Sohum Banerjee is a senior majoring in Economics. He heard of the ATLAS Internship Program through department emails and newsletters. He decided to join ATLAS because he saw this program as an excellent opportunity to gain work experience in a professional environment and build his resume to pursue his future career goals in business analytics. Sohum is a Communications Specialist intern for the...
Austin Kirwin is a junior majoring in Statistics. He learned about the ATLAS Internship Program through departmental emails and newsletters and decided to join to gain experience working in an organization related to his major. He is also interested in data science, which aligns with his future career goals.Austin is an LMS Specialist intern with the ATLAS Internship Program. He is responsible...
Mei Chen is a sophomore studying statistics. She became interested in the ATLAS Internship Program through an email she received from her advisor. Mei is currently utilizing data visualizations in her work as a Data Analyst with economics professor Rebecca Thornton. Her project includes analyzing data from a language program in Uganda and gauging its effectiveness within the...
Kai West is a Senior pursuing a dual degree in Computer Science + Anthropology. Kai is working as a Web Developer for the ATLAS Research Faculty Web Team. He is currently performing a variety of tasks as part of his internship, including (but not limited to): Implementing a website for his new ATLAS team which will be able to showcase their Wordpress templates as well as past websites previous...
Sai Pranav Kakumanu is a sophomore Statistics & Computer Science major who’s in his second semester with ATLAS. Sai learned about the program from attending a career fair, and decided to join because he saw it as an opportunity to gain real-world experience in a professional setting while expanding his technical and problem-solving skills. In his first semester, Sai worked as a Business...
Senuvi Jayasinghe is a senior majoring in Statistics & Computer Science at the University of Illinois. She discovered the opportunity through friends and classmates and was drawn to its collaborative environment, hands-on projects, and professional mentorship. As a Web Developer Intern in her third semester with the ATLAS Internship Program, Senuvi has contributed to designing, developing,...
Ruohan Pan is a freshman Sociology major completing her first semester at ATLAS. Department emails and newsletters were how she first heard about the program, and she decided to join to gain work experience as well as apply the technology concepts she had learned in class to real life. Ruohan is placed at the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies as an IT and Social Media Intern. The tasks she...
Kelly Wong is a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois. She joined to strengthen her professional and personal skills while gaining insight into project workflows, teamwork, and communication in a real-world setting. In her first semester with the ATLAS Internship Program, she is a Communications Specialist for the Illinois Global Institute's Center for the Study of...
Meet Toshiyuki Funaki, a sophomore studying Linguistics in his first semester here at ATLAS. Having heard about the program from department newsletters and emails, Toshiyuki decided to join ATLAS to prepare himself for his future in the workplace. Toshiyuki is helping Earnest Agriculture as a Digital Marketing Intern this semester. To help write a video script on agriculture, he has had to do...
This is Ellen Min, a junior studying Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Illinois, and this was her first semester at ATLAS. She first heard of the internship program through department emails and newsletters and decided to join because she wanted to gain hands-on experience in a field related to Human-Computer Interaction—one that would allow her to work with immersive technologies while also...