Student and Alumni Stories

Building an AI Career Through Mathematical Mastery

(M.S. AMAT ’14)

Earning an advanced degree in mathematics not only helped Hongwei Jin gain the knowledge that he needed to earn a Ph.D. in computer science at University of Illinois Chicago and become an artificial...

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The Bridge Between Math and Health Care

(STAT 4th Year)

Virginia Reider (STAT 4th Year) knew that earning a degree in statistics would open up career avenues in a variety of fields. But choosing which avenue to follow was proving difficult, until she...

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Exploring Chicago’s Richness

(AMAT '23)

Stanley Nicholson says he was able to expand his horizons academically and find cultural experiences beyond the classrooms of Illinois Institute of Technology because of its Chicago location. “I’ve...

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SoReMo Project Discovers Outlet for Improved Disaster Preparedness

(AMAT 2nd Year)

Disaster preparedness could be improved citywide across Chicago if the Federal Emergency Management Agency takes advantage of a willing partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), according to Ryan...

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Skilled for Success

(AMAT/M.A.S. MMF ’21)

Weston Sterchi accepted a job with Segal, a human resources and benefits consulting company, in their retirement practice soon after graduation. He says the coursework offered at Illinois Institute of...

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Realizing the Power of Data

(M.A.S. DSC ’21)

Arika Ho says her career goals include becoming a successful data scientist in the domains of journalism, marketing/public relations, and public policy. Optimizing a recommendation system for news...

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Work and Study Flexibility

(Ph.D. AMAT ’18)

Jeffery Mudrock began pursuing a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at Illinois Tech in the spring semester of 2012 with hopes of boosting his career as a college math professor. He was offered a full-time...

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Research from New Angles

(Ph.D. AMAT ’16)

Lluís Antoni Jiménez Rugama pursued his Ph.D. at Illinois Tech exploring Quasi-Monte Carlo methods with Professor Fred Hickernell. He says the faculty’s connections with national laboratories and...

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Discovering Skills Beyond Research

(Ph.D. AMAT 1st Year)

Not only did Miles Bakenhus find several opportunities to conduct research while earning a master’s degree in applied mathematics at Illinois Tech, he also had opportunities to stand in front of a...

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Value in Research

(Ph.D. AMAT ’18)

Research projects conducted while a Ph.D. student at Illinois Tech served Yicong Huang well for a career as a senior quantitative analyst at Constellation as he develops models for natural gas daily...

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