2015, Electrical Engineering, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Technical Writing
Luke van der Spoel was born in South Africa and has lived on the Big Island of Hawai‘i since his fifth birthday. He graduated from Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona in 2013. He is currently a sophomore at Rice University in Houston, Texas, pursuing a Bachelor of...
2015, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Software Development
Hannah Twigg-Smith was born in Kainaliu, Hawaii, and raised in both Kona and Waimea. She graduated from Hawaii Preparatory Academy in 2014 and is currently a member of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering class of 2018. Hannah is pursuing a degree in...
2015, Maui, Maui, Mobile application development, Software Development, Web Development
Derae Shibata is from Makawao, Maui. She is a sophomore at the University of Hawaii Maui College majoring in Electronic & Computer Engineering Technology (ECET). She plans on graduating with her Associate of Science degree in May 2016, followed by her Bachelor of...
2015, Database Design and Development, Maui, Oahu, Software Development
Kevin Ryan was born and raised on the western part of O‘ahu in our second city, Kapolei. He is a Honolulu Community College student completing an Associate of Science degree in the Computing Electronics Networking Technologies (CENT) program. Kevin’s expected...
2015, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Technical Writing
Brialyn Onodera was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii. A graduate of Kamehameha Schools, she attended the University of Hawaii at Hilo for three years, then transferred to the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the fall of 2014. She is currently enrolled...
2015, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu, Optical Systems, R&D
Tina Li was born and raised in Honolulu, where she graduated from President William McKinley High School. She currently attends the University of Hawaii at Manoa, pursing a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating, she would like to...
2014, Electrical Engineering, Hawaii Island, Maui
Drawing on his remote, off-the-grid upbringing on the North Shore of Maui, Charles Marley Rutkowski has used his many diverse opportunities to fuel his interests in science and engineering, and to establish a firm and broad STEM knowledgebase. After attending King...
2014, Astronomy, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, R&D
Leila Olivar was raised in Kea‘au on the island of Hawaii and graduated from Kea‘au High School in 2011. For her first year of college, she attended UH Hilo as a pre-engineering student, then transferred to UH Manoa where she is now majoring in Civil and...
2014, Astronomy, Chemistry & Biology, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island
Derek Hand is a senior at UH Hilo and is majoring in Astrophysics. He originally comes from Bemidji, Minnesota, but has been living on the Big Island for the last 2 years. He has interests ranging from outdoors sports to observational astronomy and computational...
