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 program.
Thanks to you, we had an amazing turnout with over 489 visits! This year, we were thrilled to feature 143 presentations, 259 student presenters, 51 volunteers, and 24 research faculty across various disciplines such as nursing, music, 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 | Alan Garcia | Lisa Miller |
| John Berestecky | Aaron Hanai | Maiana Minahal |
| Kuan-Hung Chen | Brien Haun | Mike Ross |
| Herve Collin | Jung Eun Kim | David Uedoi |
| Brian Deis | Wendy Kuntz | Maegan Walker |
| Erica Dias | Miku Lenentine | Beryl Yang |
| Mary Ann Esteban | Lisa Miller | Robin Zachary |
😍 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
| Jailee Puaoi | Taisei Rabinovich | Jeffrey Huang |
| Andres Jojoa | Jenny Brown | John Melton |
| Mikayla Azia Shankles | Caelynn Corcoran | Taylor Kim |
| Kathleen Reyes | Koki Kamiki | Jeffery Huang |
| Jane Davis | Tao-Chun Thomas Chen | Inmi Kim |
| Lomani Rova | Koa Okada | Dahae Yun |
| Samantha Reed | Kimi Li | Mariah Turner |
| Kelsey Ikeda | Dani Tran | Caleb Hopkins |
| Lauren Vierra | Kainoa Chu | Genki Ando |
| Arina Yefimova | Elizabeth Young | Maverick Kaopio |
Faculty & Staff
| Kuan-Hung Chen | Alison Ohata | Matthew Tuthill |
| Kristie Malterre | Lisa Yrizzary | Preetha Anand |
| Veronica Ogata | Michaelyn Nākoa-Hall | Brian Deis |
| Toni Choy | Nadine Wolff | Larry Fee |
| Amy Yamashiro | Herve Collin | Aja Grande |
| erica dias | Virginia Yoshida | Jeff Ho |
| Jessica Lum | Kelli Nakamura |
❤️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 from Monday, May 5, 2025 to Wednesday, May 7, 2025 for our next SURF! (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