Application deadline: Wednesday October 1st at 13:00
Teams notified: Friday October 3rd
Course dates: Monday evenings from October 6th, with final presentations on Wednesday December 10th
- Location: Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) – West Cambridge site, Zoom links also available
- Sessions run from 7pm-10pm with pizza from 6.30pm
“One of the best things I did while being in Cambridge.”
Interested in how new technologies are commercialised? Looking to learn from real entrepreneurs? Want to gain hands-on skills and experience by working in a team with post-graduates from other departments and colleges? Then read on!
Projects for this course:
- Investigating the market for a new device to assess battery performance and degradation over time, with Professor Michael de Volder & Heng Wang, Institute for Manufacturing
- Using wearable electronics to monitor and identify cardiac conditions in people and animals, with Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano, Electrical Engineering & Polytecks
- Assessing the quality and safety of metal components by using a new optical technique to analyse their microscopic structure, with Dr Matteo Seita, Engineering
By joining an i-Team, you will work for a term with postgraduates from across the University and a dedicated industry mentor. You will receive weekly training from entrepreneurs and industry experts and investigate the commercial potential and user requirements of a real Cambridge invention. You will gain hands-on skills and experience in a real-world technology consulting-type project.
Applications are welcomed from postgraduates (including 4th and 5th year undergraduates) and researchers from any discipline. No previous commercial background required.
The programme includes weekly lectures from industry experts, team meetings and individual work. i-Teams present their final recommendations to a business and academic audience at the end of the term. The full syllabus is available here.
Past i-Teams estimate that their projects needed about 4 hours a week of individual effort in addition to the weekly sessions. As part of the projects, team members will need to contact external industry experts by phone and email – some calls and meetings may need to take place during office hours.
We are also running our new Social i-Teams programme in Michaelmas term (Tuesday evenings from October 14th, final presentations on Thursday December 4th) – details here.