Faculty
Faculty play a vital role in the Nittany AI Alliance.
By sharing your expertise, mentorship, and creativity, faculty help students explore the practical applications of artificial intelligence—while gaining new opportunities for research, industry connection, and classroom innovation. Nittany AI offers flexible ways to get involved, from mentoring student teams to sparking ideas that grow into real-world solutions.
Ways Faculty Can Get Involved
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Share Your Interest
Complete the Faculty Interest Form below to tell us how you’d like to participate in Nittany AI programs.
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Inspire Student Ideas
Participate in Ideation Sessions to spark student creativity. Share real-world problems or research ideas that could inspire AI projects. Collaborate with students who want to explore your idea or field through AI.
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Mentor Student Teams
Guide students in the Nittany AI Challenge as a faculty mentor. Provide feedback, encouragement, and real-world perspective as students develop AI-driven solutions.
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Contribute as a Subject Matter Expert
Lend your expertise to an Advance Project, providing insights that help student teams solve complex, real-world challenges. Graduate students can also serve as unpaid advisers or SMEs to deepen their applied learning experience.
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Bring AI to your Classroom
Integrate experiential learning opportunities into your courses through Nittany AI programs. Encourage your undergraduate and graduate students to form or join Challenge and Advance teams.
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Connect Research and Industry
Use Nittany AI as a platform to seed new research ideas and build relationships between academia and industry partners.
Faculty Interest Form
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