Trig-Star Program Finale

VOL. 45 NO. 4 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JUNE, 2009

TRIG-STAR PROGRAM FINALE

The 2009 Hawaii Trig-Star Program has high school students and the math teachers who Halau Ku Mana – HLSA wrapped up and we now know who the state dedicate all their time in teaching our young Iolani School – Engineers Surveyors Hawaii, Inc. winner is. Once again, in impressive fashion, adults. Far too many times the teachers and La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls – Belt Collins Chloe Honbo has captured the prestigious award math department heads do not get the credit Hawaii Ltd. of Hawaii’s Trig-Star. Chloe is a junior at the high they so greatly deserve for the timeless effort in Leilehua High School – Surveyor’s Supply school La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls. She fin- educating our youth. The Hawaii Trig-Star Company of Hawaii ished at the top of the heap of nearly 200 stu- Program would also like to congratulate Mr. Jack dents with a score of 100% in a time of 51 min- Wade from La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls for Maryknoll School – Lyon Associates, Inc. utes and 0 seconds. his outstanding efforts in preparing the students Punahou School – Sam O. Hirota, Inc. Chloe will now enter the national competition of La Pietra for this competition. Mr. Wade has Sacred Hearts Academy – Akinaka & Associates, representing our state in late June where nearly been awarded a $600.00 cash prize and a koa Ltd. all 50 states challenge to win the honor of being plaque for his achievements as a teacher. Great Kamehameha School-Hawaii – HLSA declared the National Trig-Star winner. I had the job to all the teachers who have worked hard to Pahoa High & Intermediate School – Mr. Jeffrey opportunity to meet with her and award her with prepare their students for this very difficult math Sato competition. a $600.00 cash prize and a koa plaque, she has Saint Joseph Jr-Sr High School – Hubs Hawaii, grown quite a bit since last year and is looking I’d like to thank the corporate and individual Inc. forward to her senior year and competing yet sponsors who make this great program possible Hana High School – Title Guaranty of Hawaii, Inc. again. She does admit though that the national every year, without their help and support for competition is much harder and stressful under these high schools none of this would be possi- Maui Preparatory Academy – Mr. Arthur Sevigny the conditions. I am confident she will do well. In ble. The sponsors cover all the cost for the test- Saint Anthony Jr-Sr High School – R. T. Tanaka addition to winning the plaque and monetary ing materials and awards at the high school level. Engineers, Inc. award Chloe also wins a $500.00 scholarship to If you or your company would like to sponsor a Moloka’i High School – Ace Land Surveying LLC be granted in her senior year, since she was also school or your alma mater in future competitions See also the top 10 scores per school out of the state winner last year she now has accumu- please contact me, Kevin Kea at acelandsur- the participating 16 schools. The last question on lated $1,000.00 in scholarship money. [email protected]. the 4th problem which ask for the area of Lot 3 is I’d like to also acknowledge the other students Participating schools and sponsors include: what stumped all of the students who came in from participating schools, especially the 2nd Assets School – Mr. Royce Jones with a 95% score, if these students would have and 3rd place winners, both from the outer Castle High School – Austin Tsutsumi & been able to solve this portion of the problem islands. Student Yu-Jen Chen from Saint Joseph Associates, Inc. there’s a good chance we would have a different Jr/Sr High School from the Big Island, had an Trig-Star winner, just goes to show you how outstanding score of 100% with a time of 60 min- close this competition is and how a slight mis- utes. Student Malia Hamilton from Saint Anthony calculation can lose your chances of coming in Jr/Sr High School from the island of Maui, she first. More reason why we should be impressed also had a great score of 95% with a time of 43 with the achievements of Chloe Honbo. minutes and 05 seconds. All the students partic- Congratulations Chloe! ipating in this national competition are excellent Submitted by math students trying to solve very complicated Kevin K. Kea, PLS, Hawaii Trig-Star Coordinator trigonometric problems and they all did a fantas- tic job. The Trig-Star Program which is a national competition sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors and the Hawaii Land Surveyors Association believe in supporting our Winner Chloe Honbo, Kevin Kea and 2009 Trigstar Top Ten Winners teacher John Wade.

