Research Park is consistently home to over 800 interns every year. From large companies to startups, interns have the opportunity to contribute to company development through projects. Students come from multiple disciplines, including engineering, graphic design, marketing, chemistry, computer science, urban planning, and much more. Research Park would not be the innovative hub it is today without the students’ insights, hard work, and creativity.
Office spaces are student-oriented, and most include amenities such as table tennis, kitchen areas, and free coffee. Site Directors are open to feedback from their employees, so offices tend to be flexible in design in order to accommodate work while also respecting preferences.
Research Park hosts multiple student-focused events every year to thank students for their dedication. From the Summer Picnic & Awards to Game Night, these casual, social nights give students the opportunity to meet others from different companies and startups. The Park is more than brick-and-mortar: It’s about a community that works together to stay connected to see success across the board.
To keep up-to-date with Research Park Intern Events or Research Park events in general, sign up for the Research Park Newsletter or check our Events Calendar:
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Summer Intern Professional Development Series
Research Park supports interns as young professionals, and these 12 to 1 pm workshops every Tuesday allow students to learn about key life skills, like financial responsibility and negotiation strategies. Research Park requests that attendees register in advance for the workshops they will attend. Staying for the entire event is highly recommended. Below is the list of summer professional series workshops that occurred in 2022 summer:
- June 6: Building Your Personal Brand on LinkedIn
- June 13: The Dos and Don’ts of Business Etiquette
- June 20: Financial Fitness
- June 27: Building Your Elevator Pitch
- July 11: Conflict Management
- July 8: Stress Management
- July 25: Sustainable Leadership
Summer Picnic & Intern Awards
This ceremony celebrates students’ hard work on company and startup projects. Managers nominate interns for awards like “Most Outstanding Undergraduate Student Intern” and “Best Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Startup.”
For more information about the event and past winners, visit our Summer Intern Awards page.
Congratulations to the finalists and winners for the 2022 Summer Picnic & Intern Awards! Research Park would not be the same without you.
2022 Winners
- Winner - Shivam Tailor: Laboratory Assistant, Natrion (Undergraduate in Material Science and Engineering)
- Sarah Hashim: Engineering Intern, TipTek (Undergraduate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
- Tianshu Wei: Embedded Systems Intern, LifeFoundry (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Winner - Teja Gupta: Remote Sensing Scientist, Corteva Agriscience (Graduate in Computer Engineering)
- Elizabeth Atkinson: Electrical Engineering Intern, Starfire Industries (Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering)
- Ved Shah: DigitaLab Software Developer Intern, COUNTRY Financial (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Winner - Cindy Phung: UX/UI Design Intern, Cargill (Undergraduate in Graphic Design)
- Eric Goff: Modeling Intern, ADM (Undergraduate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
- Ethan Rasmussen: Business Analyst Intern, AbbVie (Undergraduate in Information Systems)
- Winner - David An: Data Science Intern, Ameren
(Undergraduate in Mathematics) - Ben Avila: Actuarial Intern, State Farm (Undergraduate in Actuarial Science)
- Madison Park: UX/UI Design Intern, Cargill (Undergraduate in Information Science)
- Winner - Natalie Xiong: Data Science Intern, Riverbed (Graduate in Psychology)
- Brendan Brasch: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Developer Intern, AbbVie (Graduate in Bioengineering)
- Mengfei Lan: Deep Learning for Metabolism Prediction Intern, Corteva Agriscience (Graduate in Information Science)
- Raina Monaghan: Enterprise Research Intern, State Farm (Graduate in Geographic Information Systems)
- Winner - Caterpillar’s Living Machine Logistics Team
- Anwita Balineni (Undergraduate in Information Science)
- Sam Erens (Undergraduate in Applied Mathematics)
