AI partnerships at work

Together with our partners, we build workforce skills, put research into practice and create opportunities for students to learn by doing.

Explore some of our AI Partnerships

AI Collaboration Aims to Accelerate R&D of Specialty Chemicals

A research collaboration between Eastman and NC State’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering aims to significantly accelerate the research and development (R&D) of new specialty chemicals — chemicals that improve manufactured products and processes.

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NC State Engineering and Red Hat Partner on AI Governance and Safety

The College of Engineering at North Carolina State University has joined Red Hat in a collaborative partnership to increase AI clarity, compliance and innovation.

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AI Academy Partners with Booz Allen Hamilton To Help Veterans, Transitioning Service Members Grow Skills in Artificial Intelligence

Booz Allen Hamilton, a global technology consulting firm with expertise in analytics, digital, engineering and cyber technology, has partnered with NC State’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy to train their employees to meet a growing demand for talent in the area of artificial intelligence.

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AI Academy Partners with Disney, Diveplane, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Honeywell, Lexmark and Northrop Grumman to Grow Artificial Intelligence Expertise

Several national and international organizations have partnered with NC State’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy in order to train their employees to meet a growing demand for talent in the area of artificial intelligence.

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AI Academy, Apprenti to Partner on AI Registered Apprenticeship Program

NC State’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy is teaming up with Apprenti, a leading Registered Apprenticeship ambassador and intermediary, to launch the first-ever nationwide registered AI (artificial intelligence) Associate apprenticeship program in the U.S. to include national standards for AI.

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NC State, Ablr Partner on Accessible AI Workforce Training

NC State is partnering with Ablr to develop and deliver an accessible “AI Workplace Essentials” certificate program for blind and visually impaired job seekers.

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NC State Receives $3M from ARPA-E to Advance Self-Driving Laboratory Research

North Carolina State’s College of Engineering was selected for a $2,992,500 award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to accelerate the development of a self-driving laboratory for data-rich discovery of heterogeneous catalysts, the solid materials that make many fuel and chemical manufacturing processes faster, more efficient and more economical.

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NC State Receives $2.5M to Drive Research in Artificial Intelligence and Oceanography

Ruoying He, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, is among a group of scientists recently awarded a major National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for a new research institute on artificial intelligence (AI) and environmental prediction.

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NC State Secures $500K NEH Grant to Launch AI Center in CHASS

An intercollege, interdisciplinary team of NC State researchers led by humanities scholars received a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish an AI center in CHASS to explore the ethical implications of the technology.

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Outside Perspective Strengthens Work Inside the University

Partnerships can bring real-world AI challenges, professional expertise and workforce insight back to campus, informing research and teaching while giving students opportunities to apply what they learn.

What comes back to campus:

• Students
  • Experience with real questions
  • Projects and mentors can connect academic work with professional settings.

• Research
  • New context for discovery
  • Partner questions and data may open directions for faculty and student research.

• Teaching
  • Insight into changing work
  • Workforce perspective can help inform courses, credentials and learning experiences.

• University
  • Connections across fields
  • Shared questions may bring together people and programs from across NC State