2019, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering
Makena was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii and attended Kamehameha Schools Hawaii. She now attends Smith College in Massachusetts where she is currently pursuing her bachelor’s of science in Engineering with a minor in Architecture and Urbanism. As a student athlete,...
2019, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu
Danielle was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and graduated from Kalani High School. She is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Mãnoa. She has growing interests in space from her projects with the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory...
2019, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu, Pasadena, Software Development
Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Jonathan Zerez is currently a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering at the Olin College of Engineering. Outside of classwork, he is heavily involved in Olin’s Formula SAE Electric project team where he specializes in systems...
2019, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu
Kaiaka Kepa-Alama was born in Halawa, Oahu and graduated from Saint Louis School. He is currently a senior at the University of Hawaii at Manoa majoring in Mechanical Engineering. His career goal is to hold a decision making position that benefits both the innovations...
2019, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu
Jaynine was born and raised on Saipan, an island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to pursue a college education. From there she received an Associates in Natural Science with a concentration on Physical Sciences at...
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...
