CERENE hosted visitors recently from the Department of Energy, the Department Urban Housing, and the National Renewable Energy Lab. Kapi’olani Community College Engineering faculty Aaron Hanai and CERENE Coordinator, Miku Lenentine brainstormed with Emily Kessel-Qureshi, STEM Technical Assistance Lead with the Department of Energy, Minority Educational Institutions Division, Ramona Mullahey (HUD) and Chris Nash (NREL) on integrating renewable energy curriculum, STEM and Social Science and resilience planning for O’ahu. Grounding curriculum in neighborhood, place and in relation to the developing resilience hub network on O’ahu. The goal is to inspire more internships with underrepresented students in science and link their training and work with DOE and NREL to their homes, neighborhoods and communities on O’ahu for a more climate-resilient and prosperous Hawai’i.
