Dominic Gaspar

Profession & Company:

Machinist Apprentice at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF

Education Background:

BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa 

What made you decide to become a mentor for Kapolei Robotics?

The experiences I had as a student member of the Kapolei Robotics team helped me to pursue an education in engineering, and I am grateful for it. Now, with my experience as both a mechanical engineer and a machinist, I would like to give back to a program that gave me so much. 

Hobbies & Interests:

Machining, building Plastic model kits, collecting action figures, and going to art museums

Interesting fact(s) about you.

I was a member of UH Manoa's Team Kanaloa. We competed in the 2018 RobotX Maritime Challenge, an international competition which focused on the development of autonomy and robotics in maritime applications. I was a member of the electrical subsystem which is, coincidentally, the same subsystem I was on in high school robotics.