Name of Student School Teacher Grade Score Min/Sec 1 Chloe Honbo La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls John Wade 11th 100% 51' 00" http://www.HLSA-hawaii.org 2 Yu-Jen Chen Saint Joseph School Suehere Shehata 11th 100% 60 3 Malia Hamilton St. Anthony Jr.-Sr. High School Paul MacLeod 11th 95% 43' 05" Officers for 2009 4 Anne Kwok Punahou School Christine David 11th 95% 49' 55" President: Arthur Sevigny 5 Jessica Saylors Iolani School Kathleen Goto 12th 95% 50' 34" Vice Pres: Marcus Hoapili 6 Libby Aldosa Halau Ku Mana Ian Onizuka 9th 90% 49' 00" Secretary: Gavin Hirano 7 Keoni Correa Kamehameha School-Hawaii Kawika Rose 12th 90% 49' 12" Treasurer: Winston Ing Director: Chris Guerin 8 Janelle Ho Maryknoll School Lance Suzuki 12th 85% 46' 09" Director: Darryl Cadiz 9 Nathan O'Hanlon Maui Preparatory Academy Keenan Reader 9th 80% 50' 30" Past Pres: Dan Hirota 10 Kaipo Ke-a Leilehua High School Kerry Kawamura 12th 80% 52' 02" NSPS Gov: Kevin Kea Page 2

2009 Corps of Engineers Workshop Spotlights “A Year for Change” By Joseph Bonfiglio, Honolulu District Public Affairs local firms seek out Army contracts which Over 222 local architects, engineers, construc- Kawachika said are always reliable. “The Corps tion contractors and others in related fields and in particular, Corps organizer Gary Nip were attended the 14th Annual U.S. Army Corps of especially proactive in getting the word out to Published monthly by: Engineers Workshop April 21 at the Ala Moana industry,” Kawachika said. “This workshop is vital to our business. We need to know the latest HAWAII COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES Hotel in Honolulu. 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Telephone: 768-3725 the American Council of Engineering Companies “Like everyone else, I come for the latest infor- of Hawaii and Todd Barnes, chief of the Honolulu mation and networking opportunities,” Pruyn District’s Engineering and Construction Division, said. “The industry panel discussion is especially gave the opening remarks. useful since we can dialogue with the Corps on WILIKI MAILING LIST items of mutual interest.” Barnes introduced Tony Paresa, the District’s Additions and/or corrections to the deputy District Engineer for Programs & Project Gary Nip, chief of the Honolulu District’s Wiliki mailing list should indicate the Management. 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We had a big contracting methods and procedures, to be discussion about Building Information Modeling Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 aware of new standards and codes affecting mil- (BIM). This Workshop reflects well on the hard Work: 808-768-8442 itary projects, to learn about design, construction work of both the Corps and our industry partners Fax: 523-4567 and legal implications of working with the in setting this up.” Email: [email protected] Honolulu District, according to Paresa. In addition to information sharing, the Corps The luncheon speaker was Senior Federal honored many contractors for their demonstrat- Executive Jim Bersson, director of Regional ed excellence in the areas of quality and safety on Business of the Corps’ Pacific Ocean Division, Corps’ projects. headquartered at Fort Shafter. Bersson gave a HAWAII COUNCIL big picture overview of the Corps’ mission in the This year’s workshop was co-sponsored by of Pacific and gave insights into the ongoing reloca- the American Institute of Architects, Honolulu ENGINEERING SOCIETIES tion of U.S. forces from Okinawa to Guam, Civil Chapter (AIA), American Council of Engineering Works in the region and Military Construction in Companies of Hawaii (ACECH), General P.O. Box 2873 Contractors Association of Hawaii (GCA), HONOLULU, HAWAII 96802 Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Korea and other locations in the Corps’ area of responsibility. Building Industry Association of Hawaii (BIA) and the Associated Builders and Contractors of The workshop and breakout sessions also HOME PAGE: http://hces.us Hawaii (ABC) in conjunction with Honolulu provided opportunity for industry partners from District. 