Industrial Internship Projects (1994 - Present)

For students interested in the application of mathematics in industry, summer (and longer for Ph.D. students) internships are highly recommended. During the internship, students work under the guidance of industry mentors at top corporate research facilities around the country. We view internship not so much as an off-campus summer (or part-time) job, but as a broadening experience central to our educational philosophy.

Internships are arranged by MCIM and are awarded on a competitive basis. Students are nominated for internships by their advisors. For students pursuing the MS degree with emphasis in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, internship is a requirement, and the research done during the internship should lead to a thesis topic. For students pursuing Ph.D. degree with emphasis in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, internship is recommended. It is desirable that the research done during the internship become part of the student's thesis, or even the topic of the thesis. A report on the internship project is expected of each intern.

Companies benefit from collaborative research through the internship program in two ways. First, it provides the company with resources, such as the student and the access to the university faculty, to carry out important research. Second, it provides the company with a pool of talented students with excellent background for future recruitment.

To see abstracts of some of our graduates' theses.

Company	Project	Student	Academic Advisor	Degree/Year
	Optimal Booster Ascent, 1994	Sarita Kinney	Richard McGehee, Avner Friedman	MS 1995
	Analysis of Mechanisms, 1994	Stephen Nelson	Avner Friedman	MS 1994
	Auto Antenna Acoustics, 1995	Feng-Tai Hwang	Avner Friedman	MS 1996
	Sensor Management, 1995	Troy Jenison	Fadil Santosa, Avner Friedman	MS 1996
	Dynamics of Magnetic Tape, 1995	Monica Lluis	Walter Littman	MS 1996
	Optimal Design in Optics, 1996	Svetlana Rudnaya	Fadil Santosa	MS 1997 PhD 1999
	Pursuer Algorithm, 1996	Scott Shald	Avner Friedman	MS 1997 PhD 1999
	Detection, Filtering and Tracking Algorithm, 1996	Aleksandar Zatezalo	Nicolai Krylov	MS 1997 PhD 1998
	Flow in a Blood Pump, 1996	Julia Liakhova	Mitch Luskin	MS 1997 PhD 2000
	Calibration of Microaccelerometer, 1996	Osvaldo Mendez	Fadil Santosa	PhD 1998
	Electromagnetics in Borehole, 1996	Xiangrong Yang	Bernardo Cockburn	MS 1997 PhD 1999
	Visualization Tool for Internet Traffic Data, 1996	Rosabel Hernandez	Richard McGehee	MS 1997
	3-D Models from 2-D Images, 1997	Jennifer Treadway	Peter Olver	MS 1998
	Optimal Pricing from Checks, 1997	Ryan Rengo
	Data Fusion, 1997	Luis Roman	John Baxter	PhD 2002
	Pattern Recognition for RR Maintenance, 1997	Todd Wittman	Fadil Santosa	MS 1999
	Coating Flow in Fiber Optics Manufacturing, 1997	Samuel Albert	Bernardo Cockburn	MS 1998 PhD 2000
	Cardiac Analysis, 1997	Yiju Chao	Nicolai Krylov	PhD 1999
	Mechanism of Wireleads, 1997	Xin Yan	Fadil Santosa	MS 1998
	Comparison of Numerical Methods for Structural Analysis, 1998	Michael Lee	Fadil Santosa
	Queueing Theory for Cell Phones, 1998	Yiju Chao	Nicolai Krylov	MS 1998 PhD 1999
	Modeling of MR Head, 1998	Jonathan Marshall	Fadil Santosa	MS 2001
	Analysis of Air Pollution, 1998	Svetlana Rudnaya	Fadil Santosa	PhD 1999
	Research in Fiber Optics, 1998	Gerardo Ortigoza	Fernando Reitich	MS 1996 PhD 2002
	Data Fusion, 1998	Martin O'Hely	Claudia Neuhauser	PhD 2000
	Model of Electrodeposition, 1998	Irina Mitrea	Fadil Santosa	MS 2000
	Development of Vision System, 1998	Luis Yunes	Fadil Santosa	MS 2002
	Adaptive Algorithms for Value-at-Risk Approximations,1999	Nataliya Kerbel	Rachel Kuske	MS 2001
	Detection & Classification of EKG Signals, 1999	Kevin Collins	Fadil Santosa	MS 2002
	Pattern Recognition, 1999	Jinzhu Yu	Fadil Santosa	MS 2002
	Pre-Conditioned Iterative Methods for Parabolic Equations, 1999	Stephen Whalen	Mitchell Luskin	PhD 2005
	3-D Imaging, 1999	Sam Peterson	Victor Reiner	MS 2002
	Inverse Problem in Electromagnetics	Pavel Belik	Mitch Luskin	PhD 2001
	Magnetic Recording, 1999	Jonathan Marshall	Fadil Santosa	MS 2001
	Stochastic Method for Optim. of Vector Functions, 1999	Grant Erdmann	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2003
	Fiber Bragg Gratings & Cladding Mode Coupling Loss, 2000	Paul Macklin	John Lowengrub	MS 2003
	Electromagnetic Waves, 2000	Oleg Alexandrov	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2002
BMC Vision Ease	Mathematics of Optical Lenses, 2000	Jing Wang	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2002
