In today's data-driven world, businesses rely heavily on social media analytics to extract valuable insights from platforms like Twitter, making it a crucial skill for entry-level data analysts and engineers. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Business Intelligence Analyst and develop a pipeline to analyze and transform raw tweet data into interactive visualizations for actionable insights. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll fetch Twitter data via the API, preprocess and clean it, and visualize trends and patterns using tools like matplotlib, seaborn etc. You'll become familiar with industry tools and methodologies like Python, data wrangling, and data visualization techniques. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real analytics team, preparing you for the fast-paced world of data analysis and visualization.

From Plans to Execution: Concrete Placement of a Berth Modernization

concrete-placement, civil-engineering, construction, quality-control

Sara Rodriguez

and 1 more

Design and execute a comprehensive plan for the construction and modernization of a berth, while mastering the critical techniques of concrete placement, from interpreting placement plans to ensuring durability and safety on real-world construction sites.

Civil Engineer Fellow

Concrete placement is one of the most fundamental processes in civil and marine construction, where precision and quality are key. In this Build Project, you'll step into the role of a field engineer, learning to prepare and execute concrete pours with a focus on safety and efficiency. Under the guidance of an experienced professional, you’ll gain hands-on experience tackling challenges such as managing environmental conditions and ensuring material quality. You will also explore the importance of curing methods and quality assurance practices. By working on real-world scenarios, this project equips you with industry-relevant skills critical for success in construction.

Prepare a New Food Product for its Commercialization

recipe-creation, food-production, packaging, storage-and-logistics, compliance

Zulma Yaneth Paredes Sanchez

and 1 more

Develop a comprehensive plan to produce at scale a food product of your choice.

Food Science Fellow

Every day, companies in the food sector must innovate with the creation of new products that adapt to the needs of consumers. This leads to rethinking healthy products, with specific nutritional characteristics. At the same time, companies need to keep production costs low, make packaging more ecological, and captivate consumers with engaging marketing.

In this Build Project, you are going to create a food product from scratch. Under the supervision of an experienced Food Scientist, you’ll select a food product to work on. You’ll then prepare a master recipe, and other documents required for the product’s mass production and distribution. You’ll learn the legal requirements and best practices to follow, like ABC Costing skills, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and the logistic model for its distribution.

🚨 Please note that this project is specifically designed for Spanish-speaking students. English terminology will be mentioned in group sessions and documents, but workshops will be held in Spanish.

Negotiating Investments in Start-Up Companies

venture-capital, investments, entrepreneurship, legal-frameworks, law, negotiation

Nir Nordan

and 1 more

Learn how lawyers can help start-ups raise funds and negotiate investment agreements. Discover how you can become a better negotiator and entrepreneur.

Law Fellow

Much of the innovation in today's world is done by Start-Up Companies, many of which are funded by Venture Capital investors. This project provides an introduction to the way lawyers, entrepreneurs, and VC investors negotiate investment agreements.

This project will guide you through the essential aspects of venture investments. Starting with basic terms and concepts, the project will progressively cover more complex topics such as different corporation types and investment vehicles. We will also learn how professional negotiators prepare for such complex negotiations.

The final workshops will involve hands-on mock negotiations, in which you will act as the legal representative of one of the parties to a venture capital investment, providing you with practical experience in applying your knowledge.

Lawyering 101: Think, Talk and Write like a Lawyer

analytical-thinking, legal-research, legal-writing, oral-advocacy

Arshiya Sharda

and 1 more

You will prepare briefs for a fictional dispute and participate in a trial simulation.

Law Fellow

Think of this Project as a day in the life (likely a month) of a lawyer. You will learn the basics of how the US Legal system operates, how laws are interpreted, how to analyse decisions of different US courts and how to apply this law to factual circumstances. You will acquire skills vital for a career in the legal profession such as analysis, research, legal writing and oral advocacy. You will then apply these skills to a fictional legal dispute, draft a legal brief and present these arguments in a trial simulation. These skills are helpful for those of you contemplating taking the LSATs. These skills would also benefit those of you considering careers in fields such as communications, business management and consultancy.

