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Julia Hammer mixing up a batch of hand sanitizer. By Sarah Hendrix University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa students, faculty and staff are continuing to do research and provide innovative solutions in science while practicing social distancing. To document the research during the COVID-19 pandemic, the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) is asking the UH ʻohana to showcase their work on …

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An alumnus from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) and his team won the 2019 Outstanding Paper, Invasive Plant Science and Management award for their scientific paper on miconia invasion in East Maui. The award was given by the Weed Science Society of America. James Leary, who previously served as a CTAHR faculty member, …

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Students and faculty in the ʻIke Wai Research Experience in Data Science Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo had their work on coral health and disease published in Frontiers Marine Science on May 6. The publication, “A Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of in-situ and Digital Image-Based Assessments of Coral Health and Disease,” is the result of research done in summer 2019. …

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Students in the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s Project STEMulate will be featured in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 2020 STEM for All Video Showcase. This annual event will be held online May 5–12 at https://stemforall2020.videohall.com. The UH Maui College presentation, entitled “Problem-based Learning in STEM: Motivating High School Students,” looks at the way Project STEMulate’s industry aligned, technology rich, problem-based learning curriculum has motivated and ignited STEM interest in …

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 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduate student and Hawaiʻi EPSCoR ʻIke Wai research assistant has been awarded the Department of Defense (DoD) Science Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service. Ted Brennis is pursuing his master’s degree in Earth and planetary science. “It’s a really cool fellowship and I’m really excited about it,” said Brennis. The SMART program supports scholars in leading STEM fields that are in high demand …

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‘Ike Wai Scholar Sofia Ferreira wins Best Research Presentation for her research project, “Seascape Ecology And 3d Photogrammetry Can Elucidate the Relationships Between Coral Patch Characteristics and Chaetodontidae Assemblage Patterns at Laehala, Hilo.” at the 2020 Marine Option Symposium (MOPS). Ferreira works with UH Hilo assistant professor of marine science John Burns who is a …

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Members of the local community have come together—people from public and private industry, and UH Hilo—to create 3D printing prototypes of reusable masks and face shields, just in case personal protective equipment might be needed during the coronavirus health crisis. By Susan Enright.  As of today, 44 people on Hawai‘i Island have been diagnosed with the coronavirus …

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A computer scientist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is the recipient of a more than half-a million-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation aimed at developing new techniques in artificial intelligence (AI). Assistant Professor Travis Mandel, an AI expert, will use the prestigious $549,790 award to enhance research based on human-in-the-loop AI. The techniques are based on how AI and machine learning systems collaborate with …

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