PISCES Receives $4K from HTDC for Women’s STEM Program

PISCES Receives $4K from HTDC for Women’s STEM Program

We are pleased to announce the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) has approved a $4,000 sponsorship award to fund the 2018 Summer STARS (STem Aerospace Research Scholars) Program for Hawaii high school girls. HTDC also sponsored the STARS Program in...
Former Intern Returns to Build UAV During Holidays

Former Intern Returns to Build UAV During Holidays

Above: UC Boulder student and former PISCES intern Lily Leyva poses with the UAV she built and programmed over two weeks during the holidays at PISCES headquarters in Hilo, Hawaii. While many were taking time off for the holidays, PISCES intern Lily Leyva was hard at...
PISCES Rover Gets Spotlight for Episode of ‘Space Craft’

PISCES Rover Gets Spotlight for Episode of ‘Space Craft’

Above: ‘Helelani’ perched outside the HI-SEAS Mars simulation habitat on the slopes of Hawaii Island’s Mauna Loa. PISCES’ planetary rover ‘Helelani’ and the HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog Simulation) habitat will be featured in an upcoming...
PISCES Presents Research at 2nd International Basalt Forum

PISCES Presents Research at 2nd International Basalt Forum

Graphic courtesy of Basalt.Today. PISCES Program Director Rodrigo was among a group of select representatives invited to speak at the Second International Basalt Forum at the Moscow Polytechnic University from Nov. 15 to 17, 2017. Attending the conference remotely,...
Former PISCES Intern Launches Science Café in Hilo

Former PISCES Intern Launches Science Café in Hilo

Above: Event organizer Niki Thomas separates strawberry DNA for a drink concoction during Hilo’s first Science Café held at Kuku’au Studio on Nov. 17.  Early on a Friday evening, a mixed audience of college students and adults are learning about the inner workings of...