Bytemarks

Hawaii students were well represented in top honors at this year’s Intel International Science & Engineering Fair held last week in San Jose, CA.

Nolan Kamitaki from Waiakea High School and his project, Gene Dosage and Expression in Human Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines took the Best of Category and First Place in the category of Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Second Place Grand Team Award went to Megan Kurohara and Hannah Rojeski of Hilo High School for their project “A New Spin on Green Energy: Increasing Hydrogen in Spirulina Derived Photobiological System.”

A Fourth Place Grand Award went to Mali’o Kodis, Waiakea HS, Senior for his project: Diversity of Foliar Fungal Endophytes in Wild and Cultured Metrosideros polymorpha Inferred from Environmental PCR and ITS Sequence Data.

A Fourth Place Team Award went to Michael Flynn & Taylor Nakamura, Maui HS, Juniors for their project: Muon Detection at Elevation. In addition Michael Flynn won an all expense paid trip by the European Union to CERN and perhaps lucky enough to visit the Hadron Collider.

The photos here were taken at the Hawaii Science and Engineering Fair back in April 2010 at the Hawaii Convention Center. It’s quite a spectacle to see all the students immersed in their projects and a testament to the skill level of Hawaii’s students. As reported last week the Hawaii Academy of Science received funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the tune of $425K. Enough to keep things running for another year and then some.