UHM CyberCorps SFS Home

News and Events

We are always interested in recruiting new students. Please send your resume and unofficial transcripts to Prof. Yingfei Dong at yingfei@hawaii.edu for UHM SFS related questions.
- Please also see the Application Process Page

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NEW: We will hold an information session about the NSF UHM SFS at 4pm to 5pm at H410 on 3/8/2024 Friday.
- UHM CyberCoprs Scholarship For Service Info Session, will be announced.

UHM SFS Scholars
- Spring 2024
  - Daniel Bergin
- Fall 2023
  - Briana Lee, ICS junior
  - Chris Dang, ICS, MS
  - Iwalani Campbell, ICS, junior
  - Juliette Raubolt, ICS junior
  - Pauline Wu, ICS MS
  - Oscar Hernandez, ICS, MS
- Fall 2022
  - Kaysha Kealalio, ICS Junior
  - Cecelia Marrone, ICS Junior
  - Abdullahal Noman, ECE Master
- Spring 2022
  - David Stevens, CIS PhD (joined State of Hawaii, 2023)
  - Weihao He, ICS, BS (graduated BS in Spring 2023, joined NIWC)
- Fall 2021
  - Jake Imanaka, ICS junior
  - Marc Ivan Manalac, EE BS (graduated Fall 2022, joined NIWC)
  - Timoteo Sumalinog, ICS Sophomore
- Fall 2020
  - Nguyen Banh , EE MS (graduated MS in Spring 2022, joined DOD in 2022)
  - Colin Jackson, ICS BS (graduated, joined NSA in 2022)
  - Patrick McCrindle, ICS BS (graduated Spring 2022, joined NSA 2022)
  - Hoku Tobin, ICS MS (graduated Spring 2022, joined Sandia National Laboratory 2022)
- Fall 2019
  - David Liang, EE MS, (joined NSA in 2023)
  - Cade Yamamoto, ICS BS (jointed UH ITS, 2021)
  - Jared Taylor, ICS BS (joined MITER in 2022)
  - Anthony Gasbarro, EE MS (joined Navy Information Warfare Center, 2019)
  - Anqi Zhao, ICS MS (joined US State Dept. in 2022)
- Fall 2018
  - Troy Carson, ICS BS (joined Navy Information Warfare Center, 2019)
  - Tyler Chong, ICS BS
  - Michael Serai, ICS BA (joined Dept. of Health, the State of Hawaii, Oct 2019)
  - Dylan Tokita, EE MS (joined NSA, Aug 2019)
  - Matthew Troglia, EE PhD (joined Sandia National Laboratory, Sept. 2020)

- Spring 2018
  - Isaac Lee, EE CENG, (US Army Cyber Telecommunications Specialist, 2021)
- Fall 2017
  - Elena Barbour, EE MS (joined NSA, May 2019)
  - Garrett Johnson, EE MS (joined Navy Applied Research Lab, May 2018)
- Spring 2017
  - Dallas Greene, ICS BS (joined Sandia National Laboratory, May 2019)
- Fall 2016
  - Jason Castiglione, EE PhD (joined MITRE, 2021)
  - Mark Nelson, ICS PhD (joined NSA, March 2019)

10/22/2018 Please send your questions/application files in electronic formats (PDF or Word) to yingfei@hawaii.edu.
- The evaluation will start right after the deadline. If the application package is not complete (e.g., missing recommendation letters), the application may not be considered
05/11/2018 Congratulations! Mr. Garrett Johnson, our first graduate! Master in Electrical Engineering.

04/30/2018 Welcome five new SFS scholars joined UHM CyberCorps program!
02/16/2018 We will host an SFS information session at 5pm-6pm on Feb 23rd (Friday) at Post 302. Interested students please take this opportunities to know some details of the SFS program and our UHM activities.
01/09/2018 SFS Job Fair at DC.

11/28/2017 Please send your questions/application files in electronic formats (PDF or Word) to uhm.sfs@gmail.com. The evaluation will start right after the deadline. If the application package is not complete (e.g., missing recommendation letters), the application may not be considered.
11/02/2017 Please participate the NSA CodeBreaker Challenge if you are interested in our program.
- https://codebreaker.ltsnet.net/challenge
09/10/2017 For new applications, please directly contact with Prof. Yingfei Dong for UHM SFS related questions at yingfei@hawaii.edu
03/31/2017 Due to many requests, the application deadline is extended to April 15th, 2017. In order to be considered for this year scholarship, please make sure you have all application documents submitted on time.
02/26/2017 Please ask your references directly send signed-and-scanned letters (in PDF format) to yingfei@hawaii.edu.
02/02/2017 Please send your files in electronic formats (such as PDF or Word format) to yingfei@hawaii.edu by 12pm on March 31st, 2017 (tentative deadline). The evaluation will start in April. If the application package is not complete (e.g., missing recommendation letters), the application may not be considered.
01/04/2017 NSF CyberCorps SFS Award Ceremony

12/15/2016 We are awarded with a new 5-year SFS grant from 2017 to 2022 (supporting about 6 students per year). We are looking for new applicants. Application information will be available here soon. Please contact with Prof. Yingfei Dong at yingfei@hawaii.edu for more details.
12/01/2016. NSF Site visit lunch meeting at H240C at 12pm.
11/22/2016: Potential candidates. NSF will visit us on Dec. 1st, 2016. We will organize a student lunch meeting with the NSF director to meet potential candidates. Please send your CV and transcripts to Prof. Dong, if you are interested.
08/12/16: Please send your files in electronic formats such as PDF or Word format by 12pm Aug. 15th. Consider mails may not be on time. The evaluation will start asap. If your files are late, you may miss the opportunity.
07/27/16: A seminar is scheduled at 4pm at Holmes Hall 389 on Aug 8th, 2016. We will introduce the SFS details.
07/27/16: Please email your applications to yingfei@hawaii.edu. In the meantime, we really like to meet each applicant in person for a short chat.
UHM CyberCorps SFS Related Information and Updates will be at this Site.
The tentative deadline is coming soon. Please submit your application documents before this date.

This web site is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF 1662487.

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