Many patients are afraid of invasive procedures required for medical diagnosis – to the point that they avoid visiting doctors. Because of that, patients miss an opportunity to discover a disease at an early stage, when it's more curable. So it's important for medical professionals to create devices that are not only effective, but comfortable and non-invasive. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Design Engineer and prepare a conceptual design for a device that improves patient experience in urodynamics testing and diagnosis focused on alternative test apparatus for a mechanical uroflow. Under the supervision of an experienced Project Leader, you’ll apply bio-mechanical design principles and use CAD software like SolidWorks to visualize your concept for a device that better meets patient's needs. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real medical device development team.

Build a Workflow Application on the ServiceNow Platform

software-development, servicenow, user-stories, workflow

Sebastiaan de Vlaam

and 1 more

Develop a workflow application with requests and approvals on the ServiceNow platform while prioritizing user stories for your development.

Computer Science Fellow

Service Management, essential for all organizations, involves delivering, optimizing, and managing services, and relies heavily on information technology. ServiceNow, a globally used workflow platform, is prominent among Fortune 500 companies for this purpose, with high demand for related jobs and competitive salaries. However, proficiency in the platform alone is insufficient; systematic work and value creation are crucial, often facilitated by methodologies like Agile. In this Build project, you will learn ServiceNow development under an experienced architect's guidance, enhancing existing applications and practicing prioritizing business demand and work within a simulated ServiceNow development team environment.

The Intelligent investor: Security Analysis and Value Investing

value-investing, fundamental-analysis, financial-statement-analysis, investment-management

Parvin Mamedov

and 1 more

Develop a stock pitch – an investment thesis backed by data and analysis to support a recommendation, incorporating valuation metrics and a discussion of potential catalysts and risks associated with the investment.

Finance Fellow

This Build Project is designed to give you a strong foundation in the value investing process, an investment philosophy that guided legendary investors like Warren Buffet and Mario Gabelli. It’s an investment approach that helps investors identify, research, and buy securities priced well below their true market value. In this Build Project, you will pick up tools and strategies to collect and analyze information as well as an integrated framework that teaches you how to identify opportunities for investment that others may miss. Knowing the basics of Warren Buffet’s philosophy is a must for starting an investment career, no matter what type of investing you are interested in and what asset class. This project will be most valuable for students looking to go into investment management, investment banking or corporate finance.

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.

The Immuno-oncology Frontiers: Pioneering T Cells Based Immunotherapies

biotechnology, immuno-oncology, car-t, flow-cytometry

Swarali Lele

and 1 more

Understand how next-generation immunotherapies are developed against cancer and assays used to define their effectiveness

Molecular Biology Fellow

Cancer remains one of the top three causes of death in the US and the next-generation immunotherapies are showing promise in clinical trials. However, it demands further research to fulfill the unmet medical needs. Before clinical application, the cell therapy product undergoes validation at the research scale.

In this Build Project, you will assume the role of Associate Scientist, tasked with designing a T cell-based therapeutic by understanding the requirements. Under the guidance of an industry expert, you will conceptualize and design hypothetical experiments, utilizing functional assays such as flow cytometry and co-culture assay to determine the efficacy of the therapeutic. In the end, you will evaluate the data using statistical tools such as GraphPad Prism and present your findings. This experience will mimic the highly interactive, data-driven environment of the industry, offering valuable insights into the daily responsibilities of associate scientists and importance of data interpretation in advancing medical research.

Build Your First Business Plan

entrepreneurship, business-planning, market-research, financial-management

Raisa Marcucci Pedro

and 1 more

Create a step-by-step business plan while learning essential strategies in market research, marketing, operations, and financial planning to launch your own venture.

