{"id":31005,"date":"2015-01-23T14:32:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=31005"},"modified":"2021-10-08T13:10:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T23:10:19","slug":"honolulu-cc-student-has-an-astronomical-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/23\/honolulu-cc-student-has-an-astronomical-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu CC<\/abbr> student has an astronomical experience"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\"Hoapili\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s not every day that a student from Hawaiʻi<\/span> has the opportunity to learn from NASA<\/abbr><\/a> engineers and programmers, but for Honolulu Community College<\/a> student Jasmine Hoapili<\/strong>, that dream came true. During the first week of December 2014 she had the honor of participating in the National Community College Aerospace Scholars<\/a> program organized by NASA<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

“I became an instant rock star as the only student out of 28 from Hawaiʻi<\/span>,” shares Hoapili. “Participating in the program opened my eyes and changed my perception of work that NASA<\/abbr> does for our country.”<\/p>\n

Once accepted into the program, Hoapili participated in an intense online course for five weeks in preparation for her onsite experience at the NASA<\/abbr> Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a> in Pasadena, California. During her experience, the students were split up into four groups of nine individuals working in a team environment to plan a mission to Mars.<\/p>\n

“We all had to select a job we had to fulfill on our team. I was the programmer in which my job was to write a program that would instruct the robot to collect samples on Mars,” Hoapili explained.<\/p>\n

The Computing, Electronics, Networking Technology (CENT<\/abbr>) major had to meet certain criteria to be considered for the program, which included being a registered community college student for either the summer and fall semesters, have at least a cumulative of 9 hours in a STEM<\/abbr> discipline and committing 12 to 14 weeks working with NASA<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

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Hoapili with her NASA teammates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of Hoapili’s English instructors had this to say about her: “She is a problem solver who is not afraid of trying. I wasn’t surprised when Jasmine told me she was selected for NASA<\/abbr>’s program. Her determination and willingness to work hard and take risks earned her this opportunity. She is a great role model for Honolulu CC<\/abbr> students.”<\/p>\n

In addition to being a NASA<\/abbr> Scholar, she is an active member of the Team Hawaiʻi<\/span> Robotics Club based at Honolulu CC<\/abbr> and has competed in the Nagoya Micro Robot Maze Competition. She is an ʻIKE<\/span> Scholar, a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Pre-Engineering Education Collaborative supporting Hawaiian students interested in a career path in engineering, and she also completed an internship with the Akamai Workforce Initiative at the Institute for Astronomy<\/a> in Kula, Maui.<\/p>\n

“I am so grateful to Team Hawaiʻi<\/span> Robotics advisor Mr. Norman Takeya and Ms. Tasha Kawamata Ryan with the ʻIKE<\/span> Scholars program for encouraging me to apply for this opportunity!”<\/p>\n

Hoapili plans on continuing her education in the field of mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n

—By Billie Lueder<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honolulu CC<\/abbr> student Jasmine Hoapili participates in NASA<\/abbr>’s National Community College Aerospace Scholars program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[446,62,313,660],"class_list":["post-31005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-computing-electronics-and-networking-technology","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-stem","tag-student-recognition","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t