Please click on the links below to view the various award announcements:
- Codi Wong, American Society for Microbiology – April 2013
- STEM Program student Codi Wong was given a travel award at the annual spring conference for the Hawaii branch of the American Society for Microbiology.
- Micon Garvilles, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Transfer Scholarship – April 2013
- STEM Program student and ASNS Life Science Pathway major Micon Garvilles was awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Transfer Scholarship, which is only awarded to 60 community college students throughout the nation every year.
- Robin Kaai (in conjunction with Thomas Premeaux), John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities Symposium – April 2013
- STEM Program student and Peer Mentor Robin Kaai, along with fellow KapCC Undergraduate Researcher Thomas Premeaux, won the top award at the 2013 UH Manoa JABSOM Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities Symposium. It was the first time a community college student had taken the top honor.
- STEM students present at the 2013 National Conference on Undergraduate Research - April 11th, 2013
- STEM Program students Arvin Niro, Makana Ramos, and Lee Do (faculty advisor, Dr. Aaron Hanai) presented on “Implementing Intelligent Electronic Traction Control Systems in Robotic Platforms.”
- STEM Program students Michelle Chu and Roberto Ramilo (faculty advisor, Dr. Herve Collin) presented on “The Estimation of Daytime Sleepiness in Hawaii College Students Using Pupilometry.”
- STEM student Micon Garvilles won first place in the undergraduate student poster division for biological sciences at the 2012 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS) National Conference – October 11th, 2012
- Announcement on the CCURI website (please scroll to the bottom of the page)
- Official research awards page on the SACNAS website
- Former KapCC STEM Program students win the Shidler College of Business UH Business Plan Competition – April 2012
- Christian Daoud, Leon Santinizio, and Huilin Xie, won first place with their Unique Lite Design unit load device.
- Hawaii News Now Interview – Christian Daoud was also interviewed by Howard Dicus on Hawaii News Now.
- Justin Carland was a member of the second place team with the Surgical Lighting Solutions business plan.
- Christian Daoud, Leon Santinizio, and Huilin Xie, won first place with their Unique Lite Design unit load device.
- Thuy Vy Luu – April 2012
- KapCC STEM Program Thuy Vy Luu has been rewarded for her hard work through numerous awards and scholarships. These include:
- 2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
- Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- 2011 Mildred Towle Scholarship for International Students
- 2011 President’s Volunteer Service Award
- University of Hawaii Achievement Award Summer 2011
- University of Hawaii Achievement Award Spring 2010
- KapCC STEM Program Thuy Vy Luu has been rewarded for her hard work through numerous awards and scholarships. These include:
- Students to Embark on Competitive NASA Program - February 1st, 2011
- Article in the Kapi’o newspaper about Liem Nguyen and James Bynes, two STEM students that were recently accepted into NASA’s National Community College Aerospace Scholars Program.
- Kapi’olani CC Expo Brings Students, Employers Together - December, 2010
- The article features Jeremy Chan, a former Kapi’olani CC STEM Program student who recently won first place in the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE): Breakthrough Innovation Challenge
- KCC wins $5 million federal grant to teach engineering to Native Hawaiians - November 29th, 2010
- Article in the Honolulu Star Advertiser on the Pre-Engineering Ecological Collaborative (PEEC) Indigenous Knowledge in Engineering (‘IKE) grant
- Electrical engineering students receive prestigious scholarship award – September 23rd, 2010
A summary of biology related student research posters that have been presented at various conferences can be found on the KapCC Biotech website
