Luqi's Resume
LUQI LYU
|| ------------ || Champaign, IL || ------------ ||
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Urbana, IL
Master of Science in Economics December 2018
GPA: 3.66
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Science in Economics May 2017
Minor in Mathematics
GPA: 3.5
WORK EXPERIENCE
Fujian Jinguanyin Co. Ltd. August 2016- September 2016
Finance Intern Shanghai, China
•Assisted customers with financial questions, helped them understand utilization of wealth management tools, includingdomestic futures, stocks and commodity trading.
•Created an Excel database to house customer contact and financial information, streamlining the follow-up process.
•Made copies of requested financial materials, faxed information to corresponding branches, increasing communication.
Bank of Wenzhou June 2015- August 2015
Finance Intern Wenzhou, China
•Performed investigation on personal consumption loans and enterprise working capital loans, while introducingfinancial products to customers based on their history and current standing.
•Helped elderly clients open accounts, perform wire transfers and navigate through online banking tools.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Regional Income Convergence Process in East Java: Does Government Policy Matter April 2017-May 2017
•Measured vulnerability to poverty of households in Indonesia working within a group of four to assess futurepercentage of households affected.
•Utilized microdata to assess social economic factors or causes of vulnerability of poverty, including education, gender,age and working sector of household head; discovered a high likelihood of future disparity.
•Cleaned and ran data, using statistical software Stata to simplify and organize, then interpreted findings based onmethodical approach to Indonesian data structure.
The Cost and Benefits analysis of Dakota Access Pipeline September 2016-December 2016
•Consulted literature about Dakota Access Pipeline, searched World Bank data analyzing through Monte Carlo Method.
•Performed analysis through Standing, Impact Categories, and Quantitative impacts prediction over the life of the projects, discounted benefits and costs to obtain NPV, and conducted sensitivity analysis.
Economic Growth Effect of Renewable Energy Consumption May 2016-July 2016
•Collected data in the world bank, and categorized data both in developing and developed countries.
•Established a regression equation about different variables which effects on renewable energy consumption.
•Charted graphs through Excel to explore the correlation between economic growth and variables, identified the correlation through R identifying the mean, standard error and t-value.
VOLUNTEER
American Cancer Society Minneapolis, MN
Volunteer October 2016-Present
•Assisted and organized activities, including reading books to the older children, playing games with them and holding music activities including saxophone instruction.
YMCA Minneapolis, MN
Volunteer October 2015-Feburary 2016
•Schemed and organized activities with other volunteers in order to communicate confidence building within the students.
SKILLS
|| Microsoft Excel || Word || PowerPoint || SAS || Stata || R || Multilingual-Mandarin and Japanese ||
LUQI LYU
|| ------------ || Champaign, IL || ------------ ||
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Urbana, IL
Master of Science in Economics December 2018
GPA: 3.66
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Science in Economics May 2017
Minor in Mathematics
GPA: 3.5
WORK EXPERIENCE
Fujian Jinguanyin Co. Ltd. August 2016- September 2016
Finance Intern Shanghai, China
•Assisted customers with financial questions, helped them understand utilization of wealth management tools, includingdomestic futures, stocks and commodity trading.
•Created an Excel database to house customer contact and financial information, streamlining the follow-up process.
•Made copies of requested financial materials, faxed information to corresponding branches, increasing communication.
Bank of Wenzhou June 2015- August 2015
Finance Intern Wenzhou, China
•Performed investigation on personal consumption loans and enterprise working capital loans, while introducingfinancial products to customers based on their history and current standing.
•Helped elderly clients open accounts, perform wire transfers and navigate through online banking tools.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Regional Income Convergence Process in East Java: Does Government Policy Matter April 2017-May 2017
•Measured vulnerability to poverty of households in Indonesia working within a group of four to assess futurepercentage of households affected.
•Utilized microdata to assess social economic factors or causes of vulnerability of poverty, including education, gender,age and working sector of household head; discovered a high likelihood of future disparity.
•Cleaned and ran data, using statistical software Stata to simplify and organize, then interpreted findings based onmethodical approach to Indonesian data structure.
The Cost and Benefits analysis of Dakota Access Pipeline September 2016-December 2016
•Consulted literature about Dakota Access Pipeline, searched World Bank data analyzing through Monte Carlo Method.
•Performed analysis through Standing, Impact Categories, and Quantitative impacts prediction over the life of the projects, discounted benefits and costs to obtain NPV, and conducted sensitivity analysis.
Economic Growth Effect of Renewable Energy Consumption May 2016-July 2016
•Collected data in the world bank, and categorized data both in developing and developed countries.
•Established a regression equation about different variables which effects on renewable energy consumption.
•Charted graphs through Excel to explore the correlation between economic growth and variables, identified the correlation through R identifying the mean, standard error and t-value.
VOLUNTEER
American Cancer Society Minneapolis, MN
Volunteer October 2016-Present
•Assisted and organized activities, including reading books to the older children, playing games with them and holding music activities including saxophone instruction.
YMCA Minneapolis, MN
Volunteer October 2015-Feburary 2016
•Schemed and organized activities with other volunteers in order to communicate confidence building within the students.
SKILLS
|| Microsoft Excel || Word || PowerPoint || SAS || Stata || R || Multilingual-Mandarin and Japanese ||