Big Island Placements
Hawaii Island Observatories
Past interns have been placed at organizations in Hilo, Waimea, and Kona. The list below shows past placements, and represents possible placements for the coming summer:
- Big Island Abalone Corporation
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
- Cellana
- Gemini North Observatory
- Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Authority (NELHA)
- Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES)
- Smithsonian Submillimeter Array (SMA)
- Subaru Telescope
- University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
- University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Institute for Astronomy (IfA)
- W.M. Keck Observatory
Maui Placements
Haleakala Observatories
Past interns have been placed at organizations in Wailuku, Kihei, and Pukalani. The list below shows past placements, and represents possible placements for the coming summer:
- 2c4 Technologies
- Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
- Akimeka
- Boeing
- Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
- Hnu Photonics
- Koa IT
- Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)
- Maui Innovation Group
- Oceanit
- Pacific Defense Solutions (now Integrity Applications Incorporated or IAI)
- University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy Maui (IfA)
Security Clearance
Due to the confidential nature of the research done with a few of the organizations above, interns will be subject to a security clearance including a background check on immigration status and criminal record. Interns who are placed at these sites will be asked to fill out specific security questionnaires prior to the summer of the internship.
Placements at future telescopes
Akamai collaborates with telescopes that invest in developing local technical talent in Hawaii. Placements at the the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO) project office in Pasadena, California, as well as other TIO partner sites, give interns a chance to gain early experience with telescopes that are now under construction. Past placements include: