Central District Science Fair
Congratulations to Moanalua High School students, their mentors and teachers.
Five Moanalua High School students with their research projects participated in the Central District Science Fair, held on Friday 2/8/2019, have advanced to the Hawaii State Science & Engineering Fair to be held in April, 2019:
Lillian Shibata & Jayla Reyes-Kapuniai — The Application of LIDAR Technology on Planetary Rovers
Luke Schwab — Calculating Hohmann Transfers and Understanding Orbital Maneuvers for Use with Small Satellites
Kenton Wong & Jobert Teppang — Phytoplankton Research for Future Technology Advancements.
Special awards were also given to Olivia Kwon — Aircraft Noise Reduction Studies (Mathematics) and Lillian Shibata & Jayla Reyes — Kapuniai (NASA).
These research studies have been conducted and guided as part of our NASA -funded HESTEMP (Hawaii’s Engaged STEM Pathways) Project activities led by Dr. Dilmurat Azimov, the PI of the project.