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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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...

(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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(Ph.D. AMAT ’18)

Xiao Huang says the Ph.D. coursework at Illinois Tech provided valuable and rigorous technical training that prepared him for a career as a senior analyst specializing in statistics and operations...

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(AMAT ’19)

Joanna Czopek says she knew Illinois Tech would be the right fit for her to pursue her passion in mathematics. An eagerness to share knowledge with others landed her a job as a high school math...

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