Max Richmond Sibayan – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: USDA ARS Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center. Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Peishih Liang & Jason Dzurisin Project title: Implementation of a Harmonic Radar integrated Unmanned...

Ira Mullins – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Hilo, Hawaii Island High School: Institution when accepted: Colorado School of Mines Site: Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Waimea, Hawaii Island Mentors: Marc Baril Project title: Designing the Mounting and the Enclosure of CFHT’s...

Zachary Montondo – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Maui High School: Institution when accepted: UH Maui College Site: Maui Electric Company (MECO). Kahului, Maui Mentors: Alexandria Hovden & Caroline Somera Project title: Designing Next-Generation Fault Response Schematics for HECO Substations...

Julian Malecha – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Maui High School: Institution when accepted: UH Maui College Site: KBR. Kihei, Maui Mentors: Randy Goebbert Project title: Installation and testing observatory weather instruments and power system Project Abstract:...

Caroline Lefaoseu – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Waimea, Hawaii Island Mentors: Greg Barrick Project title: Upgrading the Load Cells for CFHT’s Primary Mirror Handling Carriage Project...

Riley Lau – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (NSO/DKIST). Pukalani, Maui Mentors: James Hoag & Paul Jeffers Project title: M1 Lifter Transport Leg & Platform Lift Roll Up Door Locking Pin...

Evan Lam – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Institute for Astronomy, Hilo (IfA). Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Luke McKay & Raycen Wong Project title: Design and Prototyping of Deployable Sensing Probe Arms for the UH 2.2m...

Edinn Kitagawa – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Hilo, Hawaii Island High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: W. M. Keck Observatory (Keck). Waimea, Hawaii Island Mentors: Ed Wetherell Project title: Implementing an Elevation Interlock for Keck I’s Telescope Laser Project...

Gabriel Jeffers – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Maui High School: Institution when accepted: University of Colorado Denver Site: University of California Observatories (UCO). Santa Cruz, CA Mentors: Renate Kupke Project title: Evaluating the effects of diffraction on Shack Hartmann wavefront...

Landen Ildefonso – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (NSO/DKIST). Pukalani, Maui Mentors: Wade Bortz & Tim Williams Project title: Upgrading the Seismic Monitoring System for DKIST Project Abstract:...