UF SASE - Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers

For GBM 2: SASE Baby ??, our members learned all about how to be better bosses in their own lives. We learned about different leadership techniques?? and even how to apply for SASE leadership positions! SASE members also learned how to get more involved on campus and practiced their communication and networking skills. In addition, we kicked off our M&M week with our mentor-mentee reveal ??????. Afterwards, we went to Huey Magoo's for our aftersocial to get some yummy food ??! We hope everyone is excited to get to know their new mentors and mentees. We are also eternally grateful to have had Tyler Lin drive all the way from Cape Canaveral to talk to us about the design team experiences ??? he had in college that allowed him to land multiple Tesla internships and finally a fast-paced but rewarding job at SpaceX!

We are incredibly honored to see UF SASE be recognized for its impact on our community ?? . It has shaped so many of us, whether from friendships?? , leadership ?? , or career opportunities ?? , and we are so happy to see how far we've grown. Being awarded the Strongest SASE Chapter, Student Organization of the Year, and Life Long Learner in Career Readiness, truly reflects all of the passion, dedication, and hard work of every single member, leader, and supporter who makes this organization possible. ?? ?? For anyone desiring a place to grow, connect, and leave an impact on those around you, UF SASE will always be here to welcome you ?? ?? . There is so much more ahead, and we all can not wait to keep building this amazing family together ?? #UF #UniversityOfFlorida #SASE #UFSASE #Leaders #Community #Award

We kicked off 2025 with our first general body meeting, PhineSASE and Ferb! ?? We learned strategies to approach the upcoming career fair and how to make an impression. ?????In addition, we discovered the science behind goal setting ?? and productivity. We hope all our members learned how to create some healthy habits and live out those New Year’s resolutions! Thank you to Nhu Dinh Dihn for being our Alumni Spotlight for this GBM! We appreciated hearing about Nhu’s experience during her time at UF and her involvement as our previous treasurer and secretary. Nhu currently works at Boeing as a Materials, Physics, & Processes Engineer and everyone here at UF SASE - Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers looks forward to seeing what she will achieve next. Thank you to everyone who attended! ?? ?

We are proud to announce that Blue Origin is a sponsor of UF SASE for the 2025 year!! ?? We have worked closely with Blue Origin for the past couple of years and are immensely grateful to continue this partnership into the new year! ?? Special thank you to Maddy Jacobs for being a great partner and supporter of UF SASE! We truly appreciate her hard work and willingness to connect with us. ?? ?? ? Blue Origin was founded with a vision of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Blue Origin envisions a time when people can tap into the limitless resources of space and enable the movement of damaging industries into space to preserve Earth, humanity’s blue origin.

We are so proud of our SASE Engineering Team (SET) for their work over the fall semester! ?? ?? Led by our Technical Chairs Manav Sanghvi and Kevin Tang, SET is currently working on "RescueGator," a search-and-rescue robotic dog that can help find injured individuals after natural disasters. So far, SET has developed an excellent cardboard prototype that mimics the walking physics of a larger-scale robotic dog. Furthermore, they've adapted and created machine learning models for computer vision and audio software to detect injured persons and screams. Last month, they presented these prototypes to over 170 SASE members at our winter banquet. SET has been a great way for our members to learn technical skills while also collaborating with other like-minded students. We are excited to see the completed RescueGator project demonstrated by the end of the spring semester!

As the semester officially ends SASE would like to thank some seniors — Ian Lai, David Pham, Nichapa Dancharnjitt, and Kevin Nguyen — who have made a real impact within our organization??. As SASE continues to grow and improve ??we will make sure to remember those who helped us get where we are today ??. We look forward to seeing what they accomplish in the next chapter of their lives ??! Congratulations University of Florida Graduates????!

We are so thankful to our amazing interns who planned the entirety of our 4th GBM: SASE Game 2 ?? ! We went on the dangerous and risky mission to win epic squid game prizes! Our dedicated interns implemented several exciting games for SASE members to compete in such as tug-of-war, a paper version of the Dalgona cookie challenge ?? and Guess Who? Shout out to everyone who helped plan this event and all those who came out to make SASE GAME 2 special. We had a blast playing all these games at our last GBM, and we look forward to seeing everyone next semester! We would also like to thank to Jesse Siu, our previous Alumni and Academic chair for joining us for the alumni spotlight??. She discussed exploring opportunities outside of one's major. Jesse graduated as an ISE major but has taken on a variety of roles such as data analyst, technical consultant, and more recently, associate client manager at NielsenIQ.

For GBM 3, SASE joined the Scooby gang to solve the mystery ?? behind stress and opportunities that our members can pursue outside internships! In order to handle stress, make sure to follow healthy lifestyle choices such as meal prepping for nutritious meals ?? and exercising ??! In addition, our members took part in laughter yoga that made sure everyone was a little less stressed leaving the GBM ??! We were also extremely lucky to have one of our former PIE (President, Internal VP, External VP) board members join us for the Alumni spotlight! Camille Hernandez, our 2020-2021 SASE president, currently works at SLB. Nicole C., our ‘20-’21 SASE IVP currently works at Universal Destinations & Experiences. Alexis Navarroza our ‘20-’21 currently works at KLS Martin Group. Our alumni spoke about how they leveraged their summers? and time at UF to tailor their careers to lead them where they currently are. They all took the time to acknowledge that internships are not the only way to spend summers and taking classes ?? , doing research ?? , or working are all useful experiences too! We are so glad they took the time to come back and talk to our SASE members, and we look forward to seeing more of their successes in the future

Thank you so much to everyone for coming out to our second UF SASE - Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers GBM! ?? For this GBM, we channeled our inner Big Hero SASE. To begin, our members scrambled to find others to complete a Baymax puzzle ?? and then created some creative handshakes ??. We began our content discussion with how to make professional connections in industry and in academia. Members were encouraged to use career fairs and office hours to develop meaningful and potentially advantageous connections. ?? In addition, in order to make new friends, our SASE members learned how to get more involved on campus and how to make meaningful connections with others. Hopefully, everyone met some new friends at the GBM! ?? After the GBM we had our mentor-mentee reveal and went to Bento for our after social ??. A special thank you to Daniel Nguyen, a previous UF SASE president, for being our Alumni spotlight ?? and sharing how he made the most of his time at UF and SASE. Now he works at Boeing ?? while pursuing his master’s degree. He gave advice on how he manages a work-life balance and goes about making personal and professional connections both currently and during his college years.

We are so grateful for the opportunity to host a P&G informational session! Our members learned more about what P&G looks for in candidates and how to progress through their internship process. We are want to give a special thank you to everyone who made this event possible: Ruiguang Fang Derek R. Rayane Jallouli Cyan Perez