APAM Alumni Connect with Current Students
The Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics continued our alumni chat series during the Spring 2022 semester. The School of Engineering hosted weekly information sessions beginning in January and ending in March 2022. In addition, the APAM Department hosted a range of employers with many of our alumni.
In January, the department collaborated with Rebecca (Xuefei) Yuan (Ph.D. ‘11, Applied Mathematics), Director of Quantitative Analytics Consultant at Wells Fargo, to provide insight about opportunities in quantitative finance. In February, our students had the opportunity to attend virtual employer showcases and alumni chats with our alumni. First, we connected with Sai Sunku Swaroop (Ph.D. ‘21, Applied Physics), a Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services. Students also met with Preston Bradham (M.S. ‘19, Applied Mathematics), Transformation Solution Delivery Manager at Ernst & Young. Next, students networked with Harish Ramesh (M.S. ‘19, Materials Science), an Associate Consultant at Azzur Group, to learn how they could leverage their skills in the Life Science consulting field.
We also hosted Kavya Prasad (M.S ‘18, Medical Physics) to learn about life as a Physicist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Then, the department hosted the Global Research and Global Markets team members at Bank of America. Next, we connected with Mike Purewal (Ph.D. ‘08, Applied Physics), Lead Markets Data Scientist at Bank of America. Our students learned about how they could leverage their backgrounds in Data Science. Lastly, the department held a special information session with Vianai Systems. Students had the opportunity to network with their engineering team members to solve a real-life data science problem.
In March, we welcomed Pratap Ranade (Ph.D. ‘08, Applied Physics), CEO and Co-founder of Arena – AI, for our first in-person information session. Students learned about internship and full-time opportunities and connected with seven members of Pratap's team.
We ended the month with Kevin Liu (M.S ‘20, Medical Physics), a doctoral student at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Kevin will be hosting two of our Medical Physics students this Summer as Research Assistants.
If you are interested in collaborating with the department for a virtual event, or if you have full-time/part-time or summer internships available, please reach out to Kristen Henlin at [email protected].