Tina Seelig

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Tina Lynn Seelig (* 1958 in Philadelphia , USA) is an American industrial engineer .

Life

Tina Seelig works at Stanford University , where she also studied ( Ph.D. in Neuroscience 1985 at the Stanford School of Medicine). She is the executive director and co-founder of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's School of Engineering.

After graduating, Seelig worked as a management consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton and as a multimedia producer at Compaq Computer Corporation . Seelig holds courses on creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in the Department of Management Science and Engineering and at the Institute of Design , which the sponsor Hasso Plattner set up in 2005 together with David Kelley and the University of Stanford.

Tina Seelig has received several awards for her work. a. The 2009 Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering (awarded for her pioneering role in teaching). She also received the National Olympus Innovation Award in 2008 and the Tau Beta Pi Award from Stanford University in 2005 for her teaching work.

Fonts

Seelig has published more than 15 books including:

  • The Epicurean Laboratory: Exploring the Science of Cooking. Freeman, 1990, ISBN 978-0716721628 .
  • Incredible Edible Science (Scientific American Mysteries of Science). Freeman, 1994, ISBN 978-0716765011 .
  • What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World. Harper, San Francisco 2009, ISBN 978-0061735196 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Interview with Tina Seelig , San Jose Mercury News, April 10, 2009
  2. d.school biography of Tina Seelig