Graduate Students

Griffin Bourjeaurd
MS student
Wave energy, desalination, mineral extraction from seawater
Spending time in nature, music, reading
gbourjea@hawaii.edu

Norman Chung
MS student with Prof. Krieg
Marine underwater robotics
Weightlifting, Muay Thai, cooking, spinning poi
nchung2@hawaii.edu

Olivia DeCroix
MS student with Prof. Krieg and Prof. Wang
Marine robotics, biomimetic soft robotics
Reading, cooking, music
odecroix@hawaii.edu

Jacob Dennis
MS student with Prof Gedikli
Offshore
Golfing, sailing, working out
jadennis@hawaii.edu

Cami Dillon
MS student with Dr. Huang
Coastal engineering
Scuba diving, hiking, traveling
cld4@hawaii.edu

Clara Encke
PhD student with Prof. Gedikli (FSI Lab)
Fluid-induced vibration
Hiking, sailing, traveling, art
cencke@hawaii.edu

George Evans
MS student with Dr. Krieg
Underwater propulsion, marine vehicle technology, fluid-structure interaction
Fishing, car and motorcycle modification, sketching
gtevans@hawaii.edu

Gary Glass Jr.
MS student with Prof. Krieg
Robotics, autonomous underwater vehicles
Running, hiking
glassg@hawaii.edu

Brady Halvorson
PhD student with Prof. Huang
Water modeling in coastal environments, breakwater design, wave energy conversion
Bouldering, weightlifting, snorkeling
halvo912@hawaii.edu

Scott Hellinger
MS student with Dr. Huang
Coastal engineering, nature based solutions
Diving, fishing, lacrosse, hiking
Scotth23@hawaii.edu

Lauren Heslop
MS student with Prof. Krieg
Ocean renewable energy
Swimming,  yoga, hiking
lheslop@hawaii.edu

Darin Hiraldo
MS student
Wave Energy Conversion
Photography, cooking, sports, nature, videogames
dhiraldo@hawaii.edu

Tyler Inkley
PhD student with Prof. Krieg
Biomimetics, robotics, underwater vehicles
Diving, music, rugby
inkley@hawaii.edu

Prajna Jandial
MS student with Prof. Nosal & Prof. Zhu
Robotics, acoustics, machine learning, adaptive sampling
Diving, cooking, painting
prajna@hawaii.edu

Willem Kernkamp
MS student
Remote sensing, oceanographic instrumentation
Music, gardening, surfing
wjk7@hawaii.edu

Kei Manabe
PhD student with Prof. Nosal
Ocean acoustics, underwater soundscapes, machine learning
Music, outdoor activities
keimanab@hawaii.edu

Gabe Nelson
gsnelson@hawaii.edu

Grant Peel
MS student with Prof. Gedikli
Offshore & coastal engineering
Fishing, hiking
gjpeel@hawaii.edu

Meysam Rajabi
MS student with Prof. Gedikli (FSI Lab)
Fluid-structure interaction, marine renewable energy, data science and nonlinear time series analysis, machine learning
meysam@hawaii.edu

Kaja Reinhardt
MS student
Wave renewable energy, oceanographic
Surfing, soccer, painting, baking
kr414@hawaii.edu

Clint Reyes
PhD student with Prof. Huang
Coastal engineering, coral reef hydrodynamics, marine renewable energy
Ultimate frisbee, rock climbing, running
ccreyes@hawaii.edu

Lydia Rice
MS student with Dr. Stopa
Coastal Engineering, statistical modeling, wave-beach interactions
Basketball, Music, Travel
ricelyd@hawaii.edu

Edward Samson
PhD student with Prof. Francis (CHER Lab)
Sustainability, bio-inspired engineering, robust control, system identification, estimation and filtering, fourier analysis
ews@hawaii.edu

Maliheh Gholizadeh Sarvandi
MS student
Coastal and Ocean Engineering
Playing Guitar, photography, hiking
maliheh@hawaii.edu

Dylan Stegman
dstegman@hawaii.edu

Eliza Taylor
MS student with Prof. Nosal, Prof. Howe, Prof. Gemba
Acoustic Tomography
Sailing, skiing, hiking, swimming
eltaylor@hawaii.edu

Steven Wilhelm
MS student
sjwil@hawaii.edu

Xinyi Zhang
MS student with Prof. Huang
Coastal Engineering, shoreline protection
Traveling, hiking, reading, music, snorkeling 
xinyizh@hawaii.edu