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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering Receives Gift from Science Applications International Corporation

Fellowship Award from San Diego-based Company Adds to Industrial Affiliate Program

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering has received a gift of $25,000 from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to support graduate student fellowships.

We are pleased to receive this support for our graduate students, Dean Wai-Fah Chen said. SAIC now joins our other corporate supporters in the College of Engineering as we continue to build partnerships that benefit both our students and their private sector sponsors.

SAIC is honored to participate in UH Mānoa’s College of Engineering Industrial Affiliates Program, said Dr. Mark M. Mekaru, SAIC vice president. SAIC's Fellowship Award will expand the strong relationship we have with UH to advance and apply science, technology and engineering knowledge."

In addition to joint research projects with the College of Engineering, SAIC supports the UH Institute for Astronomy's Faulkes Educational telescope program, Maui High Performance Computing Center operations, other projects with the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, and a new bioinformatics initiative with the UH Cancer Research Center of Hawaiʻi.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. With annual revenues of nearly $7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries employ more than 45,000 people at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide.

The company employs about 500 workers in Hawaiʻi providing a broad spectrum of capabilities, including architecture design, systems engineering, information technology, information systems engineering, integration and operations, network systems, sensor technology development, simulation and modeling, security services, shipboard maintenance and high performance computing.

About the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is an independent, university-related, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise private funds according to priorities determined by the academic leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi and approved by the Board of Regents. Founded in 1955, the Foundation provides a full range of fund raising and alumni relations services for all 10 UH campuses. For more information on the Foundation, visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.