The goal of our scholarship is to assist college students pursing a degree in civil engineering, construction management, construction engineering, and other degrees related to the design and construction infrastructure improvements.
We are pleased to introduce you to our 2023 HAPI Scholarship Recipients. At our HAPI January 2023 lunch meeting, the scholarship recipients gave a brief presentation about themselves and what receiving the scholarship meant to them.
$1,500 Scholarship Recipients
Donovan Fujii
Donovan Fujii is a sophomore at the University of Hawaii at Manoa pursuing a degree in civil engineering. Interning at Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc., he has learned a great deal about asphalt paving and its utilization in our state’s roadways, parking lots and driveways. He seeks to create long-lasting, sustainable changes for our communities’ roads. While he understands that asphalt is not invincible, he believes that experimenting with new asphalt mixtures along with improvements in the asphalt surface course, base, subbase, and subgrade levels, will result in better and safer roads for the community.
He is following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, who are both Civil Engineering graduates from the University of Hawaii. He plans to dedicate his career to improving the lives of Hawai’i residents through engineering.
Mackelan Dax Mitchell
Mackelan Dax Mitchell is a sophomore at the University of Hawaii at Manoa pursuing a degree in civil engineering. Civil engineering has always been a part of his life ever since he was a child. His father is a geologist who works at the geotechnical engineering company Geolabs, Inc. (Maui office). He tagged along with his father to many jobsites and was introduced to laboratory equipment and tests at an early age. He was very interested in the work his father was doing and could see that it was important work. Inspired by his father and exposure to his work, he decided to study civil engineering. He is grateful to have an internship at Geolabs, Inc. where he has learned a lot about asphalt pavements.
He feels that his early exposure to road engineering and other foundational engineering, and his current work as an intern, has inspired him to make civil engineering his career.
