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Learn from Fellows working at cutting-edge companies across the United States.
Single-cell genomics is revolutionizing computational biology and drug development by providing detailed insights into cellular functions. Increasingly large mountains of transcriptomic data have been generated over the past few years, and its secrets are waiting to be unlocked!
In this Build Project, you'll assume the role of a Computational Biologist, analyzing single-cell transcriptomics data to identify novel disease mechanisms. Under the guidance of an industry expert, you will retrieve, clean, and process omics data, apply machine learning models for data analysis, and produce scientific figures. You will gain hands-on experience with tools and methodologies commonly used in the field, all within a simulated professional environment.
The type of work you will be doing replicates a “day-in-the-life" of an entry level real estate investment analyst. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Real Estate Financial Analyst and develop comprehensive financial models for value-added real estate investments. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll conduct in-depth economic and due diligence analysis on various investment opportunities in the real estate space. You'll become familiar with industry tools like Excel and ARGUS Enterprise Valuation Software to conduct investment analysis. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real private equity investment committee.
In this project, you'll wear the hat of equity research analyst, and pitch a stock idea with compelling thesis and financial projects. Under the supervision of an experienced Project Leader, you'll conduct fundamental research and financial modeling to support your stock idea. You'll become familiar with financial modeling and valuation techniques like financial statements including income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real equity research team.
Marketing is all about ideas and numbers. In this project, we combine them both. We will first get to know what companies want when it comes to social media marketing campaigns, and how to impress them and get their budget, then we will investigate how to deliver a good result. We will be talking about influencer marketing, content marketing, data gathering, data analysis, business negotiations, platform relation management, and much more. All the project and material you use came directly from our previous for-profit projects. At the end of the project, I will have available internship opportunities for students to apply for.
In this Build Project, you'll step into the role of a Regulatory Affairs Specialist and tackle the challenge of navigating the complex and variable regulations governing medical devices. Working under the guidance of an experienced industry expert, you'll develop a regulatory strategy document that addresses the nuances of regulations across different countries. Through this project, you'll become proficient in interpreting guidelines and ensuring compliance, gaining valuable skills essential for success in the medical device industry. You'll also gain insights into maintaining consistent adherence to quality management systems, a crucial aspect of any medical device company's operations.
Dive into web development with the creation of a Movie List System that offers users a platform to explore their favorite films. Through this project, you'll delve into React development, integrating RESTful APIs, and implementing essential features such as react hooks and asynchronous functions. By honing your skills in front-end and back-end development, you'll build a solid foundation that will I am sure encourage you explore more complex development.
The goal of this project is to create a simulator prototype that will be used extensively as a tool for helping operators, production and maintenance personnel better understand the way the process works and be able to troubleshoot it more efficiently.
Given that the crypto space is still an emerging industry, there are no data standards in how to best analyze the success of crypto project. In this Build project, you'll wear the hat of a Financial Analyst and conduct due diligence on several blockchain startups. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellows, you'll build out financial models and write up an investment report. You'll become familiar with the blockchain industry and use tools like Excel and Messari Research. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Finance team.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a must-have skill for Architecture professionals as it provides a comprehensive and efficient way to design and document. It streamlines communication between different disciplines and facilitates the project delivery process in a market where fast-tracking has become a norm.
In this Build Project, you will design a simple residential project and generate schematic drawings using BIM software. The program will equip you with entry-level skills in the Architecture industry such as making design decisions and creating graphic representation.
In this project, you will take on the role of a full stack Software Engineer to develop a dynamic form builder tailored for a specific industry. This JavaScript-based solution will enable users to create and edit forms, incorporating industry-specific features. Throughout this project, you will gain hands-on experience with the entire software development process, from ideation and design to production release. By the end of this project, you will have developed an interactive and user-friendly web application that meets specific client requests, showcasing your ability to handle core responsibilities of a Web Developer.
In this Build Project, you will learn how to write and understand basic Python programs. You will use the most popular Python libraries for data visualization, analysis and manipulation. In addition, you will learn about problem decomposition with the use of functions and control flow using logic and loops. In the last sessions, you will work on building your own final project, where you’ll be putting into practice the knowledge gathered throughout this project. This Build Project is different from most others because during it you’ll receive guidelines and support not from one but two Build Fellows!
This project is facilitated with the support of Ada Del Cid.
In this Build Project, you’ll wear the hat of Business Intelligence Engineer, by working on Customer Support on Twitter dataset, which is a large, modern corpus of tweets and replies to check, analyze and understand the pattern and conversations, and for study of modern customer support practices and impact.
You will be working on a project to help a growing tech company determine its enterprise value. This firm is considering a sale to a larger strategic or financial partner. They have already received several acquisition offers and need assistance in understanding their valuation to prepare for negotiations.
In this Build Project, you will take on the role of a Corporate Finance Analyst under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow. You will prepare a forecasting model and a comprehensive enterprise valuation analysis using methods such as Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Market Multiples. This will take place in an environment that simulates the operations of a real M&A or corporate finance team.
Oligonucleotides are synthetically produced biomolecules that have proven to be crucial for gene editing therapies. Biotech companies put a lot of time and effort in optimizing and developing groundbreaking analysis techniques for these molecules; purity assessment being one of the most significant ones. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), is one of the tools almost every research team uses to assess and characterize the constituents found in a compound. Knowing this technique becomes a very important skill even for entry-level jobs.
