Spring 2019

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...