Episode 396: Hawaii’s Aviation History – March 30, 2016

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Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Charly Kinoshita, Anne Murata (seated), Andrea Fleig, Burl Burlingame, Ryan Ozawa

To kick off today’s show, we hear about a couple of upcoming events. Andrea Fleig join us from the Hawaii Academy of Science to tell us about a biomedical conference and a student STEM event. Then Charly Kinoshita from the College of Tropical Ag and Human Resources (CTAHR) will tell us about an upcoming Student Research Symposium. Finally, with the Solar Impulse aircraft poised to return to the skies, we’re honored to have Anne Murata and Burl Burlingame from the Pacific Aviation Museum to talk about both the future, and the history, of aviation in Hawaii.

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Episode 395: STEM & Workforce Development – March 23, 2016

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Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, David Chin, Helen Turner, Ruth Gates, Scott Murakami, Ryan Ozawa

To kick off today’s show, we hear about a couple of upcoming events. David Chin from the UH information and computer science program is here will tell us about the next Wetware Wednesday. Then Ruth Gates from UH’s Institute for Marine Biology will tell us about the upcoming Distinguished Lecture Series at the Waikiki Aquarium. Finally, we’ll continue our conversation about STEM education, this week specifically focusing on its links with workforce development. Helen Turner from Chaminade University is here, as well as Scott Murakami from the UH Community College Office of Workforce Development.

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Episode 394: Dengue and Zika – March 16, 2016

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Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Elliot Parks, Vivek Nerurker, Arilyn Au, Gabe Yanagihara, Ryan Ozawa

First up today, we hear about a couple of upcoming events. Gabriel Yanagihara is here to tell us about an upcoming Hawaii Virtual Reality Club meeting. Then Arilyn Au joins us from the Society of Women Engineers to tell us about an event called, “Wow! That’s Engineering.” Finally, we’ll learn about the dengue and zika viruses, and we’ll talk with Elliot Parks from Hawaii Biotech and Vivek Nerurkar about work being done right here in Hawaii to fight them.

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Episode 393: HVCA 2016 Entrepreneur Award Winners – March 9, 2016

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Photo: (l:r) Burt Lum, Vincent Kimura, Karl Kim, Dan Nash, Leigh-Ann Miyasato, Bee Leng Chua, Ryan Ozawa

First up today, we hear about three upcoming events. Bee Leng Chua from HiBEAM is here to tell us about the next Going for Growth Leadership Panel. Karl Kim from NDPTC joins us to tell us about the next PRIMO conference. Last but not least, Leigh-Ann Miyasato tells us about the OTTED event called Commercialization Speed Dating. After the break, we’ll devote the rest of the hour to several awardees from the recent HVCA Entrepreneur Awards. Dan Nash from Comprendio, is here, as well as Vincent Kimura from Smart Yields and Garrett Marrero from Maui Brewing.

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Episode 392: CS for All – March 2, 2016

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Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Steve Auerbach, Mike Shanahan, Jack Fuller, Samantha Kimsey, Ryan Ozawa

First up today, we hear about a couple of upcoming events. Mike Shanahan from the Bishop Museum joins us to tell us about the partial solar eclipse coming next week. Then Samantha Kimsey from Computational Thinkers returns to tell us about their upcoming Spring Break program. Finally, we’ll talk to Steven Auerbach, Director of PCATT, Justin Brown from Kealakehe High School and Jack Fuller from McKinley High School about a national education initiative called Computer Science for All.

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