Business Management Fellow

Small businesses and startups form the backbone of the global economy, but many fail within the first few years due to a lack of proper planning and strategy. In this Build Project, you'll step into the shoes of an aspiring entrepreneur and develop a comprehensive business plan, addressing the key challenges businesses face, such as understanding their market, crafting effective strategies, and managing finances. Under the guidance of an experienced industry professional, you'll conduct market research, create a value proposition, plan operations, design marketing strategies, and estimate financial projections. This project will expose you to fundamental business methodologies and tools, simulating the responsibilities of real-world business managers and entrepreneurs.

Compounding Value through Advantage: Investing in International Equities

finance, equity-research, accounting, investment-management

Chris Beaven

and 1 more

Learn how professional investors evaluate investment opportunities in public equities. Using a case-study method, you will gain hands-on experience with topics central to assessing growth, returns, capital allocation, and valuation, as well as key skills such as financial modelling.

Finance Fellow

In this Build Project, you’ll learn how investors decide to invest in a business deemed to provide a compelling future return. Throughout the 8-week project, you will act and think like an investment analyst, including conducting your own due diligence on a potential new investment idea. Under the guidance of an experienced industry expert, you will identify, assess and evaluate a potential investment opportunity, analyze the company’s performance, and build an Excel financial model to value it. You will summarize and present your research in an investment recommendation in PowerPoint, honing all-important skills for entry-level roles across Finance, Accounting, Banking, Investment Management, and Consulting industries.

Building Bridges: Connecting Communities to Mental Health Resources

mental-health-awareness, community-outreach, public-health-campaigns, psychology-research

Raneam Nageeb

and 1 more

Build a mental health awareness campaign that bridges the gap between communities and mental health resources by promoting education and accessibility.

Psychology Fellow

Access to mental health resources is crucial for thriving communities. In this project, you'll step into the role of community mental health advocates, working to design and implement a campaign that raises awareness and connects individuals to essential support systems. You'll gain hands-on experience researching community needs, identifying local resources, developing engaging educational content, and using effective communication strategies to reach diverse audiences. By the end, you'll have the skills to become agents of change, promoting mental well-being and fostering stronger, more supportive communities.

Master Investment Analysis in Real Estate Finance

finance, investment-analysis, risk-assessment, financial-modeling

Joseph Dillamore

and 1 more

Kickstart your career in real estate finance by learning how to analyze real estate deals like fix-and-flips using the tools and methods used by both real estate investors and private lenders.

Finance Fellow

Private mortgage lending is a multi-billion-dollar industry that powers the construction and renovation of homes across the United States. In this Build Project, you will learn the ins and outs of the industry, along with how to analyze real estate investment opportunities from the perspectives of both the borrower and lender.

By the end of this 8-week project, you will develop an investment report – in the form of a PDF – showcasing your knowledge of the private mortgage lending industry with a risk-return analysis of real estate investments. You'll work with real-world examples to evaluate deals, assess risks, and determine optimal financing structures. The skills you'll develop are in high demand as lenders seek talent to help tackle America’s housing shortage.

Predicting Stock Price in a Quantitative Way

statistical-modeling, linear-regression, python, data-mining

Yue (Mike) Yao

and 1 more

Use Python and Linear Regression to predict stock prices in a quantitative way

Quantitative Finance Fellow

What about let’s start to solve some real-world finance problems using computer science and math? Quantitative finance might sound unfamiliar to you, but in this Build Project, you’ll have an end-to-end experience of the quantitative investment process – using Python to do data mining and data cleaning, applying keyword detection statistical algorithms on earnings call data, implementing a linear regression model to generate stock price prediction, and building your own portfolio with risk control. By the end of the 8-weeks project, you will develop a published online notebook with code and text that includes a full pipeline of building up a portfolio in a quantitative way.

Evaluation & Identification of Potential Acquisition Targets

m-a, financial-analysis, strategic-fit, synergy-assessment

Amy Quan

and 1 more

Conduct market research to identify and recommend potential acquisition targets through financial analysis, strategic fit, and risk assessment.

