2019, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering
David Bennett is from Salt Lake City and moved to Hilo with his wife in 2012. Dave attended Southern Utah University as a Mathematics major/Art minor and the University of Hawaii at Hilo as an Astronomy major where he had the opportunity to travel to Namibia to be the...
2019, Maui, Maui, Mechanical Engineering
Jett is a Class of 2017 graduate of Maui Highschool. He is an upcoming third year at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, general concentration, with an emphasis in energy collection and conversion. The release...
2019, Computer Engineering, Hawaii Island, Maui
Christopher Artates was born in California and raised on Maui, graduating from H. P. Baldwin High School in 2016. At Baldwin, he dedicated much of his time to the FIRST Robotics program, but was also involved in the Japanese culture club, book club, and Science...
2019, Biomedical/Bioengineering, Maui, Oahu
Tojo grew up in Makakilo on the island of Oahu. He graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapalama in 2018 and is studying computer science at Columbia University in New York City. In high school, he was on the math team and conducted cancer research. He enjoys playing...
2014, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu
Natalie was born in Honolulu but raised in Hilo, where she developed a love for math and science at a young age. After graduating from Hilo High School as one of several valedictorians that year, she spent her freshman year at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont,...
2018, Hawaii Island, Maui, Maui
Jonah “Kalani” Wengler was born and raised in Wailupe O’ahu and graduated from Kamehameha Schools. He is currently a senior at the University of Hawaii at Manoa majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Jonah recently participated in First Nations Launch (FNL) for the first...
2018, Hawaii Island, Maui, Maui
Makena Wagner was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii. Makena attended Kamehameha Schools Hawaii from the 6th grade until graduating in 2016. She now attends Smith College in Massachusetts where she is currently pursuing her bachelor’s of science in Engineering with a...
2018, Hawaii Island, Maui, Maui
Akira was born and raised on the island of Oahu. After graduating from Kaimuki High School, he went on to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Akira is also involved with the Hawaii Undergraduate Initiative...
2018, Hawaii Island, Maui, Maui
Sean was born in New Jersey but raised in Honolulu. He is fluent in English and Japanese, and learned Chinese in high school. He is graduating from Kapiolani Community College with an Associate degree in Natural Science – Pre-engineering and transferring to University...
