Materials, Manufacturing & Energy in the Age of AI I-Corps: Hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 1 - November 12
Free
Led by the UW–Madison NSF I-Corps™ program, this workshop is designed to help drive your research into innovative solutions and products that improve the world. You take your first step toward entrepreneurship. Participants earn up to $3,000 in micro-grant funding, eligibility for NSF National I-Corps™ (up to $50K), and I-Corps™ Boost.
We are recruiting teams leveraging artificial intelligence as an enabler, or innovating around physical bottlenecks, to solve macro-infrastructure challenges. Whether you are a faculty Principal Investigator (PI) at a higher-education institution seeking to strengthen your competitiveness for future federal grants, or a postdoc or PhD student aiming to maximize the real-world impact of your discovery, this cohort is designed for you. If your research touches any of the following fields, you belong in this program:
- Advanced Materials & Metallurgy
- Supply Chain & Manufacturing Resilience
- Energy & Power Innovation
- AI-Enabled Hardware & Process Controls
Course Schedule
All events are held virtually.
- Session 1 (Orientation): Oct 1, from 4:45 pm to 7:00 pm (Central Time- Zoom)
- Self-paced course work and fundamentals work on Canvas (asynchronous): Oct 2-14
- Session 2: Oct 15, from 4:45 pm to 7:00 pm (Central Time-Zoom)
- Session 3: Oct 22, from 4:45 pm to 7:00 pm (Central Time-Zoom)
- Session 4: Oct 29, 4:45 pm to 7:00 pm (Central Time-Zoom)
- Catch Up Week (Q&A): Nov 5, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm (Central Time-Zoom)
- Final Session: Nov 12, from 4:45 pm to 7:30 pm (Central Time-Zoom)