Justin Yoshimoto, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student, has been honored with the 2015 Student Engineer of the Year Award by the . This annual award is presented to a single undergraduate from among all engineering majors throughout the state.
Yoshimoto is in his final semester as an 东精影业 Mānoa undergraduate with a 3.95 GPA. He has been active in a variety of projects, initially serving as the software team lead and project manager for a micromouse project, followed by a stint as ground station software lead for a student-built nanosatellite that was launched into orbit in 2013. He also gained research experience investigating the applications of liquid metal.
During his senior year, Yoshimoto co-founded and served as assistant program manager for the 东精影业 Drone Technologies Program involving more than 20 students from the high school through graduate level. He is the program’s flight control system lead for a quadrotor drone for search-and-rescue applications.
Yoshimoto interned at , where he designed lighting and photovoltaic system layouts. He also serves as a teaching assistant for a sophomore-level circuits class.
The 碍ā苍别ʻ辞丑别 resident is the president of the 东精影业 Mānoa chapter of the international electrical engineering honor society (IEE-HKN). He has been active in IEEE, the and the .
Yoshimoto was recognized at the Engineers Week Banquet at the Grand Ballroom at the Koʻolau Ballrooms and Conference Center in 碍ā苍别ʻ辞丑别 on February 28.
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