September Newsletter

Year 2021 Issue #7

“The scientist discovers a new type of material or energy and the engineer discovers a new use for it." - Gordon Lindsay Glegg

Emerging Trends in the post-COVID era: Cloud Computing

The pace of digitization accelerated nearly 7X globally during the pandemic, as huge portions of the economy moved to digital channels. Cloud infrastructure is a critical enabler for this digital transformation and in the post pandemic world this trend of cloud adoption is only going to accelerate. How does this impact the engineering community and creates opportunities? This is first article in the emerging trends series.

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Career Fair Chalk Talk

September 18 | 11am ET/ 8am PT

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ASEI PICNIC SOCIAL

September 25 | 10 am PT

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User Experience Design (UXD) & Innovation: Best practices and Career guidance for aspirants

October 9 | 10am PT / 1pm ET

Past Events

India @ 75

ASEI chapters around USA celebrated India’s 75th Independence day. Sharing some images and writeups captured at events in Silicon Valley and Michigan.

Aerospace Is Hot - A Conversation With Dr Shreekant Agrawal

Dr Shreekant Agrawal, an IIT alum is a quintessential ASEI “Lifer” In this conversation with ASEI President Piyush Malik as part of Engineering Tales Episode #6 , he shares his professional journey as well as origins of his ASEI involvement, his passion for Aeronautical engineering especially design and development of Flight systems, defence fighter jets, missiles as well as now very cool urban air mobility autonomous machines in his current role 4 decades after graduating.

Youth Corner

Do you know any students (high school or Undergraduate) who could benefit from volunteering during the summer months and earning service hour credits? Look no further, ASEI is now accredited to offer Volunteer Service hours and awards depending on the level of student’s contributions and involvement. Contact any of the editors of this newsletter for more details.

Mentoring Corner

Last month Dilip Saraf asked “Do you wait to uncover your passion for something to pursue, hoping that it would change your life?” This month our resident career coach shares the framework he has perfected in his practice

ASEI Salutes the COVID Warriors:

We are still reeling under the impact of COVID19 and its variants but COVID Warriors are all around us and doing an amazing job for which we are thankful. Here's an inspiring personal account of volunteerism and resilience amidst trying circumstances of COVID by ASEI Silicon Valley Life Member Divya Ashok, who currently serves as a Vice President at Salesforce. She was selected by Fortune magazine to be a part of their Most Powerful Women Next-Gen cohort in 2017, 2018, and 2020 and is a recipient of numerous awards

Social Media Spotlight

Celebrating the pioneering spirit of India’s space program founder & architect Padma Vibhushan Dr Vikram Sarbhai
Robotics advancing by leaps and bounds via Boston Dynamics
Who prevented the Apollo 11 mission abort? Margaret Hamilton is also credited with coining the term Software Engineering!
Bioengineering meets Chemical engineering and Software : Artificial Intelligence being used to discover anti-aging chemical compounds to extend human longevity

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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 the editorial team: Amrish Chopra, Sunita D ublish, Santosh Ankola or Piyush Malik