Andrew Li – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA). Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Derek Kubo Project title: Assembly and Optimization of a Test Bench for Non-linear Signal...

Isaiah Broderson – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Hilo, Hawaii Island High School: Institution when accepted: UH Hilo Site: Gemini Observatory. Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Patrick Parks & Winston Wu Project title: Developing a Machine Learning Pointing Model for the Gemini Observatory Project...

Lucas Horsman – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: University of California Observatories (UCO). Santa Cruz, CA Mentors: Kyle Westfall Project title: Developing a User-friendly Motion Control Software for the Robotic Positioners in the...

Ben Ellis – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Raycen Wong Project title: Designing NASA’s IRTF Secondary Mirror Handling and Installation Ring as well as Storage...

Caleb DeSoto – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (NSO/DKIST). Pukalani, Maui Mentors: Sarah Jaeggli Project title: Looking at Planets with the World’s Largest Optical Solar Telescope: Conjunctions...

Ruby Delgadillo – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: University of California Observatories (UCO). Santa Cruz, CA Mentors: Aaron Hunte & Phil Hinz Project title: Optimization of Precision Displacement Sensing of UCO’s Adaptive...

Juliana De Vera – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Kapiolani CC Site: Institute for Astronomy, Hilo (IfA). Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Christopher Hamner Project title: Mechanical Design of Compact Laser Diode Module Project Abstract:...

Bethany de Loach – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Hilo, Hawaii Island High School: Institution when accepted: UH Hilo Site: Gemini Observatory. Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Cicero Lu & Winston Wu Project title: Exoplanets in the Big Data Era: Discovering Infant Planetary Systems and...

Winry Cigna – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Kona, Hawaii High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: W. M. Keck Observatory (Keck). Waimea, Hawaii Island Mentors: Jason Worden Project title: Designing a Tensile Load Testing System for W. M. Keck Observatory’s Primary Mirror...

Nathan Chong – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School:  Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: W. M. Keck Observatory (Keck). Waimea, Hawaii Island Mentors: Mahawa Cisse Project title: Setup and Characterization of Keck’s Deformable Mirror for an Infrared Pyramid Test Bench...