Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Aptiv logo, and the project title, "Aptiv: ADAS Sensor Characterization for Virtual Simulation" on the bottom. On the left, a white car with "APTIV" printed on the side.
Aptiv is working towards a realistic “Virtual Driving Simulation” to enhance the verification of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in various scenarios, including corner cases. Students on the Aptiv team will work with existing real-world vehicle data and develop models to replicate sensor (radar and camera) performance in various environmental conditions, providing realistic sensor outputs that drive the behavior of downstream algorithms.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Campus Farm logo, and the project title, "Campus Farm: Solar Powered Energy Management System" on the bottom. On the left, solar panels in the foreground with a red barn and trees in the background.
The UofM Campus Farm has a goal of reaching carbon neutrality for all emissions generated and electricity used on-site by 2026. Students on this team will support this goal by developing and implementing an energy management system that allows for a solar-powered produce cooler and EV delivery van to operate as a combined system minimizing or eliminating the need for grid power in the farm’s produce storage and delivery systems.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Constellation logo, and the project title, "Constellation: Underwater Robotic Location Tool for Moving Nuclear Fuel" on the bottom. On the left, a robot with two mechanical arms swims underwater.
Every year, Constellation Generation moves thousands of nuclear fuel bundles safely in and out of reactor cores in a challenging underwater environment, which is heavily dependent on humans to ensure reliability. Students on this team will aim to eliminate the human element of this critical task, by adapting a robotic tool for underwater nuclear use, reducing the risk of an error.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Honda logo, and the project title, "Honda: Drone-Car Interaction: Advancing the Automotive Experience" on the bottom. On the left, a close-up of a drone flying above cars on the road, each car surrounded by light-up circles.
Honda envisions a future where unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) work in tandem with cars on the road. Students on this team will build on previous path-planning research, developing and testing various use cases for drones to enhance the automotive driving experience, such as increasing the perception range of automobiles by sensing areas, and streaming data back to the autonomous vehicle.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Honda logo, and the project title, "Honda: Autonomous Robot Navigation in Pedestrian Environments" on the bottom. On the left, a robot rolls between walking pedestrians.
As the presence of robots in our every day life continues to increase, it will be critical to ensure that they can safely and efficiently interact with humans in an uncontrolled environment. Students on the Honda project will develop algorithms to find feasible, collision-free paths for a Clearpath Jackal robot with a Zed2 camera operating in a crowd of pedestrians.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the JPMorgan Chase & Co. logo, and the project title, "JPMorgan Chase: Predictive Analytics in Commercial Banking" on the bottom. On the left, a business woman touching a transparent screen of graphs.
JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States, and processes commercial loans in local markets across the country. Students on this team will implement predictive analytics to develop models that forecast important aspects of the business process within the commercial loan division, with a focus on utilizing large language models, and identifying extreme events within a very large and complex data environment.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Koppers logo, and the project title, "Koppers: Inventory Verification Utilizing Machine Vision and Drones" on the bottom. On the left, a close-up of a drone mid-air.
Koppers is one of the leading producers of railroad ties in North America, which is a product that is stored in large outdoor stacks, that makes inventory time-consuming and difficult. The students will develop an autonomous drone-based camera system to determine the amount of a particular product available within inventory stored in an outdoor, multi-acre site.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the MiTek logo, and the project title, "MiTek: Machine Vision Tool for Connector Plate Inspection" on the bottom. On the left, notations and graphics overlay a close-up of wooden stairs.
The MiTek® Automation Technical Development organization is responsible for creating new and improving existing tools that support factory-based component manufacturing for single and multi-family construction. Students on this team will aim to develop a proof-of-concept automated inspection system to ensure that truss components meet all quality inspection criteria.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the MotorCity Casino logo, and the project title, "MotorCity Casino: Virtual Casino Host: Enhanced OpenAI Marketing Tools" on the bottom. On the left, colorful MotorCity Casino lit up at night.
Students will develop an AI-driven Virtual Casino Host using OpenAI’s API. The system will track players’ gaming activity, analyze their behavior and preferences, and then tailor and suggest offers to encourage increased activity at the casino.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the MI Lighthouse logo, and the project title, "U-M SI Public Health: Empowering Public Health Awareness: An Interactive Data Tool" on the bottom. On the left, a computer displays a map of Michigan's districts and a vaccine needle graphic.
Create an intuitive tool for public health in Michigan, where everyone who needs vaccines gets them! By obtaining real-time data and visualizations, we can support public health in planning and organizing their vaccination efforts.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Michigan Engineering logo, and the project title, "U-M ITS Auto Captioning Tool: AI-Generated Photo Captions to Enhance Visual Communication" on the bottom. On the left, an AI Generated Caption labels a photo of President Ono signing a student-made rocket.
Photo captions provide context to images, facilitate better communication, and increase accessibility. The student team will use Azure machine learning services, in addition to student developed functions, to build a tool including an API that is capable of creating image captions when given an image input.
Graphic with "Industry Sponsored Team" at the top, the Walbridge logo, and the project title, "Walbridge: Improving Safety: Blind Spot Detection in Mobile Construction Equipment" on the bottom. On the left, red warning regions spread from the operator of an excavator.
Walbridge construction company makes jobsite safety a top priority on all their projects, including their two active jobs on U-M’s North Campus. Students on the Walbridge team will develop a Proximity Warning Alert System (PWAS) that detects people, rather than objects, in the blind spots of mobile construction equipment.