Undergraduate Showcase Recap: Fall 2025

The semesterly Undergraduate Showcase is an opportunity for UH Mānoa undergraduate students to present the results of their mentored research and creative work projects to their peers, faculty, and the general public. UROP partners with the Honors Program to hold these events during each Fall and Spring semester to provide opportunities for undergraduates to practice their presentation skills and solicit feedback on their projects.

The Fall 2025 Undergraduate Showcase was held over Zoom on December 12, 2025 and featured 80 students (52 students as individual presenters and 28 students in 11 groups) giving 63 oral presentations. Of these, 42 of the oral presentations (67 percent) were UROP-funded projects. Presentations included “A Collection of What Remains: Science Fiction to Process Finality and Loss” by Kai Albertson (Mentoring Grant); “Assessing Canoe Crop Access at Farmers Markets to Address Diabetes” by Peyton Reynolds (Project funding); and “Human-Wildlife Interactions of Hawaiian Waterbirds in Managed Wetlands” by Lina Clair Reyes (ERC funding).

Project funding recipient Makena Kinsler presented her research about the implementation of Native Hawaiian cultural practices to address sea-level rise in Waikiki.

Mentoring Grant student Yeunggyun Kwon (Electrical Engineering major) presented “Assessing Health Needs among Koreans in Hawai‘i” and said, “One of the most valuable takeaways from my presentation experience was learning how to communicate my research clearly and effectively to a broad audience. I realized that understanding a project deeply is different from being able to explain it in a simple and organized way. Preparing for the presentation pushed me to step back and think about the bigger picture of my work, including its purpose, process, and impact. It helped me identify what parts of my project were most important and how to present them in a way that was easy to follow.”

See the full program here.