Jeremy Steel

2004, Maui, Maui

I have been studying at Maui Community College for the past two years. This past summer I had the opportunity to participate in an internship program with the Center For Adaptive Optics where I worked at an observatory documenting installations and upgrades on the...

Joshua Martin

2004, Maui, Oahu, Optical Systems

Joshua Martin is from Makaha on the island of Oahu. He graduated Kamehameha Schools in 2000, where he was all-state in football and baseball. After high school Joshua moved to San Diego, California where he attends the University of San Diego. Joshua was an Akamai...

Nathan Kimura

2004, Maui, Maui, Web Development

Nathan Kimura was born and raised in Wailuku, Maui.  He came to the Akamai program the summer after he received a B.S. in computer science from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA.  After completing his summer internship at Textron, he accepted a fulltime position with...

Melina Kari

2004, Maui, Maui

I am from Bulgaria where I got my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Controls. I came to the U.S. in 1998 and I lived in the Washington, D.C. area before coming to Maui. I worked for Lucent Technologies for three years as a Quality...

Mark Elies

2003, 2004, Maui, Maui

Mark Elies was an Akamai intern for two summers.  In 2003 he worked with the Maui High Performance Computing Center and then returned to the Akamai program for a second year and worked at Akimeka.  He received an A.S. degree from the Electronic and Computer...

Delmar Domino

2004, Maui, Maui

Delmar Domino is a graduate of Baldwin High School on Maui.  He was an Akamai intern in 2004 where he completed a project at Oceanit. He completed his A.S. degree in Electronics Engineering at Maui Community College later that year. Currently, Delmar is working at...

Sunny Cabello

2004, Maui, Oahu

Sunny Cabello was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.  She completed her Akamai Internship in 2004 at the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC). After completing her A.S. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology at Maui Community College, she accepted a...

Omega Smith

2010, Astronomy, Hawaii Island, Mainland

Omega Smith was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and distracted herself for two years at the University of Alaska at Anchorage while pursuing interests in music composition and psychology.  Her interest in astronomy dates back to her first astronomy class in high...

Jamie Scharf

2010, Hawaii Island, Mainland

Jamie Scharf was born and raised in California.  From a very young age, she has been interested in the other planets within our solar system, especially Mars.  With the goal of becoming a planetary science researcher, she graduated from Porterville College in...

Chihiro Sasaki – Akamai 2010

2010, Hawaii Island, Oahu, Software Development

Chihiro Sasaki was born on Oahu and lived in Japan until eight years old, when she moved to Hilo.  Having graduated from Waiakea High School in 2008, she is currently majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.  For her third year...