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...
2014, Maui, Maui, Mechanical Engineering
Mark Galiza was born in the Philippines, and moved to Hawaii when he was seven years old. Mark is a 2013 alumnus of Maui High School and a Class of 2013 Gates Millennium Scholar. He is currently a Sophomore at the Univ. of Washington, Seattle, where he plans to...
2014, Environmental Engineering, Hawaii Island, Oahu
Michelle Chu is from Kailua, O‘ahu. She will be a senior this fall at UH Manoa, pursuing a bachelor of science in Civil and Environmental Engineering. After graduating, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, allowing her to work with...
