March Newsletter

Year 2022 Issue #3

"The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it." - Kalpana Chawla

Recent Event Highlights

ASEI 34th National Convention Awards presented by Indian Consul General in San Francisco

The ASEI 34th convention (STI-2022) culminated with award announcements as a result of the awards committee nomination and vetting of nominees for 10 awards in different categories as outlined here. Four winning students also received YTE award plaques.

At this celebratory recognition event held on Sunday Feb27th, those who have made outstanding achievements in engineering and technology and those who have contributed to society at large and to the ASEI organization were recognized. Lifetime Award recipient Dr Desh Deshpande was the keynote speaker while Guest of Honor Consul General Dr TV Nagendra Prasad presided over the award event and also shared his thoughts. Message to ASEI received from honorable Ambassador of India to United States Amb. T.S. Sandhu was shared by President Piyush Malik while opening the event.

For all awardee details, read the press release or click here

ASEI hosted a presentation on Cosmology by Dr Ranga-Ram Chary on Feb 26th

"Are there alternate Universes out there?" - Often when you google this topic and its related research one scientist who gets quoted is Dr Ranga-Ram Chary. He is an observational cosmologist from Caltech who presented to the ASEI audience on Feb 26th. Read more on the event here

Climate Change #Carbon Neutrality #Sustainability

In January we concluded our 34th National Convention talking about sustainable innovations and technologies amongst Aerospace Scientists, engineers of all flavors and technology leaders and CXOs across industries. Overcoming Climate change and adherence to UN sustainable development goals is a real challenge for corporations and governments alike. Recently, an IPCC report came out claiming climate change impacts are worse than previously predicted.

What does it mean to common folks like you and me? Here is the commentary from Michigan Chapter President Muthu Sivanantham.

Upcoming Events

March is a busy month for youth, women and mentoring!

March 5th

Mentor Connect Returns!

After a successful 2021 launch, MC is back and 2022 Cohorts are forming now. Don't forget to sign up to mentor or even be a mentee. Its fun! We guarantee it!

Divya Ashok from ASEI Silicon Valley will be moderating the virtual session with Jay Desai, (Salesforce), Rakesh Saini (Flagstar Bank) and Abhiram Iyengar (General Motors)

March 24th

Celebrating Women's History Month In-person event in Michigan

Meet Ashwani Balasubramanian, Group Chief Engineer of Harley Davidson in conversation with ASEI National Director Vatsala Upadhyay at this event.

Youth Corner

Science Fairs and Regional Youth Technology Exposition (YTE)

Science Fair Judges Wanted!

ASEI has always supported STEM and youth empowerment initiatives. Our regional science fairs are happening in this month across regions.

For the seventh year in a row, the Silicon Valley chapter will be sponsoring regional awards. We have partnered with corporations and local agencies like Synopsys and Santa Clara Science Fair organization to facilitate judging at the Special ASEI awardees in High School category on March 10th.

Since this is a virtual event, if any of you would like to be a judge (irrespective of location), please click below to register or write to us.

Do you know any students (middle school, high school, or undergraduate college) who could benefit from volunteering and earning service hour credits?

Look no further as ASEI is now accredited to offer Volunteer Service hours and Presidential awards depending on the level of student’s contributions and involvement.

Social Media Spotlight

ASEI Thanks dozens of Volunteers without whom the 34th National Convention would not have been possible. Here's a video that was tweeted recently
This video is dedicated to all the 35 + Speaker s across Aerospace Symposium and CXO Summit.
"Going down the Rabbit hole with Web3" An amazing session at the 34th National Convention by Sandy Carter
"Business Process Automation has been around for two decades but IPA pushes the boundaries" Former ASEI National Boar member Geetika Tandon shares her POV here in this post

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Attention Readers: Do you have any feedback for this Newsletter? Do you wish to contribute articles and demonstrate your professional thought leadership? If so, do reach out to anyone on the editorial team: Amrish Chopra, Vatsala Upadhyay, Sunita D ublish or Piyush Malik

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