2008-2009 OFFICERS the American Institute of Architects (Honolulu Chair: Dr. Song Choi 956-8404 Chapter), American Council of Engineering The workshop presentations can be down- Vice Chair: John Ramos loaded from: www.acechawaii.org. Secretary: Grant Torigoe Companies of Hawaii, General Contractors Treasurer: Samuel Dannaway Association of Hawaii, Building Industry Association of Hawaii and the Associated SOC Representative Alternate Builders & Contractors of Hawaii to discuss AACE M. Uyehara T. Taam ACECH K. Hayashida issues one-on-one with Corps’ employees in the engineers and ASHRAE J. Ting spirit of partnership. architects of ASCE M.Hunnemann J. Kalani Corps and other functional area specialists ASME D. Kam J. Ahern gave a wide variety of presentations during hawaii CFSEI M. Mestanza breakout sessions including: founded 1902 EAH A. Nikou M. McMorrow a. How to do business with the Corps by David FALEA S. Agraan J. Ramos Kam & Cathy Yoza HLSA W. Ing D. Hirota po box 4353, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 HSPE F. Ching K. Kunimine b. A panel discussion about Industry Feedback An association for Hawaii’s Engineers and Architects IEEE G. Torigoe on Military Construction Transformation led by WEB address: http://eahawaii.googlepages.com/home ITE W. Yamamoto Andrew Kohashi SAME B. Zachmeier c. Just What Does It Take to Please You Guys? 2008 – 2009 Officers SEAOH S. Doan by Ed Yago & Duane Arakawa President Michael Albright 848-0751 SFPE S. Dannaway 1st VP Tina Sprague 531-3017 UH(assoc) S. Choi d. Whose Fault Was It? Playing the Blame Game 2nd VP C. S. Papacostas 956-6538 by Shivaun White & Kanale Sadowski Treasurer Tit Mun Chun e. Technicalities! by Kevin Araki and Reynold Secretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777 Chun Association f. Design Build Process Demystified by Lynn EAH Special Announcement for the Arakaki, Owen Ogata, Kimberly Jyo and Bruce After 65 years of meeting at the Richard Street Advancement of Chun YWCA, the Engineers and Architects of Hawaii will be changing the location of the weekly EAH Cost Engineering g. Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) by Olson Friday Meetings. The new location is at the Fort Okada HAWAII SECTION Street Grill in the Tapa Tower in the AMFAC h. I Won a Construction Contract, Now What Do Center (this is the Ewa tower on Fort Street). $2 I Do? by Chris Takashige 2009 OFFICERS validated parking will be available in the AMFAC According to Kawachika, this year’s workshop parking (enter from Nimitz). The WEB site has President Stephen Jacobson had the most attendees ever at over 222. He Vice Pres Kevin Mitchell been updated to provide directions and a Map. If Secretary Emile le Roux believed that the slow local construction econo- you have questions please call Sam Gillie (543- Treasurer Sloka Colon my probably prompted the high attendance as 4739). Page 3

Many thanks go to Jeoffrey for the use of his office facility for this annual FALEA activity. A Hawaii Society of Certificate of Appreciation prepared by Ramon Professional Engineers was presented to each of the lecturers who vol- unteered their Saturday afternoon time over a 3- A state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers month period. A small token of appreciation was P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812 also given to Jeoffrey and his wife Cheryl for their unselfish support of the organization’s activities. WEB SITE www.eng.hawaii.edu/~hspe May 9, 2009: FILIPINO FIESTA PARADE– P.O. Box 4135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812 The long-awaited day finally arrived! Thanks to 2008 – 2009 HSPE State Officers Website: http://www.falea.org President Manny Lanuevo, P.E. our dedicated officers, members, prospective [email protected] 2008-2010 Officers and BoDirectors members, and supporters who took the chal- President Elect Majella Stevenson, P.E. President: John C. Ramos lenge to get up early on a Saturday morning to [email protected] Vice Pres/Pres Elect: Elvi B. Pineda participate in this annual event. Although FALEA Vice President Florence Ching, P.E. Secretary: Zosima S. Agraan had not participated consistently over the years, [email protected] Treasurer: Marisol Tacon our presence is largely symbolic of our resolve to Secretary Kurt Kunimune, P.E. be more visible and a contributing part of our [email protected] HIGHLIGHTS-APRIL/MAY ACTIVITIES Treasurer Nathan Yuen, P.E. May 1, 2009: BoD’s MONTHLY MEETING diverse community. As such it was another suc- cess! Proudly holding up our banner in front were [email protected] Committee Reports: Membership – The Vergel, Nick, Diane and Marites. As always, Nap, Past President Barry Nakamoto, P.E. Committee will meet end of the Month, May 29th. Suzie and Marisol made the walk from Fort [email protected] If you have any inputs contact Vergel or Elvi. Honolulu Chapter Enrique Che, P.E. DeRussy to Kapiolani Park more relaxed and HCES/Wiliki –Suzie will continue to represent Director enrique.che”@heco.com meaningful by having the initial participants think FALEA. The Wiliki deadline continues to be the Maui Chapter Darren Okimoto, P.E. of all the food and other goodies they had set up 15th of