Finance Fellow

This project offers a practical, hands-on experience in the world of mergers and acquisitions by guiding you through the process of evaluating and identifying acquisition targets. Over eight weeks, you will explore industry analysis, develop criteria to shortlist acquisition targets, perform in-depth financial analysis, and assess strategic fit and potential synergies. By working with real-world examples, you will gain skills in finances, strategic assessment, and presentation, which are valuable in finance, consulting, and corporate strategy roles.

Portfolio Playbook: Cracking the Risk-Reward Code

financial-modeling, portfolio-management, statistical-analysis

Shirong Liu

and 1 more

This project focuses on risk management models and tools and allows students to quantitatively measure and present the risk associated with financial portfolios.

Finance Fellow

In this Build Project, you will dive into the dynamic world of financial markets, mastering the art of risk modeling and portfolio optimization. As budding quantitative analysts, you will use real-world data to build predictive models that gauge market risks and devise optimized investment portfolios. By applying statistical methods and computational tools, you'll predict market trends and develop strategies that balance risk against potential returns.

This project is designed to be a thrilling challenge that will not only deepen your understanding of financial principles but also enhance your analytical process. Upon completion, you'll have gained invaluable mathematical, programming, and analytical skills—key competencies highly sought after in entry-level quantitative analyst roles across the financial sector today. These skills are your stepping stones to a robust career in finance, where the ability to interpret complex datasets and make informed decisions is paramount.

Prototyping B2B Aggregator platform for the Warehouse/Logistic Industry

aggregator-platform, amazon-web-services, ecommerce, warehouse-platform

Rajesh Francis

and 1 more

Design an advanced, pioneering Business-to-Business (B2B) E-Commerce Aggregator platform to unify warehouses and logistics industry.

Computer Systems Fellow

Prototype, architect and design an AWS hosted, robust, scalable B2B aggregator platform for the warehouse and logistics industry. The platform will offer real-time inventory visibility, automated order fulfillment, and intelligent supply chain optimization across multiple warehouses and e-commerce channels.

Skin Cancer Detection with Deep Learning

python, machine-learning, deep-learning, image-classification

Sehaj Grover

and 1 more

Build and train deep learning models to classify skin cancer images accurately using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).

Software Development Fellow

This project combines artificial intelligence with healthcare, equipping you to solve real-world challenges through machine learning. You will gain foundational knowledge in machine learning and explore deep learning methodologies for image classification. Using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), you will develop models capable of analyzing and categorizing skin cancer images with precision. The hands-on nature of this project provides you with experience in data preprocessing, model training, and evaluation, ensuring they are prepared for entry-level roles in AI and machine learning.

Engineering Bid Preparation for HVAC Systems

hvac-systems, requests-for-proposal-rfps, takeoffs, bid-drawings

Alsten Lobo

and 1 more

You will be exposed to the process of preparing an engineering bid for HVAC systems, emphasizing the technical data analysis needed to create accurate project scopes, costs, and timelines.

Mechanical Engineering Fellow

Engineering bidding is a multidisciplinary process that involves various fields of Engineers and other experts, each coming together to the development and submission of a bid. The Mechanical Engineer designs and analyzes all mechanical systems, including HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) and plumbing.

In our Build Project, we will review building plans (architectural, mechanical & plumbing drawings) and specifications, learn to identify HVAC mechanical equipment requirements, evaluate specific HVAC product design, and lastly, generate cost estimations.

Build Reinforcement Learning Controller for Lunar Lander

python, machine-learning, reinforcement-learning, control

Igor Sadalski

and 1 more

Develop a reinforcement learning controller for a lunar lander and test it in simulation!

Mechanical Engineering Fellow

From industrial automation with robotic arms to optimizing machine movement, in recent years many entry level mechanical engineering jobs in the US started requiring knowledge of machine learning based controlling techniques. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of Mechanical Engineer and you will develop an interactive Google Colab with reinforcement learning based controller that will control a simulated lunar lander. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert you’ll learn the basic principles of reinforcement learning controllers and you will implement one from scratch using Python in a simulation environment and test it. You will become familiar with how mechanical engineers approach designing controllers for their mechanical systems and learn how to use common industry tools like Python. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real mechanical and control engineering team.

