Industrial fermentation plays a significant role in reaching the U.S ambitious net-zero emissions economy by 2050 by enabling production of sustainable alternative to fuels and chemicals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The industry needs qualified scientists, associate scientists, research associates and engineers now more than ever.

In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Fermentation Scientist and develop a roadmap for bio-ethanol production using industrial fermentation. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you will visualize various fermentation process parameters, understand the trends over time, and calculate metrics to identify the areas of improvement to increase key performance metrics like yield and productivity to make a process more economic and profitable. You will become familiar with different fermentation types, equipment, culture media, microbes etc. for different end applications. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real bioprocess development team.

Fundamentals and Practical Applications of Databases, SQL, and AI

databases, sql, artificial-intelligence, data-analysis

Jorge Herrera

and 1 more

Learn to design relational databases, write and optimize SQL queries, and integrate artificial intelligence to solve real-world data challenges.

Engineering Fellow

In this 8-week project, you will explore the fundamentals of databases and SQL through practical, hands-on learning. You will design relational database schemas, write basic SQL queries to manipulate and retrieve data, and gain an introduction to AI concepts by preparing data for simple analysis.

This Build Project is designed for beginners and focuses on building a strong foundation in database management and data analysis skills, preparing students for entry-level tasks in the field.

This Build Project goes far beyond simply learning how to manage databases and write SQL queries. Through a practical and strategic approach, you will discover how organizing and structuring information reflects a logical mindset that not only optimizes data management but also enhances decision-making and problem-solving in any field.

You will learn to critically analyze information, design efficient solutions, and develop a structured way of thinking that will help you tackle complex challenges in technology, business, and everyday life.

Because understanding databases is not just about managing information—it’s about learning to think logically and strategically in a data-driven world.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TweetLens: Unveiling Insights from Twitter Data

data-pipeline-development, python, data-visualization, social-media-analytics

Shruti Adoni

and 1 more

Analyze and transform raw tweets into interactive visualizations to derive actionable insights using the Twitter API.

Business Intelligence Fellow

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.

Startup Scale-Up: Crafting a Growth Strategy

growth-marketing, customer-acquisition, data-driven-strategy, startup-marketing

Mathilde Øllgaard-Ussing

and 1 more

Build a growth marketing strategy for a startup, focusing on brand awareness, customer acquisition and retention through data-driven tactics and innovative campaigns.

Business Management Fellow

In this project, you'll imagine you are in the role of a Growth Marketer to develop a growth marketing strategy playbook designed for a tech startup. This playbook will outline actionable strategies for customer acquisition, engagement, and retention, as well as brand-building tactics. Under the guidance of an experienced industry expert, you'll explore tools, channels, and techniques to craft a scalable and effective growth strategy. The playbook will serve as a valuable asset for any startup aiming to accelerate its growth while making the most of its resources.

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.

Public Equity Investing in Artificial Intelligence

Public equity investing, Fundamental and data analysis, Artificial intelligence, and Technology sector valuation

Danielle Kim

and 1 more

Explore the dynamics of public equity investing in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector by analyzing key technology companies and financial statements, developing critical insights into AI's economic and investment potential.

Finance Fellow

Artificial intelligence is transforming industries and markets, making it a hot topic for public equity investors. In this Build Project, you will assume the role of a public equity analyst, focusing on AI technology companies in the semiconductor, software, and internet sectors. You will gain a practical understanding of the tasks entry-level equity analysts perform, by developing skills in fundamental analysis, including business, financial, and qualitative analysis, to determine whether AI stocks represent a long-term growth opportunity or a speculative bubble. The workshops will be interactive with group activities to discuss whether an AI company is a good or bad business, hand-on valuation exercises, and watching videos of what experts have addressed to discuss the current state of AI developments. By the end of the project, you will have produced a simple stock pitch and prepared for job interviews in the public equity space, with experience tackling the types of questions typically asked in interviews for analyst roles.

Introduction to drug discovery

biochemistry, biophysics, structural-biology, molecular-biology

Mengshen Chen

and 1 more

Learn about different pieces of the puzzle of the drug discovery process by developing drug candidates that target thymidylate kinase from Plasmodium falciparum (PfTMK) to tackle Malaria.

Biological Sciences Fellow

The goal of this Build Project is to do a deep dive on what is involved in a drug discovery project through focusing on developing drug candidates targeting thymidylate kinase from Plasmodium falciparum (PfTMK) to tackle malaria. You will navigate different stages of the drug discovery process, what techniques can be used at different stages, what to expect at different stages, what potential challenges are, and how to tackle challenges that arise. In this Build Project, you will learn the principles behind a wide spectrum of state-of-the-art technologies utilized in the drug discovery process and understand which tools can be used to address specific questions. Knowledge from this project will greatly benefit those who are interested in a career in drug development.

By the end of this Build Project, you will have constructed a comprehensive slide deck illustrating your thought and decision-making process on how you would tackle this challenging drug discovery project.

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.

Develop a Report for Business Performance Analysis

python, excel, finance, accounting, financial-analysis, financial-planning

Samuel Castilla-Haddad

and 1 more

Use Python, Excel, and SQL to create a tool that informs day-to-day business operations of a nation-wide supply company.

Business Intelligence Fellow

‍In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of Business Intelligence Analyst and create a Report that should help the organization to get data-driven insights. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll work on data preparation, analysis, and modeling. You'll become familiar with business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) techniques, methodologies, and tools like data mining, statistical forecast modeling, analytics methodologies, and foundations of programming in Python.

Create an Interactive Map to Visualize Real Estate Data

javascript, gis, apis, react, web-development

Serhii Vaiser

and 1 more

Use JavaScript, HTML, CSS and geospatial software to integrate real estate data into a user-friendly map interface.

Software Development Fellow

Entering the real estate technology industry can be challenging without prior experience. This micro-internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience by developing an interactive real estate mapping tool. You will act as a real estate technology developer, integrating real estate data into a fully functional web app with a user-friendly map interface. Under the guidance of an experienced Project Leader, you will learn to process and visualize real estate data effectively, ensuring responsive design and usability. Throughout the internship, you'll gain valuable skills in web development, data visualization, and project presentation, simulating the responsibilities and environment of a real estate tech professional.

Healthcare Cost Predictor: A Data Science Web Application

data-science, healthcare-industry, data-analytics, python

Ujwal Gullapalli

and 1 more

A beginner-friendly data science project that predicts healthcare costs using machine learning. You'll build an interactive web application where users can input basic health information to get estimated medical costs.

Data Science Fellow

In the fast-evolving field of healthcare analytics, accurately predicting patient costs is vital for effective resource management and enhancing patient outcomes. In this project, you'll take on the role of a Data Scientist to develop a machine learning model that predicts healthcare costs using patient demographics and medical history. Guided by an experienced Build Fellow, you'll work on analyzing and preprocessing healthcare datasets, implementing a machine learning model, and deploying it as a predictive web application. The project guides you through a complete end-to-end workflow: starting with an existing healthcare dataset, performing data analysis and preprocessing, building prediction models.

You'll gain hands-on experience with data science essential tools and techniques like Python, Scikit-learn, Streamlit, and data visualization libraries, all while working in an environment that mirrors the workflow of a data science professional.

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Sell Anything! Creating a Winning 360 Marketing Strategy

Develop a Tail Hedge Strategy with S&P 500

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