Projects

Ongoing

Summer with AI funded projects

The project supports development of specific AI-enabled tools to support student, faculty and staff success.

1. Sadaf Ashtari (Information Systems and Business Analytics) AI-Policy Navigator: Transforming Policy Accessibility and Clarity at Sacramento State
2. Pooria Assadi (Management and Organizations) AI-Powered Admission Assistant to COB MBA, IMBA, and EMBA Programs
3. Basia Ellis (Undergraduate Studies in Education) Revitalizing My Sac State App
4. Carolyn Gibbs and Lauren Kelly (Design) The development of an AI-powered tool for optimizing student elective choices
5. Rohollah Moghadam (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) Pre-Advising Electrical Engineering Conversational AI bot (PA-EE bot)
6. Nitin Roy (Public Health) Incorporating health and safety of students and faculty in course scheduling using mathematical optimization
7. Kevin Vandergriff (Philosophy) Comprehensive Academic Roadmap Expansion for the AI Academic Advisor Tool

AI Champions appointments for Fall 2025

The AI Champions will provide AI-rellated professional development and resources to their colleagues

1. Theresa Abah, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
2. Jung Yoon Jang, College of Business
3. Angela M Laflen, College of Arts and Letters
4. Anna K Patterson, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
5. Lisa Romero, College of Education
6. Nitin Roy, College of Healkth and Human Services
7. Atousa Yazdani, College of Engineering and Computer Science

Completed

1. Summarizing interview transcripts for the University Library.
2. Launching the Resource page with presentations, guides and tools
3. EdAI Arxiv launch. This open-access preprint publishes successful cases of using AI in classrooms and other areas of the educational enterprise.
4. AI Impact on the Economy and Public Life, a public presentation on March 13, 2024.
5. AI Fridays with Sasha series. Recordings are on Resources