Business Internship

Neelyx Labs is a highly innovative research and development company that seeks alternative methods to COVID testing. Our team of highly skilled and experienced scientists, engineers, and researchers is dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions that can address some of the most pressing problems facing society today. Over the past several months, we have had the opportunity to collaborate with Neelyx ... Read More

The mission of the Center of Innovation and Inquiry is to uplift students by launching ground-breaking projects into the global arena and providing experiences that are applicable, collaborative, and culturally sensitive on a global scale. During my year-long internship at the Center of Innovation and Inquiry under the guidance of Steve Goldblatt, I had the opportunity to work on several ... Read More

4170 Trading, a proprietary trading firm based in Chicago, primarily transacts in fixed-income cash, futures, and options markets with both actively managed and algorithmic trading strategies. The business project dwells on three major topics which were web development, data analysis, and financial modeling. Using these topics we created a web application modeling crucial financial information as requested by the traders ... Read More

Over the past year, this study delved into the libraries of Cirq and in understanding many different concepts within Quantum Computing. We explored quantum circuits using the open-source frameworks of Cirq for projects. Different techniques and mechanisms were studied including depolarizing noise models, amplitude damping, and dephasing. Effects of noise were looked at on many different algorithms and implement with ... Read More

Network Perception is a cybersecurity company that organizes and tests the strength of firewall systems. They work with a variety of different operating systems for different clients, and the purpose of this business project was to begin working on the software for a new operating system, Juniper or JunOS. Over the last six months, I wrote python regular expression tests ... Read More

APS Data Technologies is a software development company focused on developing tools for businesses within the Aurora community to improve the profitability and efficiency of day-to-day tasks. The focus of the business project for APS Data Technologies changed over time and included market research, mobile application development, artificial intelligence model development, backend development, and web development. Over the course of ... Read More

Mentoring Youth Through Technology (MYTT) is a technology company that provides STEM education opportunities to underserved students in the Chicagoland area. The focus of the business project is to create a mentorship program for middle school aged girls that teach important social-emotional skills, build confidence and community, and provide career exposure that runs through MYTT. Over the last several months, ... Read More

The organization of the City of Aurora strives to provide resources for community citizens. Our business project focused on reaching overall outcomes in a quick and efficient manner, with excellent results. This allowed us to gain skills in communication, knowledge of government and problem-solving through the course of multiple projects from assisting the company’s grant writer to collecting data for ... Read More

Mentoring Youth Through Technology (MYTT) is a nonprofit focused on providing STEM opportunities and mentorship to youth in under-served communities. Over time, the project's focus became more specific and evolved from general software development into making a photo booth with the Raspberry Pi microprocessor. In the beginning of the project, the organization had the intern work on projects involving the ... Read More

The company SafeStart is focused on solving the issues surrounding surgical safety through the use of an app that promotes patient engagement along with the reduction of delays and cancellations. SafeStart’s goal is to prevent “never events” from occurring, which are incidents where a serious error is caused by improper safety procedures. Over the course of this business project, interns ... Read More

The Mayor’s Office of Economic Development is currently working on implementing an EV-Ready Code in the City of Aurora Zoning Code that would require new buildings and homes to be equipped with charging infrastructure. This policy is a critical development in the City Govt.’s plan to position themselves as leaders in the green economy and therefore attract additional investment and ... Read More

The UIC Urban Health Program Urban Health Club (UHC) is an initiative that aims to bridge the gap between high school students and healthcare careers. The program's primary objective is to expose students to various health professions and career pathways. Through in-person community events, interviews, and research, students participating in the program have the opportunity to identify health disparities within ... Read More