Meet the Students

Each year, 40 diverse students from Stanford University are chosen through a selective application process, and come together for the six month Extreme course. Although our student and project needs change every year, a typical Extreme class is 25% engineering students, 25% business students, and 50% from other programs as wide ranging as Medicine, Education, International Policy, and Earth Systems.

Meet our Current Partner Organizations

Meet our Past Partner Organizations

Acknowledgements

Emeritus Teaching Team Members

Design for Extreme Affordability is what it is today because of the incredible contributions of Jim Patell, Dave Beach, and Julian Gorodsky. Their vision for the class and limitless dedication to making it a reality still provide inspiration for our teaching team. They are the reason why we do a lot of the things we do and continue to have an endless drive to provide every student with a great experience and every partner with a great outcome. In addition, early in the development of the course essential ideas were contributed by Bill Behrman and David Kelley.

James Patell

James Patell

Co-Founder of the d.school & Design for Extreme Affordability, Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management, Emeritus (Graduate School of Business)
David Beach

David Beach

Director of the Product Realization Lab, Professor-Teaching (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Julian Gorodsky

Julian Gorodsky

Consulting Associate Professor (d.school), Clinical Psychologist

Past Teaching Fellows

Timmy Hall

Timmy Hall

2022 - 2023
Andrew (Mo) Molina

Andrew (Mo) Molina

2017-2019
Alissa Burkholder Murphy

Alissa Burkholder Murphy

2014-2016
Taylor Cone

Taylor Cone

2013-2014
David Janka

David Janka

2012-2013
Erica Estrada-Liou

Erica Estrada-Liou

2009-2011
David Klaus

David Klaus

2008
Sarah Stein Greenberg

Sarah Stein Greenberg

2007
Adam French

Adam French

2006
Scott Cannon

Scott Cannon

2005

Supporters

Over the years Extreme has benefited from a very generous group of team coaches, funders, and other supporters. To everyone that makes this class possible everyday, Thank You!!

Special Thanks

Omidyar Network, Bob & Dottie King, Stanford Center for Social Innovation, C-IDEA, Project Redwood, Mulago Foundation, Paul Polak, Product Realization Lab (PRL), Kevin Starr, Todd Johnson, Robert Wicks

Website Design: Mihika Hemmady

Some Photos by Patrick Beaudouin | Stanford d.school

Want to Support Us?

The generosity of financial contributors has allowed this work to have extraordinary impact around the world. If you are interested in discussing ways to support our program, please contact us at extreme@dschool.stanford.edu