我这学期正在上一门叫做ENGR 306: Capital Formation: Design Theory in Practice 的课。目前，我感觉这门课更多是关于自我挖掘、团队组织与指导他人。
以下笔记来自Week 3的Studio课堂研讨，围绕的是我的“Revisiting Your Vision, Calling, or Cause Narrative - Take 2”，一起来看看我们都讨论了什么吧！
📄 Vision Presentation (based on PDF)
- Built a startup in haptic display technology that became an industry leader.
- Core mission: Help people understand each other through touch.
- Leadership philosophy:
- Focus not on finding perfect answers, but guiding toward consensus.
- Create space for team members’ brilliance to surface.
- Personal habits for balance:
- Real-world impacts of the product:
- Open-source modules sparking innovation in art, rehabilitation, and social robotics.
- Built a team culture that balances sharp minds with soft hearts:
- E.g., junior engineers being empowered to lead projects through inclusive practices.
- Key takeaway: Stay loyal to users, team, and values. Bold dreams become reality step-by-step.
❓ Group Q&A and Feedback
“If I Were You” Feedback:
Explore different research projects:
- Work as a research assistant at Stanford in computer vision, robotics, and human psychology labs.
- Learn from diverse fields and find ways to combine them.
Check out startups or companies:
- Explore companies already working in these areas.
- Do an internship to gain hands-on experience and understand what it takes to build a company.
Try different forms of exercise:
- Beyond just going to the gym, try more interactive workouts to engage both mind and body.
Explore work in Virtual Reality (VR):
- Look into VR technologies that convey a sense of others’ experiences.
- Evaluate whether haptics or VR (or a combination) better serve your vision.
Understand the bridge between research and users:
- Startup experience can help you connect academic research with real-world user needs.
Follow-up suggestions:
- Review research papers shared by colleagues (especially related to haptics, VR, and user emotions).
- Look into work at the Center for Design Research at Stanford:
- Research on team interactions, emotional analysis via facial recognition, body language, etc.
💭 Personal Reflections
Key realization:
- I need to learn more deeply about the areas I’m interested in.
- Understand whether my ideas are valuable for a broader audience or just personal thoughts.
- Need evidence to validate whether my envisioned problems are real needs, or if they are already solvable by existing technologies like VR.
Commitment to action:
- Learning is the primary next step.
- Grateful for colleagues’ offers to share relevant research papers.
- Will explore both academic and practical pathways (e.g., labs, startups, CDR research) to deepen understanding.
