Penn State's Institute for CyberScience awarded $367,632.20 in seed grant funds to fund back projects that promote uses of and research into machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).
Penn State's Institute for CyberScience has awarded $367,632 in seed funding for projects designed to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to assist the public good. The grants support projects in 20 different departments and units, 10 colleges and three institutes.
Now a manufacturing engineer at Southco, Engleka is mentoring the current MDE students as they complete their capstone project. Here, he shows students a hinge during a site visit at the company.
Mitch Engleka shows Southco's C3 cabinet latch from his capstone project in Penn State's Bachelor of Engineering degree with the Multidisciplinary Engineering Design (MDE) option.
As a student in the Bachelor of Engineering degree with the Multidisciplinary Engineering Design (MDE) option, Mitch Engleka had the opportunity to intern at Southco, a manufacturing company. He received a job offer after graduation and is now mentoring current students as they work on their capstone project.
Ten student teams at Penn State will receive $1,500 from the Nittany AI Alliance to move on to Phase Three of the Nittany AI Challenge. Teams competing in the challenge are directed to use the prize money to create a minimum viable product using the artificial intelligence platform of their choosing to address real-world problems facing students at the University.