	Wavelet Selection for Classifying Rattles, 2000	Kevin Collins	Fadil Santosa	MS 2002
	Optimization, 2000	Grant Erdmann	Fadil Santosa	PhD  2003
	Probability Simulation, 2000	Bill Johnston	Fadil Santosa	MS 2002
	Robust Optimal Design, 2001	Thomas Hoft	Fadil Santosa	MS 2002
	Fiber Device Modeling, 2001	Paul Macklin	John Lowengrub	MS 2003
	Physical Chemistry of Polymers, 2001	Miriam Freedman	Rachel Kuske	MS 2002
BMC Vision Ease	Design Problems in Optics, 2001	Jian Zhang	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2004
	Optimization in Window Manufacturing, 2001	Anton Leykin	Gennady Lyubeznik	PhD 2003
	Fiber Optics Communication, 2001	Oleg Aleksandrov	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2003
	Fiber Optics Communication, 2001	YoungAe Han	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2004
	Optimization in Marking	Yongwu Shao	Rachel Kuske
	Laser Modeling, 2001	Todd Wittman	Fadil Santosa	MS 1999 PhD 2005
	Minimax Optimization, 2001	Grant Erdman	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2003
	Barcode Decoding, 2001	Kevin Collins	Fadil Santosa	MS 2002 PhD 2004
	Computer Performance Analysis, 2001	Akash Anand	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2005
	Image Processing, 2001	Bayram Yenikaya	Bernardo Cockburn	PhD 2004
	Signal Processing, 2002	Jinjun Xiao	Fadil Santosa
	Bio Informatics, 2002	Nicoleta Tafulea	Hans Othmer	PhD 2005
	Optimization, 2002	Mariya Ponomorenko	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2005
	Electromagnetics Modeling, 2002	Shengde Liang	Mitch Luskin	PhD 2005
	Image Processing, 2002	Bayram Yenikaya	Bernardo Cockburn	PhD 2004
	Brain Imaging, 2002	Yongwu Shao	Mitch Luskin	PhD 2005
	Optical Coating, 2003	Deepa Gupta	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2005
	Brain Imaging, 2003	Lisa Rassel	Fadil Santosa	MS 2004
	Learning Theory, 2003	Jian Zhang	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2004
	Optimization, 2003	Mariya Ponomarenko	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2005
	Bio Informatics, 2003	Suhas Saha	Claudia Neuhauser	MS 2004
	Bio Informatics, 2003	Stephanie Potoka	Claudia Neuhauser	MS 2004
	Data Analysiis	Tara Rangarajan	Fadil Santosa	MS 2004
	Laser Aerosol Scattering	Thomas Hoft		PhD 2005
	Optimization	Mariya Ponomarenko	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2005
	Electromagnetics	Akash Anand	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2005
	Signal Processing	Chuan Xue	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2007
	Image Processing	Todd Wittman		PhD 2006
	Image Processing	Joseph Kenney		PhD 2007
	Materials Modeling	Brandon Chabaud	M. Carme Calderer	PhD 2007
	Materials Modeling	Hang Zhang	M. Carme Calderer	PhD 2006
	Image Processing	Joe Kenney	Peter Olver	PhD 2007
Alternative Strategy Advisors	Mathematical Finance	Maria Pononomorenko	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2006
	Medical Imaging	Jiaqi Yang	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2007
	Electromagnetic Scattering	Chong Hoong Leong	Fadil Santosa	MS 2006
	Geophysics	Haiying Wang	Bernardo Cockburn	PhD 2006
	Data Analysis	Guangliang Chen	Gilad Lerman	PhD 2007
	Biomedical Engineering	Viktoria Averina	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2007
Minneapolis Consulting Group	Power Network Analysis	Yanlai Chen	Bernardo Cockburn	PhD 2007
	Image Processing	Michael Aschenbeck	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2008
	Flow Modeling	Deepa Gupta	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2007
	Geophysics	Haiying Wang	Bernardo Cockburn	PhD 2006
	Finance	Ivan Merev	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2009
Alternative Strategy Advisors	Finance	Juraj Huska	Peter Polacik	PhD 2007
	Elastodynamics	Jiaqi Yang	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2008
	Cryptography	Vishal Saraswat	Paul Garrett	PhD 2008
	Data analysis	Matthew Deidrick	Harvey Keynes	MS 2008
	Finance	Christopher Bemis	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2007
	Railraod Defect Detection, 2007	Fanbin Bu	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2010
	Railraod Defect Detection, 2007	Kyle Heuton	Gilad Lerman	BS 2012
	Statistical Data Analysis, 2007	Deepa Gupta	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2008
	Elastodynamic Simulations, 2007	Jiaqi Yang	Fernando Reitich	PhD 2008
	Risk Modeling and Testing, 2007	Fanhuan Zhou	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2009
	Data Analysis and Risk Modeling, 2007	Jose Orozco	Fadil Santosa	PhD 2008