Build and Train Transformer Language Model

natural-language-processing, large-language-models, transformers, gpts

Kacper Raczy

and 1 more

Utilizing the current state of the art techniques in natural language processing, you’ll develop a text generation language model featuring the attention mechanism (using GPT and transformer architecture).

Data Science Fellow

With transformers dominating the machine learning world by setting new benchmarks in various NLP (natural language processing) tasks and Vision tasks, this Build Project will help you learn about transformers, specifically GPT models (which are powering the AI chat assistance like ChatGPT).

We will delve into the intricacies of transformer architecture using PyTorch. You will learn to build, train, and deploy GPT models from scratch, understanding their superior capabilities compared to prior NLP baselines. This knowledge is valuable in today’s job market where the demand for AI expertise is rapidly growing.

Pitch Your Own Startup: From Theory to Practice

investment-analysis, entrepreneurship, private-equity, venture-capital

Rik Abels

and 1 more

Pitch your startup idea to a group of investors by creating a pitch deck introducing your product or service, analyzing market opportunities, evaluating business strategies, and examining competitive landscapes

Finance Fellow

Ever wondered why some startups succeed, while most fail? It all starts with the first pitch to a potential investor. Whether you are interested in analyzing investment opportunities or starting your own company, being able to analyze pitch decks and build your own is fundamental. Come to our first session with your own startup idea, and we will develop a pitch deck and presentation for it.

During this Project, you will learn how to build an effective and compelling pitch deck and present it to investors. We will develop a business plan and a go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Throughout the workshops, you will gain the knowledge and skills you need to build a pitch deck. This will all culminate in you presenting your own startup idea to a group of investors as the audience!

The skills you gain during this Project will help you in your future career in many roles you might consider that involve analyzing investment opportunities, in particular in the world of private equity and venture capital.

Find Your Business in Digitalized Manufacturing

manufacturing-industry-review, business-model-analysis, techno-economic-analysis

Eldar Shakirov

and 1 more

Identify a business opportunity with digitalized manufacturing in your chosen industry, and develop it into a viable business model.

Industrial Engineering Fellow

Digital manufacturing technologies encompass a broad range of tools and systems that are transforming manufacturing through digitization and connectivity. They are foundational to the smart factory and Industry 4.0, where real-time data, automation, and advanced analytics drive efficiency. However, despite their potential, digital manufacturing technologies face challenges in scalability and integration within traditional manufacturing environments. In this Build Project, you will act as a multi-disciplinary analyst, selecting a digital manufacturing technology (such as IoT, robotics, or digital twins) to explore its applications in a specific industry sector.

Guided by expert Project Leaders, you will analyze technology-specific challenges and the unique demands of your chosen industry, identify key stakeholders who influence adoption, and create a business plan to support implementation. By the end of the project, you will present this plan, demonstrating the role of digital manufacturing in enhancing productivity and agility. This project will introduce various digital manufacturing technologies and tools, including industrial IoT platforms, simulation software, and AI. To keep it realistic and fun, you will do your study in an environment simulating the operations of a real, small-scale startup team.

NLP Unleashed: Building Smart Chatbots

natural-language-processing, machine-learning, chatbot-development, web-deployment

Luca Belgeri

and 1 more

Design and build an AI-driven chatbot using advanced Natural Language Processing techniques, providing hands-on experience with machine learning and web deployment.

Computer Science Fellow

The chatbot industry is rapidly growing as more companies adopt AI to enhance customer interactions. In this Build Project, you’ll take on the role of an AI Developer to design, build, and deploy a sophisticated chatbot using Natural Language Processing techniques. Under the supervision of an industry expert, you will create and fine-tune a chatbot using tools like Python, SpaCy, and Rasa.

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