This Build Project explores the intersection of molecular biology and clinical embryology in reproductive medicine. You will examine how molecular mechanisms, environmental influences, and laboratory techniques impact embryo development and implantation success.
Through interactive discussions and practical applications, you will gain insights into the latest advancements in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), embryo culture conditions, and molecular diagnostics. The project is designed for those interested in fertility science, with applications for both research and clinical practice.
Addressing this topic is crucial as infertility affects millions of individuals and couples worldwide, and understanding the molecular and environmental factors influencing embryo viability can lead to more effective treatments, improved success rates of ART procedures, and better patient outcomes.
By tackling these challenges, the project aims to bridge gaps between research and clinical practice, optimize laboratory protocols, and contribute to the development of safer, more personalized fertility solutions.

Create a Personalized AI Chatbot That Talks to Your Data

artificial-intelligence, retrieval-augmented-generation, natural-language-processing, contextual-search

Denis Lusson

and 1 more

Design and build a smart AI chatbot that can interact with your private data, using advanced retrieval-augmented generation techniques.

Data Science Fellow

In the tech industry, AI-driven solutions are becoming increasingly essential, with chatbots playing a crucial role in automating customer support, data retrieval, and personalized assistance across various sectors. In this Build Project, you will design and build an intelligent local AI chatbot that can understand and interact with your personal data using cutting-edge Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques. You will learn how to preprocess and index private data, integrate advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) models, and work with industry-standard tools. Through hands-on experience, you will gain the skills needed to create scalable, efficient AI systems that solve real-world challenges. By mastering these skills, you’ll be well-equipped for in-demand entry-level roles such as AI Developer, Data Analyst, or NLP Engineer, positioning you to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving tech industry.

Stronger, Safer, Smarter: Kinesiology in Action!

movement, injury-prevention, program-development, recovery

Rhys Smith

and 1 more

Build a stronger, safer, smarter you—learn how kinesiology prevents injuries and boosts performance!

Health & Wellness Fellow

Applied kinesiology is the scientific study of human movement, focusing on how the body’s anatomical structures interact to produce efficient and effective motion. In the realm of sport-specific biomechanics, applied kinesiology delves into the mechanics of actions such as sprinting, jumping, and throwing, analyzing how athletes can optimize their movement patterns to maximize performance. By understanding the body’s kinetic chain and muscle function, students learn how to enhance athletic abilities through precise technique adjustments and targeted training programs.

Applied kinesiology also plays a crucial role in identifying injury mechanisms—such as overuse, improper form, or biomechanical imbalances—and creating injury prevention strategies that maintain optimal movement efficiency while reducing risk. Rehabilitation and corrective exercises are then used to restore functional movement post-injury, emphasizing balance, strength, and coordination to safely return athletes to peak performance.

‍For students pursuing careers in sports, physical therapy, or health science, applied kinesiology bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application in optimizing human movement.

Develop a real-time IoT Monitoring Station

python, mqtt, docker, real-time-backend-systems, embedded-programming

Robert-Adrian Popovici

and 1 more

Develop a real-time monitoring system that gathers data from multiple IoT devices and presents it through a sleek, user-friendly interface.

Computer Science Fellow

IoT devices are rapidly transforming industries, with an estimated 15.14 billion devices in use worldwide in 2023 - and this number is projected to surpass 30 billion by 2025. In this hands-on Build Project, you will step into the role of a developer, building a Python-based backend that uses MQTT to collect real-time data from various IoT devices. You will store this data efficiently in InfluxDB, enabling seamless time-series management. Next, you’ll visualize the data in Grafana, crafting interactive and insightful dashboards for effective monitoring. Additionally, you'll explore microservice architectures by containerizing the application components with Docker, enhancing scalability and deployment efficiency. This is a great opportunity to gain practical experience and develop a project that demonstrates your ability to work with cutting-edge technologies in IoT and data management.

Climate Data Analysis & Visualization with Python

climate-and-data-science, python, data-visualization, environmental-analytics

Denis Slabakov

and 1 more

Analyze and visualize real-world climate data using Python to uncover trends in global temperature and CO₂ levels, creating a professional climate data report.

Mathematics Fellow

Data science plays a crucial role in understanding climate change, allowing scientists and policymakers to analyze trends, make predictions, and develop solutions. This project introduces you to the fundamentals of climate data analysis using Python, focusing on real-world datasets from NASA and NOAA.

