Learn the tools
Hands-on instruction with the AI systems people actually use at work, starting from zero and building to genuine capability.
Miami University · Oxford, Ohio
Learn AI.
Then do
real work with it.
RedHawk Applied AI is Miami's student organization for applied artificial intelligence. We teach you the tools, bring in guest speakers who use them professionally, and finish the semester consulting for an actual company.
01 About Us
A place to actually get good at this.
Most students learn AI in fragments, a video here, an assignment there. We built a structured path instead: real instruction, direct exposure to people applying AI professionally, and a live client project to close it out. No technical background required.
We'd rather graduate ten students who can genuinely do the work than a hundred who sat through slides.
Tools You'll Learn
Claude
ChatGPT
Manus
Vercel
GitHub
Base44
Hear from practitioners
Guest speakers who apply AI professionally: what the work really looks like, and what they hire for.
Consult for a real client
The semester closes with a live engagement: a real organization, a real problem, work you actually hand over.
02 Meet the Exec
The people running it.
Nine Miami students who decided this should exist, and then built it.
Ryan Barone
President
Phoebe Towe
VP, Standards & Internal Ops
Jackson Katona
Treasurer & Dir. of Events
Jake Showalter
Dir. of New Member Education
Mallory Shroder
Dir. of New Member Education
Jackson Potter
Dir. of New Member Education
Aidan Schmidt
Dir. of Consulting & Corp. Relations
Jake Parilla
Director of Recruitment
Claire Richardson
Director of Marketing & Merchandise
03 Apply Now
Applications are open.
Applications open September 1 and close September 11 at 4:00 PM. Open to all majors — no experience required.
- Takes about a minute
- Open to every major, no experience required
- Closes Sept 11 at 4:00 PM — apply early
04 Work With Us
The part that makes this different.
Every semester ends the same way: our members work with a real organization on a real problem, and deliver something that organization actually uses.
- A defined scope, agreed up front
- Teams working it across several weeks
- A final presentation to real stakeholders
Run an organization with a problem worth solving? We work pro bono and we're always looking for the next client partner. Reach out to Aidan Schmidt, Director of Consulting & Corporate Relations.
Email Aidan Schmidt