- Dhwani Desai (Graduate in Information Systems)
- Prayag Patel (Graduate in Information Management)
- Brunswick i-Jet CES Team
- Charlie Du (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Brendan Parmer (Undergraduate in Computer Science and Mathematics)
- Meghan Reynolds (Undergraduate in Computer Science and Philosophy)
- Jaliu Sun (Graduate in Entertainment Technology)
- Girish Tiwari (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Procter & Gamble Smart Lab Operations Team
- Luke Boelke (Undergraduate in Computer Engineering)
- Carly Eberhart (Undergraduate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
- Lorraine Jamison (Undergraduate in Material Science and Engineering)
- Endri Kono (Undergraduate in Accounting)
- Andrew Osepek (Undergraduate in Computer Engineering)
2021 Winners
- Winner - Olivia Rentz: Mechatronics Intern, PSYONIC (Undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering)
- Daniel Gealow: Computational Biologist Intern, SimBioSys (Undergraduate in Biomedical Engineering)
- Molly Izzi: Graphic Design Intern, Ascent Integrated Tech (Undergraduate in Graphic Design)
- Winner - Arif Syraj: Data Science Intern, EarthSense (Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering)
- David Liu: Intern I, Technica, Yahoo (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Aman Khinvasara: Strategic Integration & Talent (ITS) Intern, AARP (Undergraduate in Computer Engineering)
- Gautham Krishnan: Contracted Student Researcher, Corteva (Graduate in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
- Winner - Anna Chi: i-Jet Industrial Design Intern, Brunswick (Undergraduate in Industrial Design)
- Matthew Waldinger: Visual Designer Intern, AbbVie (Undergraduate in Graphic Design)
- Winner - Eddie Chapman: Library Information Specialist, AbbVie (Graduate in Computer Science)
- Aadish Naik: Perception Engineering Intern, Brunswick (Graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Anisha Jauhauri: Software Development Intern, Corteva (Graduate in Information Management)
- Pranay Thangeda: Summer Research Intern, Corteva (Graduate in Aerospace Engineering)
- Winner - Daniel Polites: Actuarial & Modeling Intern, State Farm
(Undergraduate in Actuarial Science) - Nicholas (Nico) Lavalle: Actuarial & Modeling Intern (Undergraduate in Statistics)
- Xi (Adam) Zhao: Data Science Intern, Corteva (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Neil Kaushikkar: Software Developer – Project Manager, COUNTRY Financial (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Winner - Ameren Innovation Center Data Team
- Steven Brodijan (Undergraduate in Computer Engineering)
- Sarah Simpson (Graduate in Mathematics)
- Edward Tang (Graduate in Technology Management)
- Jeremy Livshots (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Katie Kabbes (Undergraduate in Psychology)
- Ashley Alfred (Graduate in Mathematics)
- Xander Pero (Undergraduate in Industrial Engineering)
- Maury Lira (Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering)
- ETC Hoteling Team/Synchrony
- Emily Tokarski (Graduate in Aerospace Systems Engineering)
- Anushka Bose (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Amy Chen (Undergraduate in Information Systems)
- Emily Vera (Undergraduate in Computer Science)
- Wanxing Dai (Undergraduate in Data Science)
- Pabba Ashish (Graduate in Electrical Engineering)
- Wei Yang (Graduate in Electrical Engineering)
- Rudra Patel (Undergraduate in Finance and Accounting)
- Vinayak Adukia (Graduate in Financial Mathematics)
- Brunswick i-Jet Material Science Team
- Quentin Rizzardii (Graduate in Material Science)
- Vaachit Srikumar (Undergraduate in Material Science)
2020 Winners
- Winner - Grayson Schaer: Research Associate, Editekk (Undergraduate, Aerospace Engineering)
- Winner - Katherine Ritchie: Cancer Metabolic Modeling Intern, SimBioSys (Undergraduate, Computer Science)
- Ali Taghibakhshi: Student Robotics Intern, John Deere (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering)
- Eric Cheng: Data Analyst, AbbVie Innovation Center (Ph.D., Food Science and Statistics)
- Winner - Nupur Bhardwaj: Human Resources & Community Intern, Motorola Solutions (Undergraduate, Marketing)
- Vishaank Ghai: Project Manager, COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Economics)
