Derek Hand

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...

Mark Galiza

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...

Michelle Chu

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...

Andrew Zeitler

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...

Kelli Yamane

2014, Chemistry & Biology, Hawaii Island, Oahu

Kelli Yamane graduated from Mililani High School in 2010, and will be graduating from UH Hilo in Fall 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry–Health Sciences, with minors in Biology and Computer Science.  She plans to pursue a master’s degree in either...