Trauma-Informed and Culturally-Proficient Leadership at Work

empathy, cultural-awareness, mental-health-awareness, workplace-wellbeing, leadership-skill

Lidya Tandayu

and 1 more

Introduction to trauma-informed and culturally-proficient leadership skills to promote positive work culture.

Psychology Fellow

The US consists of a diverse population where people are becoming more aware of the need for diversity, inclusion, and mental health proficiency across the job market. In this project, you will learn to identify, explain, and distinguish mental-health-informed leadership qualities that will be effective in nowadays workplace environments. You will present a report of case study analysis, where you get to utilize and apply the skills that you have learned in the previous weeks. The case study will be displaying trauma-informed and culturally proficient leadership skill.

Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you will develop skills that will showcase the ability to navigate interpersonal interactions through the lens of mental-health awareness. You will be equipped for challenges outside your own context of culture or identity development to provide a positive and effective work environment.

Demystifying Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling in Construction

construction, critical-path-method, scheduling, project-controls

Siddharth Chodavarapu

and 1 more

Develop a model Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule in Microsoft Excel for a typical highway or heavy civil construction project.

Civil Engineering Fellow

Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling is of immense importance today in the construction field and drives most construction planning and project controls processes. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Construction CPM scheduler/project controls professional. Schedulers and Project Controls professionals manage and monitor cost, schedule and risk on construction projects.

You will build a basic model construction CPM schedule for a typical highway or heavy civil construction project. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll become familiar with the industry standard CPM scheduling methodology. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Project Controls or Scheduling team.

Developing Renewable Energy Project using Simulation Tools

electrical-engineering, pysyst-simulation, engineering-project-finance-modeling, electric-load-and-power-flow-analysis, engineering-project-development

Harshvardhan Gupta

and 1 more

Develop a project proposal that includes PVsyst and PVWatts simulation tools for plant sizing and energy calculations, along with Excel models for project financing.

Electrical Engineering Fellow

The need of the hour is to transition over to clean renewable energy for our electricity demand. With the climate change moving to an irreversible tipping point, both state and federal governments along with international authorities have introduced policies (administrative and monetary) to support the building and operations of renewable energy power plants. This opens many entry-level opportunities for firms that build, own, and operate these plants and are in constant need of engineers to support their mission and vision.

In this Build Project, you’ll wear the hat of an electrical engineer and develop and present a utility scale power plant project proposal. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you’ll run simulations on the project’s electrical output, showcasing the project’s electrical power and energy calculations, and would also provide cost and financing models. You’ll become familiar with industry tools like PVSyst, PVWatts, and Microsoft Excel, for project cost and finance. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real electrical engineering project development team.

Deep Insight with Novel Next Generation Sequencing Assay

gene-editing, gene-therapy, next-generation-sequencing, assay-development, data-analysis

Malvenderjit Jagjit Singh

and 1 more

Strategize and spearhead the development of an assay aimed at determining the therapeutic potential for curing genetic disorders by leveraging novel generation sequencing approaches

Molecular Biology Fellow

RNA-seq has been selected as one of the most reliable assays in biotech research for studying gene expression level. In fact, this assay has emerged as a widely used technique for quantifying all gene expression levels. In this Build Project, you’ll imagine you assume the role of a research associate for a well-known company. They have decided to assign you the task of on boarding this assay with the purpose of investigating gene expression levels within the context of assessing the genetic tool your company has developed as part of curing genetic disorders. You will be exposed to common therapeutic approaches being conducted at molecular level and will dive deeper into different next generation sequencing technologies. These experiences represent the daily task of a research associate in the biotech industry and will be a good learning curve as part of your career development.

