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...
Student Spotlights
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 ...
Aganze Mihigo is a sophomore statistics and computer science major. He was encouraged to apply to the ATLAS Internship Program after his friend spoke positively about their experience in the program. He is working with Fighting Illini Sports Tech at the State Farm Center as a Software Developer. He is working on developing a program that will create a dashboard that allows people to access...
Aisha Motan is a senior studying economics. She is working with the Office of Community College Research and Leadership, which conducts research on how to ease the transition for community college students to college. She is their Website Content Strategist; as such, she is putting research grants that her clients are working on on their website. She is mostly working on the aesthetic of the...
Alicja is a sophomore majoring in global studies and sociology. She is working with the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives program. Alicja runs their social media by creating weekly posts, promoting events, and helping with their newsletters. Although Alicja does not know what she wants to do in her future, she is enjoying the work she is doing right now and thinks similar to it might...
Brendon Kaunas is a freshman studying chemical engineering. He is a part of the Moodle TLT team that is working on writing automated scripts. His job includes writing automated testing scripts for updates for online classrooms, which means he has to write code that checks for updates and errors on Moodle. Brendon is hoping to have a job at a chemical plant one day. He will...