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, 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, Electrical Engineering, Hawaii Island, Maui, R&D
Andrew Zeitler is a senior in the Engineering Technology bachelor’s program at UH Maui College. He holds an Associate of Arts degree from Green River Community College, an Associate of Science in Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) from UH Maui...
2015, Maui, Maui, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Systems, R&D, Software Development
By age thirteen, Saxon Knight had been to six different public schools and transitioned through private school into home-based autodidacticism. He and his mother moved at least twice a year, so he turned to the internet for socialization and began to indulge in the...
2015, Maui, Maui, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Systems, R&D, Software Development
Kourtney Kehr was born in Kahului, Maui and will be a junior studying Mechanical Engineering in the fall at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her academic interests include space travel and she hopes to become an astronaut one day in the future. She currently works...
2015, Maui, Maui, Optical Systems, R&D, Software Development
Celina Bekins is a sophomore at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, where she is studying Mechanical Engineering with concentrations in Robotics and Sustainability. She grew up on Maui and has had to adjust to not seeing the sun all the time in Massachusetts, but...