Venture Fund Investing: Aligning Founders and Institutional Investors

venture-capital, valuation-techniques, startups, entrepreneurship, portfolio-management

Nadia Koritareva

and 1 more

Develop an understanding of the fundamental principles that drive Venture Capital fund investing and get insights into ways to bridge the incentives gap between entrepreneurs and institutional investors.

Finance Fellow

Innovation is powered by funding yet the relationship between startup founders and investors is often marked by misaligned incentives and conflicting interests. Receiving funding from reputable Venture Capital (VC) firms is a strong positive signal of success for any entrepreneur, yet many founders could benefit from gaining a deeper understanding of what institutional VC investors look for when identifying their next big investment opportunity.

In this Build Project, you will put yourself in the position of a private institutional investor and analyze the performance factors of a successful venture portfolio, practice negotiating a term sheet, and develop an investment memo pitching a compelling startup investment opportunity to an Investment Committee. With the guidance of a professional with private institutional investing experience, you will calculate a venture portfolio’s performance metrics and practice identifying and pitching startup investments. You will master the fundamentals of key startup valuation metrics and portfolio management basics such as calculating pre-/post-money valuations, portfolio performance metrics, and others. This project will stimulate the operations of a venture capital firm and provide holistic insights into the skills both venture investors and founders need for success in the competitive venture ecosystem.

Process Development: Driving Cell Therapy from Research to Market

ipsc-derived-cell-therapy, process-development, bioreactor, flow-cytometry

Claire Wang

and 1 more

Exploring stem cell therapy with a focus on bioreactors and bioassays used for developing a scalable cell differentiation process.

Biomedical Engineering Fellow

Cell therapy refers to the transplantation of autologous or allogeneic cells into patients to treat diseases or repair damaged tissues. However, the gap between research-scale proof of concept and clinical patient doses is significant and multifaceted. This build project aims to explore key aspects of bridging the gap between R&D and clinical application in stem cell therapy, focusing on scalable/automated cell differentiation process development and cell-based analytical techniques.

You will delve into various types of bioreactors and close-system cell processing instruments, get exposed to different analytical techniques for cell phenotyping and drug efficacy assessment, and conduct an experimental proposal using the design of experiment (DoE) concept. The project will also introduce the drug commercialization process from the perspective of CMC (chemistry, manufacturing, controls) team. You will draft master batch records and raw material risk assessments, documents required for ensuring the drug consistent productivity and quality. This comprehensive project will equip you with practical skills in designing and scaling-up cell differentiation processes, applying advanced cell-based analytical techniques, and preparing documents related to therapeutics safety and regulatory compliance.

Identifying the Best: Competitor Analysis for a Medical Device

biotechnology, business, medical-devices, data-visualization, market-analysis, competitive-analysis

Ariel Seidner

and 1 more

Compare key qualitative and quantitative characteristics of Adipose Tissue Filtering Devices produced by Tiger Aesthetic Medical and its competitors.

Material Science Fellow

By the end of the project, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation that provides an overview of key qualitative and quantitative parameters of a medical device as well as be able to explain these parameters in a way that adds business value and gives a company’s executive team strategic direction regarding a class of products in the reconstruction and aesthetic space. You will also develop skills to present these findings in visually concise and appealing way with the use of plots and graphics. All these skills are critical to any budding entrepreneur or new product development engineer!

Bootstrapping a Treasury Yield Curve

yield-curve-construction, fixed-income-analysis, interest-rates, python

Vinay Bharath

and 1 more

Master the method to derive precise interest rates for different maturities by leveraging financial modelling techniques.

Finance Fellow

In this Finance Modeling Project, you'll step into the shoes of a Quantitative Analyst and construct a Treasury Yield Curve from scratch. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll analyze market data and implement a mathematical model in Python to estimate term structures of interest rates. You'll become familiar with industry tools and methodologies for data manipulation and bootstrapping techniques for yield curve construction. All this will provide invaluable hands-on experience crucial for entry-level roles in finance, where proficiency in quantitative modeling and data analysis is highly valued.

