| Student | Thesis at ISU | Next |
| A.Thurman (2008) | Modeling In Ecology Via Kohonen Self Organizing Maps Under Biased-Sampling Correction | Ph.D. at UW-Madison, |
| J.Hallam (2009) | Genetic Algorithms With Shrinking Population Size | Ph.D. at Mich. State. Univ. |
| K.Taylor (2009) | Mary Had A Little Lamb: Using Genetic Algorithms To Create Music | Ph.D. St. Louis Univ., Math. |
| J.Lelko (2009) | The Effects Of Climate Change On Grasshopper Densities | Analyst at NSA |
| E. Walker (2010) | Minimizing the Delay of Time Petri Nets with Decision Nodes Using Genetic Algorithms | Faculty at Penn State, at Mont Alto |
| D. Witzcak (2010) | Lifetime Modeling Under Varying Censored Data | Analyst at Donlen Corporation |
| N. Cetin (2011) | Predictive Model Selection via Genetic Algorithms | Ph.D. at Eastern Med. Univ. |
| Y. Song (2012) | Prediction of Genes Related to Antibiotic Mode of Action by Using Random Forest and Path Analysis | Post-doc at Univ. of Maryland |
| C. Mackenzie (2012) | Clustering and Classification with Self Organizing Maps | Ph.D. at Dartmouth College |
| T. Grant (2013) | Modeling with IRENE: Integrated R-Code for Engineered Neural Evolution | Data Analytics Expert at IBM |
| A. Campen (2014) | Cancer Incidence in Illinois in Relation to Farm Chemicals Use | State Farm Insurance, IL |
| I. Chubarova (2015) | Modeling Cholera Using Engineered Genetic Algorithm | Analyst at OSF Health Care, Peoria, IL |
| S. Mowry (2015) | Using An Agent-Based Model To Study The Effect Of Reproductive Skew On Mongoose Populations | Research Analyst, Real EndPoints Pharmaceuticals |
| Y. Li (2016) | On the Dynamics of Boolean Gene Regulatory Networks with Stochasticity | Univ. of Conn. Medical School, CT |
| L. Niu (2016) | The comparison of Eupatorium reinosum and Eupatorium perfoliatum by Leslie matrix | Statistician, Akorn Pharmaceuticals |
| M. Henderson (2017) | An Analysis of an Impulsive Stage Structured Integrated Pest Management Model with Refuge Effect | Analyst at RR Donnelly |
| G. Yuce (2018) | Lattice-Gas Cellular Automata In Modeling Biological Pattern Formation | Ph.D. at Izmir Univ. of Econ. |
| J. Gonzales (2018) | Clustering High-Dimensional Biological Data Via K-Dimensional Self-Adjusting Sieve | M.S. at School of Bio. Sci. at Illinois State Univ. |
| S. Liesman (2020) | An Investigation of Gene Regulatory Network State Space Variability | Data Scientist, Illinois Board of Education |
| D. Handley (2020) | A Study of the Efficacy of Machine Learning for Diagnosing Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Non-diabetic Patients | Ph.D. at the Ohio State Univ. |
| A. Sifuentes (2020) | A Study of Covid-19 Mortality under Varying Patient Frailty | Research Analyst at NORC at the Univ. of Chicago |
| E. Cornellius (2021) | Covid-19 Mortality Prediction Using Machine Learning-Integrated Random Forest Algorithm under Varying Patient Frailty | Ph.D. at Oregon State Univ. |
| C. Kolakowski (2021) | The Reemergence of Eradicated Disease due to Ecological Impact of Climate Change | Math. Teacher at Fusion |