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...
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...
