UH students help DoD navigate new innovations
, 2022-12-10 02:07:35,
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa announced that it has partnered with the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Network to develop innovative solutions via student teams that will decrease harm and death related to their rescue missions and will improve training for their aircraft and personnel operations.
UHM developed the project as semester-long courses to explore and develop innovative approaches in the DoD’s NSIN’s Hacking for Defense® [H4D™] and Capstone program. The student teams were multidisciplinary groups from UHM’s College of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences and Shidler College of Business. The students learned how to apply entrepreneurial skills in working with the DoD “to identify and develop viable products and early-stage prototypes,” said UHM.
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According to UHM, forty-seven students participated in H4D™ while six obtained internships with NSIN, Booz Allen Hamilton and other companies since launching the program.
“Our partnership with NSIN helps to strengthen the university’s relationship with the DoD and increases the number of opportunities to collaborate with them,” said Vassilis L. Syrmos, UH vice president for research and innovation.”
The experience that students acquire through this program in unparalleled in other programs and allows these students to explore and…
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