The Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium awarded undergraduate fellowships in the Fall of 2008 to students at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

University of Hawai'i at Manoa:

• Jessica Ayau, a junior in Education, will be continuing her project titled, "Identification and Mapping of Hawaiian Coral Reefs Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing." Jessica's study area is off the coast of O'ahu and she is combining ocean field work with a supervised-classification mapping technique on airborne remote sensing data. Dr. Barbara Bruno of the Center for Microbial Oceanography and Harold Garbeil of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology are serving as mentors.
• Amy Blas, a senior in Electrical Engineering, is joining the Kumu A'o CubeSat team to work as project manager and co-lead for the telecommunication subsystem. Working with mentors Lloyd French and Byron Wolfe, of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Amy and undergraduate teammates are working to complete a low-Earth-orbiting CubeSat satellite mission, from design to construction, launch, and operations.
• Jeremy Chan, a senior in Electrical Engineering, who previously worked on the command and data handling subsystem for the Kumu A'o CubeSat team will take over as the project systems engineer. He will also oversee improvements to the firmware for the satellite flight model. Working with mentors Lloyd French and Byron Wolfe, of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Jeremy and undergraduate teammates are working to develop, test, launch, and operate a CubeSat mission.
• Aaron de Loach, a senior in Geology and Geophysics, will continue his project titled, "Satellite Tracking of Complex Eruptive Events at Kilauea During 2007-2008." Aaron is using GOES data for near-real-time satellite monitoring of volcanic events and has already categorized 13,000 images. Drs. Robert Wright and Andy Harris, both of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, are serving as mentors.
• Jeffrey Guzman, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, will be working with mentor Dr. Weilin Qu of the Department of Mechanical Engineering on experiments to improve spacecraft thermal control. In his study titled, "Two-phase Micro-Channel Heat Sink Cooling Loop" Jeffrey will concentrate on system assembly and determining the effects of gravity on the thermal performance of the cooling loop.
• Reece Iwami, a senior in Electrical Engineering, will continue working as a CubeSat project leader and has designed a planar inverted F antenna. He is also investigating subsystems integration in his project titled "A Planar Antenna and Modular Subsystem Design for CubeSats." Serving as mentor is Dr. Wayne Shiroma of the Department of Electrical Engineering.
• Windell Jones, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, will continue working on the Kumu A'o CubeSat team working on the attitude control systems and share board. Working with mentors Lloyd French and Byron Wolfe, of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Windell and undergraduate teammates are working to develop, test, launch, and operate a CubeSat. Windell was also a 2008 Summer Intern at the NASA Robotics Academy at Ames Research Center, California.
• Kaveh Khosroshahi, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, will put his skills to work for space technology in his project titled, "Mechanical Performance and Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Tows/Tapes in Hierarchical Nanocomposites for Space Applications." Serving as mentor is Dr. Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Erin Miller, a senior in Geology and Geophysics, will work with mentor Dr. Cecily Wolfe of the Department of Geology and Geophysics to study seismic data of Hawaiian volcanoes to help explain geologic behavior on other planetary bodies. Erin's project is titled "Magmatism and Faulting at Kilauea Volcano: An Analog to Tharsis Volcanoes on Mars."
• Whitney Reyes, a junior in Botany, will pursue her interests in documenting distribution and health of land cover in Hawai'i in a project titled, "Mapping and Analysis of Vegetation Diversity Using Remote Sensing." Whitney will conduct field work to support her remote sensing mapping and analysis of plant health. Dr. Barbara Bruno of the Center for Microbial Oceanography and Harold Garbeil of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology are serving as mentors.
• Isaac Rodrigues, a senior in Electrical Engineering, is joining the Kumu A'o CubeSat team to work on the telecommunication subsystem. Working with mentors Lloyd French and Byron Wolfe, of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Isaac and undergraduate teammates are working to complete an entire low-Earth-orbiting satellite mission, from design to construction, launch, and operations.
• Tyson Seto-Mook, a senior in Electrical Engineering, will continue working on the command and data handling subsystem for the Kumu A'o CubeSat team. Working with mentors Lloyd French and Byron Wolfe, of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Tyson and undergraduate teammates are working to develop, test, launch, and operate a CubeSat.
• Jordan Torres, a senior in Electrical Engineering, will continue working on the power system with the Kumu A'o CubeSat team. Working with mentors Lloyd French and Byron Wolfe, of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Jordan and undergraduate teammates are working to complete a low-Earth-orbiting satellite mission.
• Reid Yamura, a senior in Electrical Engineering, is joining the Kumu A'o CubeSat team to work on the command and data handling subsystem. Working with mentors Lloyd French and Byron Wolfe, of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Reid and undergraduate teammates are working to complete an entire low-Earth-orbiting satellite mission, from design to construction, launch, and operations.

CanSat Fellows:

Space Grant Community College campuses are sponsoring engineering programs for students to design, build, and test CanSats. A CanSat is a scientific experiment package, the size of a soda can and commonly launched by weather balloon or small rocket, designed to retrieve photographic, temperature, pressure, and altitude data for near-Earth, low-atmosphere experiments. The CanSat students from the different campuses have worked together and participated in ARLISS Competitions (A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites).

• Premo Ames, Todd Esposito and Joleen Iwaniec, Windward Community College, are working with mentors Joe Ciotti, Jake Hudson, and Helen Rapozo, on "Holomua--The Way Forward: Continuing ARLISS Efforts." Their current efforts are focused on re-designing the electronics for quicker data acquisition and faster communications, as well as speedier location determination. In addition, their experiments continue to determine the most efficient airframe design.

Kauai Community College:

• Eric Fune: "Modulation of Light (laser) for Audio Transmission"
• Keelan Sakuda: "Space Warrior"
• Bradly Wilcox: "Nature of Light with Applications to Astronomy and Biophotonics"