Dr. Brennon Morioka named new dean for the College of Engineering
Dr. Brennon Morioka has been selected as the next dean of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering and will take on his new role beginning April 1st. Dr. Morioka currently serves as the general manager for electrification…
Engineering student wins 2018 Breakthrough Innovation Challenge
Austin Yoshino, a mechanical engineering (ME) student won the Pacific Asia Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) 2018 Breakthrough Innovation Challenge for his idea – a gait trainer to assist the disabled. A second ME team also made it to the final…
UH spin-off start-up awarded $750K NSF grant for smart-building occupancy detection technology
The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers a $750,000 grant to develop a low-cost sensor capable of detecting human presence and monitoring occupants for energy-savings and smart-building applications. The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase…
Latest tech on display at UH drone demo
State-of-the-art, unmanned aerial, surface and underwater drones were on full display at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology on Coconut Island. This was part of the third Maritime Awareness Network of Teaming Autonomous Systems (MANTAS) event in October 2018 by…
UH joins largest electromagnetic research group
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to join their highly successful Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Electromagnetic Compatibility (CEMC). This joint venture with UH, the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University of Houston makes CEMC one…
Fall 2018 career fair
Thank you to the 89 terrific companies that participated in the Fall 2018 Career Day on October 10th. AECOM Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc. American Electric Co., LLC Ansaldo Honolulu JV Armstrong Builders Austin Tsutsumi & Associates Bank of Hawaiʻi Belt…
