Maximillian Banach
Max Banach is an Eagle Scout and fourth-year Electrical Engineering & Economics dual major at the University of Florida. After hailing from Connecticut, Max attended Pine View School for the Gifted – ranked #1 Secondary School in Florida – where he developed his love for computers and electrical hardware. Besides his main academic majors, Max is pursuing a minor in Engineering Innovation and a certificate in Engineering Project Management: highlighting his desire to work as a Project Manager to leverage his soft and hard skill toolbox. He enjoys the cross-section between economic markets and semiconductor/electronic component manufacturing as highlighted by recent global supply chain shortages. Max has built up nearly a year of full-time work experience across internships at Michelin, Motorola Solutions, and Samsung.
Max loves collaborating with others in team-based project environments; his main goal is to help people come together to solve increasingly complex problems. In recognition of his leadership contributions to the Wertheim College of Engineering, Max was inducted into the Engineering Leadership Circle: membership limited to 0.5% of the Engineering student body. Max has scaled his leadership experience into prominent roles in the Engineering Leadership Circle, UF Model UN, UF Student Senate, and the UF ECE Department. In his free time, Max loves to read about international politics – something he learns about as an award-winning delegate, Secretary-General, and Director of Member Development on UF’s Model UN team.
Top 5 Clifton Strengths: Competition, Significance, Input, Analytical, Focus
Andrés Espinosa
Andrés Espinosa is a fourth-year Industrial Engineering Honors Student at the University of Florida with experience in supply chain management and transportation optimization research. He will be graduating from UF with his bachelor’s in ISE in May 2025 and with his master’s in ISE in May 2026.
Andrés has worked as a teaching assistant for five courses in the UF College of Engineering: EEL3003 (Intro to Circuits), ESI3215C (ISE Statistics), ESI4313 (Operations Research II), ESI4610 (Intro to Data Analytics), and EIN4343 (Inventory and Supply Chain Management).
His research at the university has been conducted under Dr. Aleksandr M. Kazachkov, where Andrés used Python to create a transportation optimization back-end system for a local food bank. He was also awarded Best UG Poster for his personal research in generative music AI models at the 2024 Spring ISE Research Symposium. Andrés spent his 2024 summer as a Supply Chain Intern at Procter & Gamble.
Cody Flynn
Cody Flynn is a Computer Science major in HWCoE and is also pursuing a Mathematics minor. He specializes in algorithm design and analysis, which was part of his position at Lutron Electronics during his summer internship. He is well-versed in machine learning and has created several ML models from scratch. Finally, he is part of Gator Motorsports and is assisting in creating a formula-style electric car.
Jason Li
Jason Li is a fourth-year Computer Science and Statistics Undergraduate Student at the University of Florida with experience in full-stack website development and app development. He will be graduating with his Bachelor’s in May 2025.
Jason has worked as a peer mentor in Information and Database Systems and also served as a peer tutor for the CISE Department.
He spent the past summer as a Full Stack Software Development Intern at Fidelity Investments using Angular and GraphQL.
Han Mach
Han Mach is a fourth-year Computer Science student at the University of Florida, also pursuing a minor in Digital Arts and Sciences. Driven by a passion for innovation and creative freedom, Han explores various subfields of computer science, combining technical expertise with artistic pursuits. With experience in full-stack development and game development, Han brings a unique blend of skills to the table. As a Research Assistant within the College of Psychology, Han contributes to experimental user interfaces and data analysis programs, blending technical skills with interdisciplinary research. Beyond engineering, Han serves as a UF Peer Leader, demonstrating a commitment to community engagement and leadership.
Brian Magnuson
Brian Magnuson is a fourth-year Computer Science student at the University of Florida. He is primarily interested in full-stack software engineering and front-end web development. From his experience building websites for multiple student organizations, he has acquired skills in a handful of front-end web technologies, including React, Next.js, and SvelteKit.
Brian’s love of games and desire to express stories and art through programming led him to pursue a minor in Digital Arts and Sciences and study game development in Unity and Godot. His desire to learn and experience new technologies has led to him creating many personal projects from Arduino builds to his own programming language and compiler! Furthermore, his interest in helping others learn programming led him to become a teaching assistant for data structures and algorithms, developing new lessons to improve the course.
Brian will be graduating with his Bachelor’s in May 2025. His love for programming and learning new technologies will continue to drive him forward.
Cathy Quan
Cathy Quan is a fourth-year Computer Science Student at the University of Florida. She is minoring in Mathematics and has obtained an AI Certificate.
Cathy has worked as a teaching assistant for two courses in the UF College of Engineering: COT3100 (Discrete Math) and CIS4301 (Information and Database Systems). She spent her 2023 summer working at Nextera Energy, where she worked in the Revenue Management division. She programmed integrated scripts with Worksoft to model multiple business scenarios and enhance customer billing verification library. This past summer, Cathy worked as a software engineering intern for the Renel Ghana Foundation. She built a database for the Ghanaian school system as well as a full-stack web application to facilitate continuous communication between the organization and the schools.