every Month for the subsequent Month’s Director [email protected] and waiting for them at the end of the parade. In Big Island issue. If you have any items to contribute, let fact, they walked from the Park to Fort DeRussy Chapter Director Galen Kuba, P.E. John Ramos know. Awards & Activities – Our and made it just in time to join the group as it got [email protected] Christmas and Scholarship Awards Banquet is called to get out on the parade line-up on Kona-Kohala Marc Botticelli, P.E. now set for Saturday, December 5, 2009. Kalakaua. Others who arrived later also joined the Chapter Director [email protected] Location will be finalized shortly. group somewhere along the route. Jeoffrey who HSPE will have its State installation banquet on Unfinished Business: 1.) FE Review - was initially marching with the Mayor along with Saturday, June 20, 2009 in Hilo. The HSPE Maui Jeoffrey gave a final wrap-up of the other C&C employees who are also members of Chapter installation luncheon is scheduled for Fundamentals of Engineering Review classes. FALEA at the head of the parade joined our Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Kahili Restaurant in Several individuals reportedly took the examina- marching unit about two-thirds of the way as Waikapu. NSPE Vice President Michael Hardy tion but the results will not be available for awhile. soon as they were finished with the Mayor’s will attend both banquets. The Appreciation Lunch for the volunteer instruc- entourage. That’s the spirit folks! Nap is now talk- tors will be held as planned, and certificates will Just a friendly reminder to please save the date ing about having a float next year. Let’s go for it. be presented. 2.) Filipino Fiesta Parade – The of August 7, 2009, for the Hawaii Society of Board decided not to have a vehicle in the (continued on page 7) Professional Engineers Educational Foundation parade as originally Golf Tournament - a Fundraiser for MATH- planned. Vergel, Suzie, Nap COUNTS and Scholarships. The golf tournament and Elvi had been busy will be held once again at the Waikele Golf sending out e-mails to Course, with a Noon Shotgun Start. For more “prospective participants” information or to reserve your space and spon- in the parade. 3.) Philippine sorship – please contact Scott Seu, HSPEEF Consul General’s Request – President at [email protected]. This refers to a prior request from the previous Consul General for possible assis- www.FBIjobs.gov tance from the organization during special activities of the Philippine Consulate Become an FBI Special Agent. that affects or involves the We are currently seeking Special Agent community. This has been candidates in the following critical skill put on hold since there is areas: Intelligence experience • Computer Science or IT now a new Consul General. • Engineering • Physical Science • Accounting/Finance • Incidentally, the Philippine Law • Law Enforcement or other Investigative experience • Consulate and the P.O. Box 88840 Military experience • or Foreign Language (Arabic, Chinese Honolulu, HI 96830 Philippine Consulate Website: www.acechawaii.org Coordinating Committee – all dialects, Korean, Urdu, Farsi, Dari, Russian, Albanian, Indonesian, Hebrew, Swahili, Spanish, Punjabi, Tamil, Pashto, Officers For 2008 – 2009 will be celebrating the 111th Philippine Hindi, and Turkish) • and many other disciplines. President Norman Kawachika Independence Day on Pres.-Elect John Katahira To qualify for the position of FBI Special Agent, you must Treasurer Sheryl Nojima Friday June 12, 2009 at the Secretary Douglas Lee Hilton Hawaiian Village. possess a four-year college degree plus three years of There will be a live band professional work experience; be available for assignment Event: ACECH General Membership Meeting from the Philippines (Jay anywhere in the FBI’s jurisdiction; be between the ages of 23 Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009 Cayuca & his 6-member and 36; and be in excellent physical condition with the ability Time: 11:45 am – 1:30 pm band). The theme will be to pass a rigorous physical fitness test. Place: Ala Moana Hotel the 60s, 70s, & 80s, and The speaker for the June meeting is Laurence there will be lots of dancing. Professional Staff opportunities exist K. Lau, Deputy Director for Environmental Health, It should be a fun-filled in the following areas: patriotic night. Department of Health, State of Hawaii. Mr. Lau • IT/Computer Science • Intelligence • Engineering represents the state of Hawaii on the Adjournment: Next • Budget/Finance • Management • Human Resources Environmental Council of the States and is co- meeting is on July 3, 2009. • Trade & Maintenance • and many more. chairman of the Greenhouse Gas Emission May 2, 2009: FE Reduction Task Force (Act 234, 2007 SLH). He REVIEW APPRECIATION To apply, visit: www.FBIjobs.gov will provide an update on requirements for LUNCH- The food was just The FBI is an equal opportunity employer. Greenhouse Gas reduction and how the state of superb, as everyone who Hawaii will be impacted. was there can attest to. Page 4

