather Schmidt: Crowdsourcing and Transforming 28.09.2026 19Min.

  Heather reveals how crowdsourcing for a solution after an injury upended her summer plans led to an international internship that transformed her understanding of community, self, and what happens when you're brave enough to ask.
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  Mike van Ness: Migration and Malleability 07.10.2025 23Min.

  Mike shares his decision making process after learning that his existing PhD advisor was a new hire at Stanford, and discusses the applied research which helps provide the 'why' in health outcome predictions. (Spoiler alert: It was also one of the deciding factors for his cross-country move).This episode is part of our series, MS&E graduating student profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.Note: The auto-generated transcript has been disabled for this episode. To view a version with a verified transcript, you can find this episode on our YouTube channel @msande.stanford
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  Zahra Hejrati: Education and Entrepreneurship 07.10.2025 24Min.

  Zahra recounts her unexpected decision to pursue a PhD and shares the surprising results of her research, which blended her passion for education, excitement for AI, and interest in entrepreneurship to reveal results that could have a significant impact for the refugee community.This episode is part of our series, MS&E graduating student profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.Note: The auto-generated transcript has been disabled for this episode. To view a version with a verified transcript, you can find this episode on our YouTube channel @msande.stanford
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  Mark Khalil: Exploration and Epiphanies 07.10.2025 24Min.

  Mark describes how a 7,500 mile bike ride exploring the full length of South America enhanced his understanding of MS&E concepts and helped him burn in and rack up epiphanies about the important things in a life already rich in international work and experiences.Mark's cycling blog: nothingbutmotion.com This episode is part of our series, MS&E graduating student profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.Note: The auto-generated transcript has been disabled for this episode. To view a version with a verified transcript, you can find this episode on our YouTube channel @msande.stanford
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  Poorva Bhalerao: Dabbling and Discovery 07.10.2025 23Min.

  Poorva discusses how a lifetime spent dabbling in different areas of interest and a desire to not get comfortable being too comfortable led her to seek independence in a new country and position herself to pivot to a career spent discovering the best ways to solve problems.This episode is part of our series, MS&E graduating student profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.Note: The auto-generated transcript has been disabled for this episode. To view a version with a verified transcript, you can find this episode on our YouTube channel @msande.stanford
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  Lauryn Franzese: Agriculture and Applicability 07.10.2025 24Min.

  Lauryn discusses swapping her rural farm town for The Farm, and shares how she found a place for her passion for agriculture in the applicability of the MS&E skills and tools that she was able to put into practice alongside her first-place award winning team for Senior Project.This episode is part of our series, MS&E graduating student profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.Note: The auto-generated transcript has been disabled for this episode. To view a version with a verified transcript, you can find this episode on our YouTube channel @msande.stanford
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  Ayotunde Adeyinka: Agency and Autonomy 07.10.2025 22Min.

  Ayotunde examines how his international family perspectives and insatiable intellectual curiosity led to his core values of autonomy and agency, how he took full advantage of the liberal arts breadth of the Stanford curriculum in his quest to find his academic home, and how and why he'll be pursuing 'finance for good' as he starts his career.This episode is part of our series, MS&E graduating student profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.Note: The auto-generated transcript has been disabled for this episode. To view a version with a verified transcript, you can find this episode on our YouTube channel @msande.stanford
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  MS&E Faculty: Pamela Hinds 22.09.2024 19Min.

  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.
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  MS&E Graduates: Yeganeh Ali Mohammadi (PhD) 11.07.2024 21Min.

  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).
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  MS&E Graduates: Shreyas Lakhtakia (MS) 11.07.2024 24Min.

  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).
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  MS&E Graduates: Nathan Lam (BS, MS) 10.07.2024 26Min.

  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).
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  MS&E Graduates: Josh Grossman (PhD) 09.07.2024 21Min.

  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).
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  MS&E Graduates: Daniela Rendon (MS) 09.07.2024 21Min.

  Networking and Empowerment. Daniela discusses the extensive benefits to her sense of empowerment, initiative, and productivity that came from a change in perspective around career-related networking and developing an understanding that it's about building relationships and friendships, as well as from being intentional about setting aside non-negotiable self-care time each day as she juggled work and studies. 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).
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  MS&E Graduates: Belle Battistoni (BS) 09.07.2024 24Min.

  Confidence and Challenge. Belle (2024 PAC-12 student athlete of the year for women's rowing) discusses how multiple aspects of her rowing career, and embracing challenges and difficult situations, encouraged the emergence of her self confidence and strong leadership skills. She also describes why it's so important for young girls to maintain their involvement in sports and find mentors as they develop theirs. 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).
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  MS&E Graduates: Brian Reed (PhD) 21.06.2023 23Min.

  Quantifying and Understanding. Brian discusses the value of multi-disciplinary work and how he has combined economics, computer science, and the natural sciences with MS&E to quantify the threats of extreme temperatures and flooding on the economic risks and prospects for companies in various industries, and how an understanding of these can inform mitigation efforts as well as create a competitive advantage.