Business Internships

Current forecasting models for epidemiological crises often treat policy interventions as binary variables, applied treatments, or not. The effectiveness of these mandates, however, depends heavily on legal phrasing, in preventing inadvertent semantic loopholes leading to non-compliance. Evaluating these textual effects presents a challenge, as mapping policy text directly to raw disease curves introduces selection bias from underlying socioeconomic factors. This ... Read More

Studying at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism has allowed us to access insight into graduate and undergraduate course material about journalism, law, code of ethics, and the Constitution. While working with our mentor and attending graduate-level classes, we moved to examine the First Amendment as a government-implemented structural safeguard to keep citizens controlled. As a result, political power’s role is ... Read More

Architects have a big impact on everyone's life; you are most likely standing in buildings that an architect designed. How do people become architects? Almost all accredited architects have to participate in the Architectural Experience Program (AXP) and complete 3,740 minimum hours as the main way to complete their AXP. This presentation will show the experiences architects go through within ... Read More

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing global health threat caused by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial medications. Despite its implications for public health, there is limited awareness of AMR among the general public. This internship project looks at how visual art can serve as an effective communication tool for increasing the public’s understanding of antimicrobial resistance. ... Read More

The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University focuses on modern journalism education through the lens of ethics, law, policy, and politics. Students study a variety of media forms, including print and broadcast journalism. Over the course of six months, Dr. Benson and other members of the Medill faculty provided opportunities to participate in graduate and undergraduate-level courses such as ... Read More

ITMC is the IMSA Technology and Music Center, a creative and technical laboratory that provides students with access to professional audio recording, music production, and media creation tools. The internship focused on developing technical skills in audio recording and music production while learning to effectively use the resources of the Music Technology Center. Over the course of six months, through ... Read More

The internship was focused on researching and drafting two education policy bills to address important gaps in Illinois law. The first proposal builds upon HB 2594 to establish a standalone personal finance course as a high school graduation requirement, analyzing implementation models from over 25 states that have recently passed similar legislation. The second is an original mental health counseling ... Read More

I interned at Ivy League Potential, a college admissions counseling company that works with students through the university admission process. The focus of my project was to expand the company’s digital presence across social media and create resources to support students navigating the college application process. I helped develop social media strategies across Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin, working to increase ... Read More

Acme Industries is a manufacturing company that develops and produces precision components for industrial, aerospace, and consumer applications. During this internship, the primary focus has been the use of computer-aided design (CAD) via SolidWorks to support the company’s manufacturing and design workflow. Over the course of the internship, work has involved converting existing technical drawings and specifications into accurate three-dimensional ... Read More

The Center for Artificial Intelligence at the Illinois Math and Science Academy primarily serves as the main objective of IMSA’s Vision 2033 and works to bring AI to the community, hoping to spread its powerful applications and tools. My role as the entrepreneurship intern included organizing competitions to spark business ingenuity centered on AI skills, bringing together Illinois’s brightest minds ... Read More

The IMSA Center for Artificial Intelligence continues to advance Theme 1 of IMSA’s Vision 2033 10-year plan: “Build curricular and lab space capacity on the Aurora campus to support the growth and experimentation of artificial intelligence and its applications.” In collaboration with the AI team leads, computer science faculty, the IN2 Innovation Center, IMSA’s Outreach and Public Affairs & Development ... Read More

Modern machine learning models that have access to images also have access to information about real individuals who are vulnerable to privacy leakage from these models. Diffusion models, a powerful class of image generation models, are now used widely in privacy-sensitive fields such as medicine and consumer tech, yet differential privacy, the standard mathematical framework that provides rigorous privacy guarantees, ... Read More

Variational quantum classifiers (VQCs) are a leading approach for near-term quantum machine learning, but explaining their specific decisions remains a growing challenge. Classical ML has established tools for self-explanation, such as gradient-based heatmaps. However, quantum circuits trained on real hardware cannot use classical backpropagation, requiring quantum-native methods instead. This study applies one such method, the parameter-shift rule, to compute input ... Read More

Cemcon LTD is a civil engineering and land development consulting firm that specializes in site development and land surveying. The company provides essential design, analysis, and permitting services for residential and municipal projects, supporting both private and public developers. This project focuses on documenting and mapping the complete internal workflow of a typical engineering project to create a unified map ... Read More

This internship focuses on supporting the maintenance and improvement of the IMSA website while developing practical skills in web development and digital accessibility. The project’s primary goal is to help ensure that the website remains accurate, organized, and accessible to all users. Through tasks such as updating web pages with basic HTML, organizing media content, and conducting quality checks, this ... Read More

Maura Hirschauer is the Representative of the 49th district which includes towns in the West Chicago and Bartlett area for the Illinois House of Representatives. The focus of this internship was to learn more about the process of how legislation is passed in Illinois, and how a congressional office runs. Over the course of 6 months, I learned from the ... Read More

The IMSA AI Center is part of the 1st goal of IMSA’s Vision 2033 plan, meant to educate the students of IMSA on artificial intelligence and inspire them to use it in new ways. The AI Ethics division focused on encouraging thoughtful use of AI, both for teachers and students. This was implemented through an AI ethics unit being added ... Read More

Made with the IMSA AI Center, the IMSA AI Credential is a semester-long course aimed at helping students in grades 9-12 understand the intricacies of AI and CS across underrepresented communities in Illinois. The credential focused on making interactive and easy-to-follow lessons where students are able to asynchronously learn complex topics such as machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, ... Read More

This project focuses on improving and expanding the social media presence of SciTech as it transitions from a traditional museum into a STEM education organization. The goal is to strengthen digital outreach in order to better connect with families, schools, and community partners. Through analyzing current social media platforms, studying digital marketing strategies, and observing outreach methods used by similar ... Read More

APS Data Technologies is a technology company that offers services geared toward innovation and impactful digital solutions. They offer expertise, internships, training, and partnerships in computer science. APS Data Technologies, among other things, is currently working on a smart app in collaboration with the city of Aurora: “Destination Aurora.” The app has many branches that include access to Theater & ... Read More