In this Build Project, you will step into the role of a Data Scientist working in the environmental sector. You will learn how to access, clean, and analyze climate data, create compelling visualizations, and interpret key indicators such as global temperature rise and CO₂ levels. The project is designed to be accessible to students with basic Python knowledge, focusing on step-by-step learning and practical implementation. By the end, you will have a structured portfolio piece, showcasing your ability to analyze and communicate climate data effectively.

Soybean Crop for high yield potential

soybeans, high-yield-potential, soil-fertility, crop-plan

Arthur Edwards

and 1 more

Develop a detailed crop plan to achieve high-yield soybean production through an entry-level exploring soil fertility, pest, disease management, and planting systems.

Agricultural Engineering Fellow

Soybean farming plays a vital role in global food production and agricultural economies, requiring a balance of innovation and sustainability to meet growing demands. This Build Project offers an introduction to soybean farming with a focus on achieving high yield potential through sustainable practices. Over the course of eight weeks, you will explore soil management, irrigation, pest, disease management, and planting systems. Through interactive weekly workshops, you will develop a practical, field-ready crop plan designed to improve yield outcomes and maximize efficiency.

Uncovering Hidden Trends in Open Source

software-development, data-engineering, analytics-engineering, data-transformation-and-modeling, data-analytics

Ed Sioufi

and 1 more

Build a data analytics pipeline to unveil trending open-source projects on GitHub, providing deep insights into project health, community engagement, and technology adoption patterns.

Software Development Fellow

As organizations increasingly rely on open-source software, understanding project health and community trends becomes crucial yet challenging due to vast amounts of unstructured data. In this Build Project, you'll take on the role of a Data Engineer, creating a systematic approach to analyze GitHub's rich dataset. You'll develop a robust pipeline that periodically fetches, stores, and refines GitHub data to uncover insights about repository activity, community engagement, and technology trends. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll build a system that transforms raw data into meaningful metrics that can guide technical decisions and open-source strategy. This project mirrors real-world scenarios where organizations need to process and analyze large datasets to understand technology trends and community dynamics.

Geotechnical Monitoring and Safety Assessment in Mining Operation

geotechnical-instrumentation, deformation-monitoring, rock-mechanics, slope-stability

Luis Tejada Arata

and 1 more

Get the knowledge and practical skills required for geotechnical monitoring and safety assessment in mining and civil operations using advanced technologies such as ground-based radar, InSAR, and QGIS.

Geological Engineering Fellow

Geotechnical monitoring is a critical aspect of mining operations, ensuring the safety and stability of mine structures by measuring and analyzing ground movements, stress, and other geotechnical parameters. This Build Project introduces students to fundamental geotechnical monitoring techniques and tools, empowering them to understand and manage potential geological hazards within a mine environment. Through hands-on experience and data analysis, you will gain a foundational understanding of how geotechnical monitoring plays a key role in enhancing mine safety.

Bridging Science and Policy for Effective Environmental Management

environmental-governance, science-communication, policy-advocacy

Swapnil Mishra

and 1 more

Develop a policy framework that bridges environmental science and public policy to address uncertainties and knowledge gaps in real-world environmental challenges.

Environmental Science Fellow

In today’s environmental policy sector, the ability to transform scientific data into actionable, evidence-based policy solutions is a fundamental skill sought after in entry-level roles across government agencies, NGOs, and private companies. In this Build Project, you'll step into the role of an environmental policy analyst and develop practical solutions to real-world challenges like nuclear waste management and lead contamination. Under the guidance of your instructor, you'll analyze scientific research, assess stakeholder concerns, and craft well-informed policy recommendations that balance both environmental and societal needs. You'll become familiar with industry tools and methodologies such as stakeholder mapping and policy analysis frameworks. All this will take place in an environment that mirrors the operations of a real-world environmental policy team, providing hands-on experience in addressing global environmental challenges.

Build a B2B Marketing Plan for a Healthcare Company

b2b-marketing, market-research, digital-marketing, product-launch

Suchi Agrawal

and 1 more

Create a comprehensive B2B marketing plan for a healthcare company planning to launch a new product.

Market Research Fellow

This Build Project focuses on helping you understand the key components of B2B marketing in the healthcare sector. You will be tasked with creating a basic marketing plan for a healthcare company launching a new product. The project will guide you through the process of conducting market research, understanding target audiences, designing a simple marketing strategy, and using digital tools to promote a product to healthcare providers. By the end of the project, you will be able to create a comprehensive plan to present to a healthcare company's decision-makers.

A Strategic Approach to Solving Public Health Challenges

public-health-policy, health-equity, social-determinants-of-health, policy-advocacy

Shreyasi Chakraborty

and 1 more

Design culturally sensitive public health strategies by integrating legal, ethical, and behavioral insights to address real-world health challenges.