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORY by C.S. Papacostas R. Renton Hind, Engineer and Sugar Man In the April 2009 issue, I mentioned that Hawaii Section — Younger Member Forum Stanley Solamillo of the Maui Planning Dept. had Web site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html asked me (back in Feb. 2007) if I had come across the name R. Renton Hind who was des- 2008-2009 YMF Officers ignated as a consulting engineer for Hackfeld & 2008-2009 OFFICERS Phone Company on the Pioneer Mill office building in Office Name Phone President: Aaron Erickson 591-2728 Lahaina. President Michael Hunnemann 791-3980 [email protected] Here is the thrust of my response a few days email: [email protected] Vice-President: Eric Arakawa 258-5770 later after visiting the UH Hamilton Library: Pres-Elect Jeff Kalani 596-2928 [email protected] email: [email protected] Secretary: Karen Chongue 779-4106 The “R” stands for Robert, the name of his Vice-President Roger Babcock 956-7298 [email protected] grandfather (Robert Robson Hind) who came to email: [email protected] Treasurer: Troy Ching 440-4548 Hawaii from England in the 1860s and estab- Secretary Dawn Barsana 943-1133 [email protected] lished a kamaàina family. His grandfather was Past President: Lisa Takushi 531-4252 email: [email protected] [email protected] ext14 co-owner of machine shops and other enterpris- Treasurer Ian Arakaki 596-7790 es with William Weight in Wailuku (Hind & email: [email protected] Next YMF General Meeting Weight), and bought out his partner in 1869. Born in 1885, R. Renton was the eldest of 18 JUNE DINNER MEETING The next two YMF general meetings are grandchildren of Robson’s. Program: Ocean Engineering Technical scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, 6:00 p.m. at His father was John Hind (of Hawi; 1858-1933) Committee Kakaako Kitchen, 596-7488, and Wednesday, who had five siblings, three brothers and two sis- Presentation: “State-of-the-Art wave Modeling July 1, 6:00 p.m. at Gordon Biersch, 599-4877. ters. The father became president of the Kohala and forecasting Techniques” by Demont If you are interested in attending to find out what the YMF is all about, please contact Aaron Ditch Company on the Big Island when the ditch Hansen, P.E. of Sea Engineering, Inc. was constructed in 1906 (among other activities), Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009 Erickson at (808)591-2728 or aerickson@ascehawaii.org. having engaged M. M. O’Shaughnessy, the engi- Location: Treetops at Paradise Park, neer who has the Hetch Hetchy reservoir and Manoa Valley Aloha Stadium Field Trip aqueduct among his later achievements, for the Time: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time By Aaron Erickson, YMF President task. He had land dealings in California, helped 6:30 p.m. - Dinner The YMF is planning a field trip to the Aloha develop the Hind Sugar Co. in the Philippines, 7:00 p.m. - Program Stadium to learn about the history of the struc- owned a small steel finishing mill in New Jersey, 8:45 p.m. - Adjourn ture and observe current construction efforts and co-organized the Kohala-Klondyke Co. in Menu: Multi-entree buffet underway to preserve and update it. During the 1897. Cost: $22.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section field trip it is anticipated that there will be at least In editing his father’s memoirs, R. Renton Hind members two separate projects underway at the site – The mentioned that he (Renton) had enjoyed his sum- $25.00 for Non-ASCE Hawaii Section first phase of a re-roofing, re-painting, and struc- mer visits at his grandparents place in San members and Guests tural upgrade project, and a project to stiffen the Francisco and that he completed his academic $11.00 for UH Manoa Student Chapter curved concourse bridges that addresses period work and had studied engineering in California. members of vibration issues. If you are interested in partic- He must have returned to Hawaiì in the first Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii ipating in the tour please RSVP. decade of the 1900s because he does mention Section and mail to Ian Arakaki, ASCE Treasurer, Contact: Aaron Erickson, that he accepted the position of mill engineer in