2026 Spring AICollab Student CEOs

On behalf of the ISSIP community, this is to thank you for
contributing your time, expertise and insights:

ISSIP Student CEOs in the AI Era exploration for academic-industry collaboration.

Below is your ISSIP digital credential (DC) for Knowledge Sharing Eminence,
which can be added to the Licenses & Certifications section of your LinkedIn Profile
by following these instructions.

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PSU Learning Factory Industrial Engineering – Student Team:

Student Team:
Jillian Bako (LI) (DC),
Arturo Carrillo (Max) (LI) (DC),
Kanika Gupta (LI) (DC),
Carolyn Mowery (LI) (DC),
Jayme Roter (LI) (DC).

Deliverables:
Statement of Work (SOW),
Showcase Poster,
Showcase Recording,
Whitepaper,
Presentation,
Poster,
Recording.

Client & Mentors:
Jim Spohrer (ISSIP Client, Primary Contact, Industry Mentor) (LI),
Srinivas Tamvada (Faculty Mentor) (LI),
Sharicca Boldon (Alumni Coach & Mentor) (LI).

PSU Learning Factory:
Jesse Torba (Industry Relations Coordinator) (LI),

Learn how to submit project proposals for future PSU Industrial Engineering and Computer Science student teams here.

Thanks to PSU leaders for ISSIP support:
Vittal Prabhu (LI).

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SJSU Management of Information Systems (MIS) Capstone – Student Team:

Student team:
Louis Nguyen (LI) (DC),
Jonathan Lau (LI) (DC),
James Phan (LI) (DC),
Maung Myat Ko (LI) (DC),
Jackson Mai (LI) (DC),
Aaron Ryoo (LI) (DC).

Deliverables:
Charter,
Whitepaper,
Presentation,
Poster,
Recording.

Faculty_Advisors:
Ramamurti Sridar (LI).

Program Support:
Kevin Soohoo (LI).

Learn how to submit project proposals for future SJSU MIS student teams here.

Thanks to SJSU leaders for ISSIP support:
Steve_Kwan (LI),
Lou_Freund (LI),
Dean Rangapriya (Priya) Kannan (LI).

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U Washington Tacoma Business Analytics Club – Students

Students & Deliverables:
Riddhi Bajaj (LI) (GH) (whitepaper) (presentation)(recording) (DC),
Diya Anna Ratnam (LI) (GH) (whitepaper) (DC).
Tran (Meg) Nguyen (LI) (GH) (whitepaper) (presentation) (recording) (DC),
Ashwin Philip (LI) (GH) (whitepaper) (DC),
Disha Shetty (LI) (GH) (whitepaper) (presentation) (recording) (DC).

Client & Mentor:
Jim Spohrer (LI) (ISSIP Client, Primary Contact, Industry Mentor)

Program Support:
Lindsey Kealoha (LI).

Learn how to submit project proposals for future UWaT Business Analytics student teams here.

Thanks to U Washington Tacoma leadership for ISSIP support:
Michael Turek (LI),
Haluk Demirkan (LI).

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ISSIP AI Inputs Provided

Two advice videos to help the student teams perform the weekly sprint pattern, and continuously improve building sections of the whitepaper, including the Student CEOs startup ideas (designed artifacts in business model canvas format).
Part 1 – Feb 4, 2026
Whitepaper template prompt (V011)
Presentation
Recording
Part 2 – Feb. 22, 2026
Whitepaper template prompt (V016)
Presentation
Recording

History of student team projects

2023 Fall: Use AI to make Service Innovation Case Studies:
https://issip.org/2023/2023-collab-generative-ai-and-historic-service-innovations/

2024 Spring: Use AI to create Jim Twin to give talks:
https://issip.org/2024/2024-collab-ai_digital_twins/

2024 Fall: Use AI to create Guidebook for Service Roles:
https://issip.org/2024/2024-aicollab-guidebook-for-service-roles/

2025 Spring: Use AI to create a course to on-board ISSIP Participants:
https://issip.org/2025-aicollab-course-for-onboarding-participants/

2025 Fall: Exploring synthetic datasets to improve academic-industry collaborations:
https://issip.org/2025-fall-aicollab-synthetic-datasets/

2026 Spring: Design and Build A Guidebook for Student CEOs in the AI Era: Improving Academic-Industry Collaborations with Service System Innovations.
https://issip.org/2026-spring-aicollab-student-ceos/

One of many questions to explore:
How can AI Digital Twins of industry leaders help mentor student teams on relevant industry challenges?
TBD

Grateful to students, faculty, and university capstone teams for all the support for ISSIP.org projects – many thanks!!!