Regulatory Affairs Fellow

Public health policies often fall short when they fail to account for sociocultural and behavioral factors, resulting in interventions that lack equity and cultural sensitivity. In this Build Project, you’ll step into the role of a Public Health Policy Strategist to design culturally competent healthcare strategies. Under the supervision of an experienced healthcare professional, you’ll analyze real-world scenarios to develop actionable policy briefs, infographics, and presentations that integrate ethical, legal, and behavioral insights. You’ll gain hands-on experience in public health policy development, mastering tools and methodologies used to create impactful, equitable solutions. This project offers a unique opportunity to bridge theoretical knowledge with practical applications, preparing you for a meaningful career in public health and health policy.

The Art of Storytelling: Crafting Brand Stories with Market Insights

storytelling, brand-strategy, consumer-insights, market-research, emotional-marketing

Saud Tufail

and 1 more

Learn to create compelling brand stories using basic market research insights and storytelling techniques to connect emotionally with your target audience.

Market Research Fellow

Storytelling is a powerful marketing tool, and when it’s aligned with market research, it can create deeper connections with consumers. In this Build Project, you will learn how to craft a compelling brand story by leveraging easily accessible market research tools. The goal is to show you how consumer insights, such as trends, behaviors, preferences, and needs, can influence a narrative and strengthen its impact. Using free and basic online research tools (like Google Trends, social media analytics, or surveys), you will gather insights and then apply these findings to develop an engaging brand story. The final product will be a brand story that is not only creative but also data-driven.

Mechvention: Solving Mechanical Engineering Problems Through Creativity

design-for-manufacturing, materials-science, cad, technical-writing, user-centered-project-design

Satyam Shukla

and 1 more

Identify, design, and develop a solution to a problem of an industry of your choice by expanding the horizons of mechanical design and merging science with creativity.

Mechanical Engineering Fellow

A mechanical designer walks between the realms of science and creativity. In this Build Project, you - the ambitious innovators, will understand how to develop an idea by following engineering design principles. You will learn to identify a problem strategically, use brainstorming tools to create multiple ideas, and use your engineering knowledge to develop these ideas for production.

During your project, you will apply practical mechanical engineering tools used in the industry to maximize the reliability of your solutions. Skills learned during this project will help you understand the fast iteration of idea development and follow-through required to excel in a modern engineering environment.

Industrial Engineering in Action: Optimizing Biotech Pharma Supply Chains

biotech-supply-chain, lean-principles, optimization, six-sigma

Akshay Mavani

and 1 more

Apply industrial engineering principles to tackle real-world challenges in biotech and pharmaceutical supply chains, focusing on efficiency, compliance, and risk management.

Industrial Engineering Fellow

Step into the world of biotech and pharma, where supply chains handle life-saving medicines under strict regulations and complex logistics. In this Build Project, you’ll act as an Industrial Engineer, solving real-world challenges with tools like Lean principles, Six Sigma, and data analytics.

Guided by an industry expert, you’ll learn to optimize supply chains, tackle inefficiencies, and gain skills essential for today’s dynamic biotech field. Build your expertise, solve impactful problems, and prepare for a future in one of the fastest-growing industries. Let’s innovate together!

Creating an Objective Legal Memo

legal-research, legal-analysis, case-law, statutory-application

Nkechi Nnachetta

and 1 more

Learn how to draft a legal memorandum like a lawyer, that showcases objective legal analysis and conclusions.

Law Fellow

There are two forms of writing most used within the legal industry: objective legal writing and persuasive legal writing. Whether in a law firm or in-house legal team, a necessary skill for all lawyers is the ability to draft an objective legal memorandum, in which a legal question is answered objectively, with all sides and possibilities looked at. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of an entry level lawyer and will learn how to formulate a research strategy when presented with a legal question that needs answering, how to find and analyze the laws relevant to your search, and finally, how to write this analysis down for your legal or non-legal audience to understand.

Drug Development Meets Physics

chromatography, spectroscopy, electromagnetic-radiation, molecular-weight

Irene Ingabire

and 1 more

This project explores the applications of physics in drug development, enhancing our understanding and effectiveness of drugs from molecular interactions to delivery and quality control.

Biophysics Fellow

Spectroscopy and spectrometry are indispensable analytical techniques in drug discovery, extensively used to analyze molecular structures, interactions, and concentrations at every stage of the process. Their ability to provide detailed qualitative and quantitative data makes them essential for developing safe and effective drugs.

