Mathematics

Prajeet Basu, a senior majoring in Mathematics and Statistics, joined the ATLAS Internship Program to gain practical work experience, enhance his communication skills, and apply his academic knowledge in impactful ways. Having completed three semesters as an intern, he has worked with the nonprofit...

Prisha Singh is a sophomore majoring in Mathematics who joined the ATLAS Internship Program to apply her technical skills in impactful, real-world projects. With previous experience in healthcare, she was inspired by the role of technology in improving processes and positively affecting lives....

Yixu Zheng is a senior majoring in Mathematics & Statistics. He has been an ATLAS intern for two semesters. Yixu heard about the ATLAS internship program through his academic advisor, and decided to join to gain work experience outside of an academic setting, through his weekly work meetings...

Introducing Jiaqi Zeng, a senior studying Mathematics at the University of Illinois. This is Jiaqi’s first semester at ATLAS, but she has already found it incredibly rewarding. She first learned about ATLAS through department emails and newsletters, and the Artificial Intelligence & Machine...

Hongyang Yu, a junior majoring in Mathematics and Economics, is now completing his second semester as an intern with the ATLAS Data Team. After hearing about the internship through department emails, Hongyang joined the program with a clear goal in mind: to sharpen both his communication and...

Wyatt Huang is a Freshman studying Mathematics. He works as a VR Catalog Web Developer for Dr. Randy McCarthy. He’s responsible for developing a web catalog to showcase different VR software’s that will help with class lectures. He’s currently working on transferring previous data sets on Drupal to...

Boqin Yuan is a Sophomore studying Mathematics and Statistics. He works as a Data Analyst Intern for Dr. Mehta. He’s responsible for collecting IMDB film data of Asian countries with each of their names, years, ID, and language. He then uses a database to do data visualization. He’s currently...

David is a Junior majoring in Mathematics. David found out about the ATLAS program through a sign in Altgeld Hall while he was in the middle of an internship search and decided to apply. He was placed as an EdTech Specialist at the Urbana Neighborhoods Connection Center, where he is responsible for...

Simon Xia, a freshman majoring in Mathematics, learned about the RACES program through his advisor. He is working as an Evaluation Designer/Education Technologist and has discovered that his work is more aligned with that of a Data Analyst. His responsibilities include helping RACES and the client...

Natalia Lesak is a junior majoring in math who learned about the ATLAS internship program through her advisor Alison Champion. Natalia is currently working as a Data Management Intern at Feeding Our Kids, where she helps organize the organization's volunteer and data records. Her responsibilities...