 
    
      Omar Awan 
    
    
      Undergraduate Student 
      
        Biomedical Engineering - 
        
UNC-Chapel Hill 
      
     
  
    “Shodor gave me a good background with Java and programming. I also 
    
      developed professionally 
    
    … having to meet deadlines and have workgroups definitely helped as I moved to
    college.” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, 2002 
      
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        Shodor Research Apprentice, 2004 
      
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        B.S. in Applied Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill, 2008 
      
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        Worked as biomedical researcher, 3 summers 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Ruthie Cogan 
    
    
      Mathematics Teacher 
      
        Baruch College Campus High School 
      
     
  
    “Shodor helped open my eyes to 
    
      various resources available for Mathematics Teachers 
    (i.e. Interactive). In addition, Shodor helped me gain valuable professional experience, working
    with others, and gaining greater confidence in my understanding of technology (which was very
    small when I came).” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, summer 2005 
      
- 
        Shodor Correspondent in Michigan, fall 2005 
      
- 
        Teacher’s College Columbia University, 2007 – M.A. in Mathematics Education 
      
- 
        Michigan State University, 2006 – B.A. in Mathematics and a minor in History 
      
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        Newton Fellow with Math for America 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Emily Mitchell Drake 
    
    
      Division Assistant 
      
        Health & Human Service - 
        
Craven Community College 
      
     
  
    “I was very shy when I began at Shodor, but I was thrown into the work with many other
    interns. I learned to open up and become more comfortable with myself, in order to 
    
      become more comfortable working with others 
    
    .” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, Summer 2004 
      
- 
        Meredith College, 2005 – B.S. in Computer Information Systems; minor in Mathematics and
        Business Administration 
      
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        New Bern High School, 2001 
      
- 
        Currently enrolled in the Master of Library Science Program at East Carolina University 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Monte Evans 
    
    
      Co-Founder 
      
        Hueism Software 
      
     
  
    “I believe my experience at Shodor offers me 
    
      limitless opportunities 
    . I am so excited because my future is so optimistic. I have so many possibilities.” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor “Post Bac” Staff, 2005-2007 
      
- 
        Shodor’s First Intern, 1996-2005 
      
- 
        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009 — Master of Science in
        Information Science 
      
- 
        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004 — BS in Computer Science 
      
- 
        NC School of Science and Mathematics 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Will Jeck 
    
    
      Medical School Student 
      
        UNC-Chapel Hill 
      
     
  
    “Shodor nurtured... my interest in programming, without which I would not have been
    able to do the work that I am doing now. There is a 
    
      direct line between the skills I learned at Shodor and the success in college and beyond 
    .” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, 1999-2001 
      
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        Pomona College, 2005 
      
- 
        CE Jordan High School, 2001 
      
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        A Publication was accepted in the Oxford Journal of Bioinformatics 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Shilpa Khatri 
    
    
      Graduate Student 
      
        Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences - NYU 
      
     
  
    “I gained on a lot of... understanding of how to program something that will be used
    by others. Also, I learned about the 
    
      importance of computational science 
    and how teaching it can be very difficult if you don’t have the right information and
    materials... It was a great experience to have to plan classes and code with
    others...” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, 2001 - 2003 
      
- 
        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003 
      
- 
        North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, 1999 
      
- 
        Fifth year graduate student at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences – NYU 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Jon Phillips 
    
    
      Researcher - Natural Language Processing 
      
        MITRE 
      
     
  
    “Shodor provides the possibility for interns to work on a wide variety of different
    projects and develop a unique set of skills. I was able to 
    
      develop technical ability in software development 
    writing really cool software—and at the same time would be planning and teaching lessons for
    the middle school math workshops during the summer.” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, 1998-2002 
      
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        Traveled to Germany for Shodor to work with students and teachers who were using Project
        Interactive 
      
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        Georgetown University, 2006 – M.S. in Linguistics 
      
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        North Carolina State University, 2003 – B.S. in Computer Science 
      
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        North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, 1999 
      
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        Worked at a startup software company, I3 Mobile 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Michael Reckhow 
    
    
      Program Manager 
      
        adCenter, Microsoft 
      
     
  
    “Shodor... 
    
      provided the freedom to explore my interests in technology 
    in ways that I did not have an opportunity to in school. Take advantage of the opportunity to
    work closely with Shodor’s scientists – this experience doing research and
    presenting your ideas effectively will be very valuable moving forward.” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, summer 2001 - 2004 
      
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        Harvard University, 2006 – B.S. in Decision & Control Engineering 
      
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        Riverside High School, 2002 
      
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        Co-founder of an online textbook company 
      
- 
        Director of E-Commerce for Let’s Go 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Greg Rubinstein 
    
    
      Undergraduate Student 
      
        California Institute of Technology 
      
     
  
    “Shodor helped me in many ways. First off, through Shodor, I became more competent in
    using computers and in programming in several languages. In addition, Shodor improved my 
    
      team-working skills 
    , as I was often working with several other people on a project, and so I had to collaborate
    with these other people in order to successfully complete the project.” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, summer 2004-2005 
      
- 
        North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, 2007 
      
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        Researched in a science lab at Duke University through the Howard Hughes program 
      
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        Worked in an applied math lab at the University of North Carolina 
      
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        Earned recognition as a Siemens Research Competition Semifinalist 
      
 
  
  
  
     
    
      Karthik Sekar 
    
    
      Undergraduate Student 
      
        UNC-Chapel Hill 
      
     
  
    “I could write a book on the many ways Shodor helped me, but I’ll stick with
    the main points: I learned how to 
    
      best approach a project 
    that I wasn’t completely sure how to do; I learned how to 
    
      work with other people 
    
    ; I learned how to use OS X and Unix, which has completely 
    
      changed the way I use computers 
    
    ; I learned how to rely on meta-cognitive abilities, which are infinitely more important in the
    real world than cognitive ones.” 
  
  
    
      - 
        Shodor Intern, 2004-2006 
      
- 
        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009 – B.S. Biomedical Engineering 
      
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        North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, 2005 
      
- 
        Residential Networker for the University 
      
- 
        Research Assistant with Dr. Shawn Gomez at UNC 
      
- 
        Teaching Assistant for the class: The Biology of Cancer at UNC 
      
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        Participant in the Duke Talent Identification Program