In this Build Project, you will explore the physics principles behind these techniques and their real-world applications. You'll also read and analyze spectroscopy and spectrometry data. By the end of the project, you will be able to identify and present a real-life case study on their use in drug development. This project offers valuable, hands-on experience for students aiming for careers in biotechnology and drug development.

Six Sigma: Statistical Tool for Process Improvement

six-sigma, material-development, process-improvement, project-management, statistics

Kazutaka Ozawa

and 1 more

Understand Six sigma methodology for efficient material development

Chemical Engineering Fellow

Similarly to all the other industries, chemical engineering requires efficiency improvement. But, since the world is getting more and more complicated, it is getting more challenging to understand what the actual problem is, how we should communicate to align with team members, what tools should be used to monitor, and how we should fix it. Six Sigma is a methodology to solve these situations.

In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of Project Manager in the chemical engineering team, and utilize Six sigma tools to fix cases. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll

‍Learn about Six sigma methodology
Learn some of the statistical analysis methods
Analyze the results using case studies.

All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real (either product design or manufacturing process) team.

Visualizing Supply Chain Stability: Power BI's Role in Inventory Risk

inventory-management, risk-analysis, supply-chain, data-analytics

Sandeep Kumar Ravi Kumar

and 1 more

Develop a Power BI solution to analyze inventory risks, streamline stock management, and drive proactive decision-making to enhance supply chain resilience.

Industrial Engineering Fellow

Embark on an engaging journey into the world of industrial engineering and operations optimization. This Build Project presents an exciting opportunity to address key challenges in inventory and warehouse operations management. By developing a dynamic PowerBI dashboard, you'll gain practical experience in analyzing inventory levels, assessing risks, and proactively optimizing supply chain parameters to improve operational resilience. You'll focus on applying industrial engineering principles to enhance inventory management strategies, streamline processes, and boost overall warehouse and manufacturing efficiency. These skills are highly transferable, making them valuable not only in the supply chain and logistics sectors but also in industries such as manufacturing, consulting, hospitality, and beyond. This hands-on experience will provide you with the critical skills needed for a successful career in operations optimization, setting you apart in a variety of industries.

AI-Powered Image Retrieval With Vector Databases

deep-learning, python, vector-databases, software-development

Kamalesh Kalirathinam

and 1 more

Develop an AI-driven application that uses machine learning models and vector databases to retrieve relevant images based on visual queries

Data Science Fellow

Efficient image retrieval systems are crucial across multiple sectors, including media, e-commerce, and education. This Build Project offers a gateway into the essential AI and machine learning work that underpins advanced technology careers, particularly in firms that are leading the innovation in digital content management and user interface technologies.

During this Build Project, you will step into the role of a Data Scientist, tasked with developing an AI-powered image retrieval system using state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies. Guided by a seasoned industry professional, you will gain skills to conduct research and explore machine learning frameworks and develop software using vital production tools such as Python, PyTorch, FAISS, and Docker.

Why we get old and how to measure it: a computational analysis of aging biomarkers

computational-biology, genomics, aging-biology

Maarten de Vries

and 1 more

Biomarkers of aging have been notoriously difficult to find. In this Build Project, you will analyze real-world biological data to find good ones.

Data Science Fellow

As long as humans have existed, they have tried to live longer. But today, the combination of large-scale ‘omics data and machine learning may help us unlock some of the secrets behind why we get old, and what we can do about it.

In this Build Project, you'll assume the role of a Computational Biologist, analyzing methylomics data to identify novel biomarkers of aging. During the Build Project, we will cover the theory behind the field of aging biology, which you will then use to build models. You will retrieve, clean, and process omics data, apply machine learning models for data analysis, and produce scientific figures. It is assumed that you have familiarity with biology OR data science (ideally both). If you don’t have experience with one of them, you can still enroll but you will need to learn on your own to get the most out of the project.

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Geotechnical Monitoring and Safety Assessment in Mining Operation

Mechvention: Solving Mechanical Engineering Problems Through Creativity

Industrial Engineering in Action: Optimizing Biotech Pharma Supply Chains

Six Sigma: Statistical Tool for Process Improvement

Visualizing Supply Chain Stability: Power BI's Role in Inventory Risk

From Plans to Execution: Concrete Placement of a Berth Modernization

Demystifying Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling in Construction

Developing Renewable Energy Project using Simulation Tools

Process Development: Driving Cell Therapy from Research to Market

Create Aluminum Composite Material Panels Shop Drawings

Control a Robot's Navigation Through a Warehouse

Build a Pipeline to Segment Single-Cell Immunofluorescent Images

Build a Pipeline to Segment Single-Cell Immunofluorescent Images 