The Limtiaco Consulting Group, 650 Iwilei Road, [email protected], 983-1949. Ewa in 1912 and this fact fits in with my finding Suite 208, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 postmarked Field Trip Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009 that he served as president of the Honolulu- by Friday, June 12, 2009. Reservations for the Time: 9:00 AM based Engineering Association from 1913-1915. dinner meeting to Ian Arakaki by Monday, June Duration: approx ½ day. Now known as the Engineers and Architects of 15, 2009, by phone at 596-7790, fax at 596- Hawaii Association, this venerable organization 7361 or email at [email protected]. YMF BBQ was established in 1902 as the first educational The YMF is having a BBQ at Magic Island on association of engineers in Hawaiì. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. From the Star-Bulletin in 1947, I found that R. Last held: May 6, 2009 Renton Hind went to the Philippines in either Next meeting: June 8, 2009 Kapakahi Stream Cleanup By Lara Karamatsu, Community Service Chair 1918 or 1920 to run the family Sugar Co (or RECENT SECTION AWARDS On Saturday, April 18, 2009, the YMF mem- “Center”) in Pangasinan Province. Several awards were given at the April month- bers joined the City & County of Honolulu, State During World War II, he and his family (wife ly dinner meeting at Treetops Restaurant. The DOT, Lions Club, and many other groups in an Mildred, son Jack Dwight Hind and daughter-in- winner of the 2009 ASCE Walter Lum effort to clean up and restore the Pearl Harbor law Louella) were captured by the Japanese and Scholarship was Lori Higashi, and the winner of Bike Path and adjacent streams. The YMF mem- sent to several prison camps including one at the 2009 ASCE Scholarship was Kristin Au. Lori bers were involved in the Kapakahi Stream Baguio in Luzon. He was liberated from Bilibid received $3,000 and Kristen will receive $3,000 cleanup in Waipahu, picking up litter, weeding prison on Feb. 4, 1945. He then visited the U.S. where he published a book about his internment at the Golf Tournament banquet in August. The and planting native plants along the stream. (“Spirits Unbroken,” 1946, San Francisco) and winners of the 2009 Student Chapter Service Thank you to YMF members Sara Toyama, Aaron returned to his “central” mill property on Aug. 23, Awards were Jessica Agsalda and Eric Erickson, Lara Karamatsu, and Lance Okuda for 1946. Tomishima. Jessica served as student chapter getting dirty to help beautify and revive the president for 2008-2009 and Eric was captain of Kapakahi Stream and surrounding area. Also, On visits here, he gave several interviews to the Star-Bulletin (SB) in 1947 and 1951. During his the Steel Bridge Team. Each received $750. The thank you to Iwalani Sato for coordinating this 1947 visit, the “former Hawaii resident” bought Hawaii Section congratulates all of the winners. event with the YMF. the crushing plant of the Wailea Milling Company ASCE NATIONAL ELECTIONS on the Big Island to be disassembled and APPROACHING shipped to the Philippines where it would grind The annual ASCE National Elections are fast between 500 and 600 tons of cane a week. He approaching and the voting period will last from returned by Pan American plane to Manila and June through August. Your vote is important, so then on to the Hind property “131 miles from the please take the time to vote. Listed below are our famed beach where Gen. MacArthur landed in Region 8 nominees. Please note that the Hawaii his triumphant march [SB, 8/15/1947].” Section endorses Tony Lau’s candidacy for In 1951, “R” was finalizing his accounts and Region 8 Governor. preparing to join his wife in retirement in Mills Region 8 Director Nominee: K.N. Gunalan, Valley, California, having sold his sugar interests Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Former ASCE Utah Section in the Philippines. That same year, he published President-Elect and President “John Hind of Hawi (1858-1933) His Memoirs” (continued on page 7) (continued on page 7) Page 5