Create Aluminum Composite Material Panels Shop Drawings

acm-aluminum-composite-material, shop-drawings, autocad, metal-panel-fabrication

Milica Rajlic

and 1 more

Learn step by step process of ACM (Aluminum Composite Material) panels fabrication with focus on Shop Drawings and sketches.

Architecture Fellow

The complexity of material usage represents a big challenge in architectural and engineering design and the overcoming of that challenge is a great advantage for those who achieve it. In this Build Project you will go through the process of Shop Drawings creation for the ACM scope of work and learn how the panels are sketched. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you will be able to draw details for specific conditions of the building, recommend the solutions for better material usage and choose which systems are the best for the specific design. Your Project Leader will provide you with insight into panel fabrication process while giving you the concrete knowledge applicable in this always evolving industry. This will happen in an environment that stimulates the operations of a real team that creates Shop Drawings.

Develop a Tail Hedge Strategy with S&P 500

python, financial-modeling, options

Nan Xie

and 1 more

Use Python and SQL to analyze performance of investment strategies and recommend the optimal strategy for minimizing extreme loss from market downturn.

Finance Fellow

Under the tangled global impacts from all directions, the turbulence of the current financial market makes it hard to predict and invest. At this moment, studying tail risk (known as the extreme loss from an asset or portfolio and represented at the left tail of the return distribution) and designing tail hedge strategies has become more critical to protect against severe market distress. In this project, you'll wear the hat of Financial Engineer and study tail hedge strategies as potential investment models for controlling significant drawdown risks. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll construct, implement and measure the performance of tail hedge strategies empirically using more than 15 years of index and option data. You'll also formulate your own opinion on the strategies’ behavior for the future potential market move and provide cost-effective recommendations for clients. You will use Pandas, Numpy and Matplotlib Python libraries to analyze strategies and build your own functions on selecting, exiting and entering option positions.

Run User Research and Propose App Features to Develop

market-research, data-analysis, trend-analysis

Akhil Ambani

and 1 more

Gather market data through surveys and focus group and prepare recommendations on how Fizz can launch new app features.

Market Research Fellow

Knowing how to conduct a market research is a very valuable skill for anyone who plans to work in the business industry, no matter what role you want to play. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Market Research Analyst and provide recommendations on how Fizz can enter the Online Marketplace app space specifically for Gen Z users. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll collect primary data using market research surveys and focus groups to understand the needs and wants of the customer base. You'll use secondary data like market reports from Statista to evaluate the importance of the trends emerged through the survey analysis. You'll become familiar with data collection, data analysis and trend spotting – and how these tasks can be performed in tools like Excel and Tableau. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Market Research and Analysis team.

Unlocking the Genome: Exploring CRISPR-Cas9 and Genotoxicity Concerns

gene-editing, gene-therapy, biotechnology, biological-sciences, molecular-biology

Lavanya Venkatesan

and 1 more

Exploring Gene Therapy and Genome Editing Technologies with a Focus on CRISPR-Cas9 Mechanism, Ethical Considerations, and Genotoxicity Studies

Biotechnology Fellow

This project aims to explore key aspects of gene editing and gene therapy, focusing on current techniques, historical evolution, and the associated challenges. You will delve into the mechanisms and applications of gene editing technologies, understand how they have evolved from early experiments to sophisticated tools used in modern biotechnology and medicine. Utilizing bioinformatics tools, you will conduct an analysis to understand disease modalities, interpreting genomic data to identify and characterize structural variants, and assessing their potential impact on gene function and disease progression.

The project will also investigate genomic instability and off-target effects that can arise from gene editing, emphasizing their implications for therapeutic safety and efficacy. Additionally, you will explore the role of bioinformatics as a powerful tool for deciphering disease modalities, leveraging computational approaches to analyze genomic data and understand disease mechanisms at a molecular level.

