Irvine – The Filipino American Society of Architects and Engineers of Southern California (FASAE SoCal) President Peter Magno and Vice President/ President-Elect Ethel Rubio visited the Filipinx Undergraduate Scientist-Engineers in an Organized Network (FUSION) at the University of California in Irvine, California for the formal donation check presentation for $1,300.00 on Saturday, February 24, 2024. President Magno presented the donation check to FUSION at UCI President Rose Absin to help fund this year’s FUSION Engineering Project (FEP): Mobile Gesture-Controlled Robotic Arm.
According to engineering student FEP Co-Directors Justine Obedencio and Daniel Reyes during their presentation, the funds requested will help cover the cost of materials that will be used by five FUSION student member teams to build their versions of the robotic arms project.
The afternoon’s program included an informative presentation on Sustainability in Infrastructure presented by FASAE SoCal VP Ethel Rubio who is a credentialed sustainability professional. She ended the presentation by encouraging engineering students to acquire their ENVISION Sustainability Professional credentials and incorporate sustainability in their capstone projects.
This is a meaningful culminating activity for both FASAE SoCal and FUSION at UCI to end the National Engineers Week, which was celebrated from Sunday, February 18 to Saturday, February 24, 2024. It was a great opportunity to have an informal conversation between the students and the profession. FUSION members from various engineering programs were represented at this important gathering.
The Filipino American Society of Architects and Engineers of Southern California is a nonprofit professional organization whose mission is “to advocate and promote the advancement and professional growth of the Filipino American Architects and Engineers for the public good.”
For more information about the Filipino American Society Architects and Engineers of Southern California, please visit www.fasae-socal.org. n
