PISCES-RISE Robotics Team Enters First Competition

PISCES-RISE Robotics Team Enters First Competition

Students and mentors of the PISCES-RISE Robotics Club competed in their first Vex IQ competition at Kalanianaole Intermediate School in late September. Following a break for the summer, the students jumped back into action to get reacquainted with their original robot...
PISCES Shares Keynote Speech for Robotics Kickoff

PISCES Shares Keynote Speech for Robotics Kickoff

Above: PISCES Director Rodrigo Romo (L) and UH Manoa Planetary Scientist Dr. Jeff Taylor.  The director of PISCES was among the keynote speakers at an opening ceremony for the Hawaiʻi First LEGO League (FLL) season held at Punahou in September. FLL is an international...
PISCES Presents ‘Pathways to Mars’ at HawaiiCon

PISCES Presents ‘Pathways to Mars’ at HawaiiCon

Above: PISCES’ Kyla Defore leads a Q&A on Mars colonization at HawaiiCon. PISCES Geology Technician Kyla Edison attended the fifth-annual HawaiiCon Science Fiction Convention in September to talk about the future of human exploration on Mars and her research that...
PISCES Welcomes new Materials Science Intern

PISCES Welcomes new Materials Science Intern

PISCES is pleased to welcome Kye Harford to the Materials Science team. Kye will work as an intern with Geology Technician Kyla Edison to research basalt sintering techniques for ISRU construction. Originally from Okinawa, Japan, Kye graduated from the University of...
Intern Presents Work in Basalt Sintering at Akamai Symposium

Intern Presents Work in Basalt Sintering at Akamai Symposium

PISCES’ Akamai Intern Kylie Higaki is originally from Pearl City, Oahu and currently studies Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. PISCES wrapped up an intensive summer internship last month with Akamai intern Kylie Higaki, an Oregon State...
Twelve Hawaii High School Women Graduate 2018 STARS Program

Twelve Hawaii High School Women Graduate 2018 STARS Program

Above: STARS students experienced insider tours at some of the world’s most powerful telescopes on Maunakea during the STARS Program in early July. Twelve young women from islands throughout the State of Hawaii attended and completed the 2018 STARS (STEM Aerospace...