Through this comprehensive exploration, this Build Project seeks to equip you with a deep understanding of the complexities and potentials of gene editing technologies in healthcare and biotechnology. You will produce a report about the evolution and current state of gene editing techniques, including a historical overview of gene therapy. It will also cover the mechanisms of genomic instability and off-target effects resulting from gene editing, providing insights into their implications for therapeutic safety and efficacy.

Investment Analyses for Portfolio Restructuring and Rebalance

ratio-analysis, taxation-of-investments, investing, modern-portfolio-theory

Rahul Sharma

and 1 more

Evaluating the current makeup of the investment portfolio and using the profitability/valuation ratios, and risk metrics, to design a strategy to align the portfolio to the current business and economic cycle.

Finance Fellow

With the US economy and population now being dominated by baby boomers (the demographic cohort born during the mid-40s and mid-60s), we face a significantly high number of individuals retiring from the workforce. In addition, we are in the middle of the biggest wealth transfer in the history of the U.S. This presents a great opportunity for individuals with skills to offer financial and investment advice.

In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Financial and Investment Research Analyst. You will showcase the ability to evaluate the current makeup of the investment portfolio using the profitability/valuation ratios and risk metrics to develop and design an investment strategy to align the portfolio to the current business and economic cycle. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll compute the various investment ratios and statistical measurements used in portfolio construction and analysis. Also, you will evaluate the stock's common types of performance measurements and intrinsic value and explain how portfolio risk is used to develop efficient frontier/portfolios. You'll become familiar with industry tools/techniques/methodologies like Modern Portfolio Theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Ratio Analysis, and Efficient Market Hypothesis Concepts. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Financial and Investment Research Analyst.

Develop a Teaser of a Corporate Development Opportunity

financial-modeling, microsoft-excel, financial-reports-analysis

Roi Bejerano

and 1 more

Research the market, analyze financial reports, perform an indicative valuation and prepare a slide deck to present a target company for a potential investment/divestment.

Finance Fellow

To stay relevant and profitable, companies need to constantly review their growth strategy and identify new market opportunities. Specialists who can do this work effectively are always in demand, so it's a valuable skillset to acquire. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Corporate Development Analyst and come up with a potential acquisition target (company) to analyze and present. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll perform market research, financial analysis and build a dynamic valuation model in Excel. You'll become familiar with valuation methodologies like DCF, NPV and WACC. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Corporate Development team.

Identify Gene Targets and Develop Gene Editing Strategies for Cellular Therapies

biotechnology, cellular-biology, molecular-biology, crispr

Marie Goulard

and 1 more

Molecular Biology Fellow

Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is the only cure for patients with blood, bone marrow and immune disorders. Understanding the underlying molecular biology behind HSC function, expansion, and differentiation is critical to improve cellular therapies for multiple diseases. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Molecular Research Associate to perform RNA sequencing analysis and then identify relevant pathways and genes of interest in HSC functions. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Research team.

By the end of the 8-week project, students will develop deliverables for this project are focused on building artifacts that you can use to showcase your work in a job application. By the end of the micro-internship, you'll review an RNAseq gene pathway from human hematopoietic stem cells, perform a comparative analysis between multiple conditions, and develop gene knockout and genotyping designs. In the final project session, you'll present your results to the Project Leader in a format that mimics a job interview (so you’re ready to discuss your work in real-life interviews).

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Stronger, Safer, Smarter: Kinesiology in Action!

Bridging Science and Policy for Effective Environmental Management

A Strategic Approach to Solving Public Health Challenges

Drug Development Meets Physics

Deep Insight with Novel Next Generation Sequencing Assay

Identifying the Best: Competitor Analysis for a Medical Device

Unlocking the Genome: Exploring CRISPR-Cas9 and Genotoxicity Concerns

Identify Gene Targets and Develop Gene Editing Strategies for Cellular Therapies

Virtual Screening for Enzyme Inhibitors in Drug Design

Industrial Fermentation for Next Gen Sustainable Bioproducts

Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment: Innovative Cellular Immunotherapy Strategies

Introduction to drug discovery