Sophomore

Becca Kim is a sophomore studying psychology. After her advisor recommended the ATLAS Internship Program to her, she became excited to join! Becca is working with Professor Burke from the College of Education on creating a database website. The website will collect information on how...

Han Jiang is currently a sophomore studying mathematics and computer science. She became aware of the internship program through an email she received, which sparked her interest! Han works directly with the ATLAS Internship Program as a Software Developer for a new, more accessible and functional...

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...

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...

David Farrell is a sophomore studying English education. He is working with the Urbana Neighborhood Connection Center. David is working on creating a Google classroom on college and career readiness for incoming college freshman/high school students. It features online resources such as...

Vivian Liang is currently a sophomore studying communication. She has been working as a digital signage specialist with the ATLAS Internship Program. Vivian creates new  content for the digital signs in the English building atrium primarily. She is hoping to broaden her creative skills over...

​​Sophomore Vivek Bhookya is an ATLAS intern majoring in computer science and astronomy; he is also looking at adding a statistics minor. Vivek works on the Mobile Moodle team. In his position, he works with other programmers on improving the Moodle mobile application by reading through the...

​​Hannah Preston is a first semester ATLAS intern working as a User Support and Documentation Specialist. In addition to being a sophomore majoring in psychology and English, Hannah is a copy editor at the Daily Illini and volunteers in OB services at Carle Foundation Hospital. As a User Support...

​​​​​Megan Resurreccion is a sophomore majoring in statistics and minoring in creative writing and informatics. Megan says she found out about the internship program through an email, and wanting to get some preliminary experience of working in a professional environment, she applied and ...

  Smarak Pattnaik is a Sophomore studying Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics. Smarak is a Data Analyst at ATLAS, working with Professor Mark Borgschulte on a project involving facial analysis and age estimation, in order to obtain data to analyze the aging of the CEOs of Fortune...