- Anne Zulkarnain: UX/UI Designer, Cargill (Undergraduate, Industrial Design)
- Eric Cheng: Data Analyst, AbbVie Innovation Center (Ph.D., Food Science and Statistics)
- Jialu Yan: Data Scientist Intern, Cargill (Ph.D., Physics)
- Jack Massey: Actuarial Intern, State Farm (Masters, Statistics)
- Grant Greenberg: Neuroscience Bioinformatics Intern, AbbVie Innovation Center (Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Winner - Harry Zhao: Engineering Intern, Caterpillar (Undergraduate, Aerospace Engineering)
- Winner - Anders Cox: Plasma Processing Intern, Starfire Industries LLC (Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering)
- Dominic Di Girolamo: Actuarial Intern, State Farm (Undergraduate, Actuarial Science)
- Jessica Huang: Market Research Analyst, AbbVie Innovation Center (Undergraduate, Accounting & Information Systems and Information Technology)
- Winner - Granular Flex Team
- Jake Stahl: Data Specialist (Undergraduate, Agriculture Business Market and Management)
- Jordan Breedlove: Data Specialist (Undergraduate in Agriculture Business)
- Cloud Animal Health Shared Services Team
- Rishi Choudhary: Project Management Intern, EnterpriseWorks (Undergraduate, Systems Engineering and Design)
- Fides Icalina: Graphic Design Intern, EnterpriseWorks (Undergraduate, Graphic Design)
- Prit Delada: Front End Developer Intern, EnterpriseWorks (Undergraduate, Geographic Information Sciences)
- Jane Kim: Social Media & Communications Intern, EnterpriseWorks (Undergraduate, Media and Cinema Studies)
- Cargill Team
- Johnny Chang: Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering
- Jamie Lim: Undergraduate in Industrial Design
2019 Winners
- Winner - Shaoyu Meng: Software Engineer, LifeFoundry (Masters, Electrical & Computer Engineering)
- Xiofan Zhang: Neural Network Engineering Intern, Inspirit-IoT (Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering)
- Jugat Singh: Summer Engineering Intern, InstaRecon, Inc. (Masters, Computer Science)
- Winner - Harshit Gupta: Data Science Technology Intern, Syngenta (Masters, Information Management)
- Ashley Oyirifi: Biomedical Innovation Researcher, AbbVie (Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences)
- Qianli Chen: Data Scientist, COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab (Ph.D., Civil Engineering)
- Winner - Mallory Gorman: Associate Product Owner, Nutrien Ag Solutions (Undergraduate, Agricultural Engineering)
- Sherry Yi: Idea Summer Lab Intern, AbbVie (Ph.D., Educational Psychology)
- Nikita Nerkar: Web Developer, Ekey Technology (Masters, Technology Management)
- Zhuzhu Wang: Product Development Intern, Abbott (Ph.D., Food Science)
- Winner - Saurav Yadav: Data Scientist, COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab (Masters, Information Management)
- Nuraini Aguse: Front End Intern, InstaRecon (Masters, Computer Science)
- Winner - Derek Meyer: P&C Actuarial Intern, State Farm (Undergraduate, Actuarial Science)
- Avani Patel: Clinical Research Intern, PhotoniCare (Undergraduate, Bioengineering)
- Winner - Intelinair Agronomy and Deep Learning Intern Team
- PSYONIC Mechanical Engineering Team
- AARP Computer Programming Team
Intern Networking Social
The Intern Mixer is an afternoon social held for Research Park interns. A complimentary buffet is provided. Students play games and interact with one another, sharing work stories and Research Park experiences. The 2023 Intern Networking Social will be on June 8 from 5-6:30 on the Ameren Atrium and Dock.
Research Park’s Table Tennis Tournament
Are you prepared to win The Golden Paddle? Research Park annually holds the Table Tennis Tournament, and all companies can participate. Competitors are split between Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced to accommodate all experience levels. The 2023 Table Tennis Tournament will be June 27-28 at Enterprise Works.
[email protected] (May to October)
Fire at Five is a social event that allows employees of Research Park time to de-stress and celebrate the end of the month. Complimentary refreshments are provided to all, and adult beverages are available to those 21 and over. From beanbags to photo booths to cake walks, a multitude of activities are available at Fire at Five. Invite your co-workers, head to the Atkins Building Patio, grab a drink, and meet new people starting at 5 pm on every fourth Thursday of the month.