Joanna Szumny is a junior studying communications. She is interning with Feeding Our Kids, which is a nonprofit that donates food to children in Champaign county and its schools. She works with their social media and produces quarterly newsletters. Joanna wants a career in the fashion industry one day. She is thankful that her internship has helped her work on her multi-tasking skills. Her...
Jasmine Berry is currently a senior studying communications. She heard about the internship program because a communications faculty member recommended her to the program! She is currently working for Fighting Illini Sports Tech as their Social Media Specialist. Jasmine has actually been trying to work for Fighting Illini Sports Tech for many years and was thrilled when she got to work for them!...
Atit is a senior studying statistics and computer science. He is working with Dr. Rini Mehta, who is a professor in the religion department, on visualizing data. Atit is taking data dealing with how Bollywood actors are related to one another and creating family tree-style visuals to show these relationships. Dr. Mehta said that she will possibly use the visualizations in future...
Jiayue Zhang is a statistics major who is currently a senior. She received a variety of emails about the ATLAS Internship Program and decided to apply! She is currently working with the Student Money Management Center (SMMC) as a Data Analyst. Jiayue has been working with a team to determine the unique financial challenges that international students face. She started by creating a...
Di Ye is beginning her senior year studying statistics. She heard about the internship program through an email advertising the program. She is working as a Data Analyst with economics professor Rebecca Thornton. Her project consists of determining how marketing affects parenthood; specifically, she is focusing on the purchase of diapers versus more luxury items such as alcohol and...
Sangyeol Baek is a senior studying mathematics and computer science. He is a Software Developer working with the Moodle program. The team's main goal is to develop an app that students can use to access Moodle. Right now, he is working on being able to add a discussion post on the app with Android Studio. Sangyeol is hoping to be a Data Analyst or Software Developer in...
Jisheng Wu is a senior studying psychology and economics. He heard about the program through the LAS Lineup newsletter and decided to apply! He is working as a Data Analyst on the "Gross Motor Project" with economics professor Rebecca Thornton. He is working with data from many different countries about children’s developmental stages, as well as how these stages differ cross-...
Shouqi Zhang is a senior studying statistics. She is currently working with the Student Money Management Center (SMMC) as a Data Analyst. Shouqi has been working with a team to find the unique financial challenges that international students face. She started with creating a survey for all the international students to fill out; after the students complete her survey, Shouqi and her team will...
Vismayak is a senior studying computer engineering with a minor in mathematical statistics. He became aware of the ATLAS Internship Program after working for the ATLAS help desk; additionally, his supervisor recommended him to apply to the internship program. Vismayak is working for the study abroad team in the College of Education on updating their website. He has been working on site...
Wesley Au is a junior studying economics. He was working under Professor Borgschulte, an economics professor, as a research assistant but he recommended him becoming an intern with ATLAS! Wesley is now working with Professor Borgschulte as a Data Analyst, creating a data set containing articles written by researchers from top journals. He is then going to analyze the data by creating a ...