Mahalo to everyone who stopped by SURF to talk story with our students or helped advertise the sessions to their students and colleagues. If you missed any of the presentations, you can still check out their presentations on the agenda.
Thanks to you, we had an amazing turnout with over 578 visits, which is our largest SURF ever! This year, we were thrilled to feature 150 presentations, 240 student presenters, and 20 research faculty across various disciplines such as philosophy, English, sustainability, and STEM.
🎉 Advisors
Special mahalo nui to our ✨amazing✨research advisors who spend MANY extra hours conducting fieldwork, troubleshooting experiments, putting presentations together, and connecting with our students. Our advisors are the backbone of the undergraduate research experience and none of this would be possible without them.
| Amanda Alimboyoguen | Mary Ann Esteban | Radovan Milincic |
| Austin Anderson | Alan Garcia | Lisa Miller |
| John Berestecky | Aaron Hanai | Maiana Minahal |
| Kuan-Hung Chen | Brien Haun | Julie Rancilio |
| Herve Collin | Wendy Kuntz | Mike Ross |
| Brian Deis | Miku Lenentine | Shannon Sakaue |
| Kealalōkahi Losch | Jacob Tyler |
😍 SURF Volunteers
We want to especially recognize our amazing volunteers for taking time out of their busy schedules and going above and beyond to make our student presenters and guests feel comfortable at SURF. We simply could not have run the event without them. In fact, our volunteers are the #1 positive feedback we receive for SURF every semester!
Students
| Riel Agustin | Kelsey Ikeda | Lee Sawyer-Perez |
| Hailey Aina | Andres Jojoa | Mohammad Sherzad |
| Breana Arakawa | Maverick Kaopio | Cody Shitagi |
| Jenny Brown | Joana Kim | Kylie Sung |
| Kainoa Chu | Kimi Li | Maryanne Tanuvasa |
| Beverly Contridas | Sheri Marzan | Taylor Kim |
| Joseph Creollo | Alexandra Mercado | Britnee Tovar |
| Jane Davis | Jesse Nicholson | Jenny Tran |
| Titi Adams | Koa Okada | Robert Twigg-Smith |
| Emyrose Erwin | Cienna Paet | Nai’ali’i Valera |
| Myranda Galley | Charmaine Peralta | Yurie Wang |
| Harold Garcia | Annie Pham | Helene Watson |
| Teal Hoffman | Samantha Reed | Angela Yang |
| Jeffrey Huang | Lomani Rova | Elizabeth Young |
Faculty & Staff
| Leigh Bovaird | Veronica Ogata |
| Kuan-Hung Chen | Allyson Ota |
| Toni Choy | Julie Rancilio |
| Herve Collin | Carin Tamayo |
| Erica Dias | David Uedoi |
| Alfie Gonzales | Nadine Wolff |
| Justin Kong | Amy Yamashiro |
| Lisa Miller | Lisa Yrizarry |
| Joy Oehlers | Gigi Yoshida |
❤️Sponsors
The Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) program would like to especially thank the KapCC STEM Program, the Board of Student Publications, and Lama Library & the Lamakū Learning Center for supporting this event!! Whether it was providing funding, facilities, or people power, we are so grateful for your kākoʻo.
🌊Next SURF
We will see all of you next semester for our next SURF on Tuesday, December 10 to Thursday, December 12, 2024 (the last three days of instruction)! If you are interested in joining us next year, please contact Li-Anne at ldelaveg@hawaii.edu.
-The Undergraduate Research Experiences (URE) Program