In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of an Analytical Development Scientist and help optimize a method for purity/integrity assessment of oligonucleotides through RP-IP HPLC. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll become proficient in navigating scientific literature and building your own conclusions and course of actions in the development of this method. You'll learn the science behind liquid chromatography and how biomolecules such as RNA behaves in such. You will also be able to appreciate role that oligonucleotides play in gene editing therapies; a rising focus for biotech companies. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Analytical Development team.
Web development is a cornerstone in today's digital world where websites are increasingly moving from static documents to dynamic and interactive experiences. That puts more pressure on Software Developers, as they should know how to create web solutions that are not only well-functioning but engaging and visually appealing. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Creative Coder and explore the world of generative art using JavaScript and the P5.js library – all while developing an interactive portfolio to showcase your creativity and technical skills. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you’ll design and develop a series of generative art and creative code experiences, prepare an interactive slide deck showcasing these projects, and link your work to source code in interactive notebooks. You'll become familiar with industry tools like JavaScript and P5.js, and techniques like interactivity, repetition, randomness, and image processing. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Web Development team.
Cytokines are cell signaling proteins and are released by the CAR-T cells upon engagement with tumor antigens. So, measuring cytokines release is one of the most often used techniques in tumor research. This data is often critical for Investigational New Drug (IND) applications to the FDA. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Research Associate and quantify a certain set of cytokines to evaluate the functional profile of CAR T-cells before their clinical application. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll learn how to process the raw data for visual and quantitative analysis using statistical software like MS Excel and GraphPad Prism. You'll also develop skills for drawing meaningful conclusions from the analysis you perform.
Being the base requirement in the production of goods, the use of raw materials in the global economy is steadily rising. Both the general public and industry professionals are becoming more concerned about how material consumption contributes to climate change, ecosystem degradation, chemical pollution, and resource limitations. A growing number of industries and individual companies are taking a more comprehensive lifecycle approach to their materials and processes to stay competitive in the long run. Thus, knowledge of sustainable use of resources and different aspects of the material lifecycle becomes increasingly important for success in many types of engineering careers.
In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Sustainability Analyst and prepare a business analysis that employs sustainability principles for more efficient use of materials. With the help of an experienced industry expert, you will evaluate an organization using a multistage analysis that involves strategies, drivers, and barriers for business models, the role of governments, and the influence of policies. Sustainability is a cross-disciplinary field of study, and this project will promote the development of your own ideas to become more involved in the transition to a Circular Economy.
In this Build Project, you will learn how to take your Python skills to the next level. You will learn how to write software in a way that it can easily be maintained, tested, and extended so that it fulfills industry standards. Through object-oriented patterns, you will be able to apply design patterns to create modularized code. Version control will be a crucial part of the feedback loop and development of your project. Towards the end, you will work on your final deliverable, creating a software application in a domain of your own choice. For example, you can build a weather data analysis app, language translation app or sports prediction app. This Build Project is different from most others because during it, you’ll receive guidelines and support not from one but two Build Fellows!
This Project is facilitated with the support of Himanshu Raghuvanshi.
FPGA, Field Programmable Gate Array, is an emerging tool for various engineering applications, especially prototyping and real-time control. In recent years, the dramatically reduced price associated with high density semiconductor manufacturing, FPGA can now be used in a product directly and cost-effectively.
Learning FPGA and implementing it to solve an actual engineering problem in such a short time is the challenging part. Unlike traditional software programming, FPGA Verilog programming emphasis hardware thinking. Converting the mind set from software programming to hardware would be challenging at the beginning, but extremely rewarding when the user gets used to it.
Intent-based blockchain systems are the next-generation architecture for building scalable web3 applications. One of the challenges that every intent-based system faces is having competent solvers to fill orders. Unfortunately, not much work has been done to create solver solutions that are easy to run and can be used in these intent-based systems. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Software Engineer and create a prototype of a much-needed solver solution for reliable and efficient filling of intents. Whether new to blockchains or not, this entry-level project provides a solid basis for designing, developing, and testing decentralized systems accessible by billions of users. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll use JavaScript as well as tools such as web3 libraries, Infura, and other external APIs to interact with blockchains and software that runs on decentralized networks.
The E-Commerce Boom which began 5-10 years ago was really accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. With people unable to leave their homes, brands really needed to find a way to bolster their online presence - this has not only led to retailers of every size now having direct-to-consumer/online sales channels, but also created a real spike in new digitally-native brands popping up every single day. The current macroeconomic conditions and low barrier to entry in online commerce has sustained this growth despite our return to the physical world. This has created an immense demand for skilled digital marketers, especially at the entry-level, because this is also most of these brands’ target market.
In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Digital Marketer and develop the marketing roadmap for a digitally native brand. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll become familiar with digital marketing fundamentals and key performance indicators, research design and methodology, content creation best-practices, and E-Commerce systems/platforms. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Digital Marketing team and relevant business executives with support from your project leader every step of the way.
All companies must make tradeoffs in navigating how to distribute limited resources (money, employees time) for optimal growth. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Marketing Manager and propose an appropriate marketing event for your chosen company to target. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you’ll leverage online sources to gather market research data, use it to propose a marketing event, and pitch your event in the final project session. You’ll become familiar with navigating online databases, running digital campaigns, modern approaches to market research, and tools like Canva and LinkedIn. All of this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real-life marketing team.
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