Gabriel Jeffers – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Maui High School: Institution when accepted: University of Colorado Denver Site: University of California Observatories (UCO). Santa Cruz, CA Mentors: Renate Kupke Project title: Evaluating the effects of diffraction on Shack Hartmann wavefront...

Landen Ildefonso – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (NSO/DKIST). Pukalani, Maui Mentors: Wade Bortz & Tim Williams Project title: Upgrading the Seismic Monitoring System for DKIST Project Abstract:...

Andrew Li – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA). Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Derek Kubo Project title: Assembly and Optimization of a Test Bench for Non-linear Signal...

Isaiah Broderson – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Hilo, Hawaii Island High School: Institution when accepted: UH Hilo Site: Gemini Observatory. Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Patrick Parks & Winston Wu Project title: Developing a Machine Learning Pointing Model for the Gemini Observatory Project...

Lucas Horsman – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: University of California Observatories (UCO). Santa Cruz, CA Mentors: Kyle Westfall Project title: Developing a User-friendly Motion Control Software for the Robotic Positioners in the...

Ben Ellis – Akamai Internship 2026

  Home Island: Oahu High School: Institution when accepted: UH Manoa Site: Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). Hilo, Hawaii Island Mentors: Raycen Wong Project title: Designing NASA’s IRTF Secondary Mirror Handling and Installation Ring as well as Storage...