for response to disasters has been completed (April 20), Steel Doing It Right in Buffalo, NY (April and will be posted on the SEAOH website for 22-23) and NAHB Green Building Conference in STRUCTURAL review and comment by the membership. Dallas, Texas (May 8-10). For more information, ENGINEERS Convention Committee: please visit www.cfsei.org. ASSOCIATION The Board approved that this year’s SEAOH TechNotes OF HAWAII Convention will be held jointly with the CCPI on Tech Note “Changes from the 1997 Uniform October 16 and 17 at the Sheraton Moana Building Code to the 2006 International Building Surfrider Hotel. Details are forthcoming. Code for Lateral Design with Cold-Formed Steel PO BOX 3348, HONOLULU, HI 96801 The next SEAOH Board of Directors and Framing” will soon be published together with a Web Page URL http://www.seaoh.org Officers meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 2, handful of Tech Notes and the quarterly national 2009, at the University of Hawaii, Holmes Hall. CFSEI newsletter. 2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS & Contact SEAOH President Myles Shimokawa DIRECTORS (593-0933, [email protected]) for more informa- Future Chapter Activities Position Officer Phone tion. We have several activities for CFSEI members President Myles Shimokawa 593-0933 [email protected] planned for 2009. A tour of the Dietrich Metal Vice Pres. Ron Iwamoto 486-5202 Framing plant in Kapolei is tentatively scheduled [email protected] for September 2009. At least one technical sem- Secretary Jeffrey Hanyu 536-2108 inar is being planned for the end of 2009 or early [email protected] 2010. Among the seminar topics being consid- Treasurer Jason Emoto 942-9100 ered are mid-rise structures combined with non [email protected] cold-formed steel (CFS) lateral systems, truss HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETING presentation and product standards and span May 5, 2009 tables in conjunction with the SSMA’s new cata- Committee Reports: log, and fire/sound acoustic systems and General Membership Meetings/Technical Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute advancements. If you have any suggestions on Seminars/Events: future program topics, please contact Jason HAWAII CHAPTER Emoto. • Ed Huston, past president of the NCSEA, gave 98-029 Hekaha St. Unit 23, Aiea, Hawaii 96701 a seminar on April 22 regarding masonry Phone: (808) 485-1400 Fax: (808) 485-1500 AD-HOC COMMITTEE design. SEAOH General Membership Meeting Web Page: www.cfsei.org The next meeting of the ad-hoc committee #2 was held at lunch time. tasked with developing general notes and speci- • The upcoming seminars and events are antici- OFFICERS Phone FAX President Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat 768-3343 768-3381 fications for cold-formed steel will be held on pated to be presented later this year: [email protected] June 19, 2009. Anyone interested in participat- – On May 14th, 19th, and 21st, structural Vice Pres Jason Emoto 942-9100 942-1899 ing in the development of these general notes masonry webinars will be available. Please see [email protected] and specifications is encouraged to attend this SEAOH.org. Secretary Dean Doi 955-4441 942-2027 meeting. If interested, please contact Akira – On May 27th, a seminar will be presented the [email protected] Usami. the UH East-West Center by LTAP regarding Treasurer Tim Goshi 533-2210 533-2686 Pavement Preservation. [email protected] HPSFA – On June 9th, the CCPI and SEAOH will jointly The CFSEI-Hawaii Chapter supported the host a seminar featuring Kevin Folliard and CFSEI Hawaii Chapter Board HPSFA membership meeting held on May 18, Michael Thomas regarding “The Durability of The CFSEI-Hawaii Chapter Board of Directors 2009 with presentation on “Lateral Systems for Concrete in Hawaii’s Marine Environment”. meets on the 1st Friday of each month to discuss CFS Construction” with Jeff Ellis, P.E., S.E., Code – On June 24th, the MCAH Scholarship Golf the chapter business and programming. The Report & Branch Engineering Manager for Tournament will be at the Pearl Country Club. minutes of each board meeting and the schedule Simpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc. as the guest – A joint dinner meeting with ASCE is scheduled of membership meetings are posted on the speaker. This presentation discussed the differ- for July 16th, 2009. Ian Robertson will be the CFSEI website (www.cfsei.org). ent lateral systems for cold-formed steel con- featured speaker. CFSEI National struction. It began by briefly explaining wind and – S.K. Ghosh will present a seminar on October The 2009 CFSEI National Annual Conference seismic loads and then go over the load paths of 20th regarding an update of ACI 318. was held on May 20-21 in Anaheim, California, in how those loads may be transferred from the – Final 2006 IBC State Building Code – Hawaii conjunction with the 2009 California Steel resisting elements (e.g., shear walls) to the sup- State Amendments briefing will be presented Framing Forum. Fifteen technical sessions deal- porting elements (e.g., foundation). 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(AMML), Intelligent and Composite Materials Lab 2008-09 OFFICERS (ICML), and Hawaii Nanotechnology Lab (HNL). President Albert Hahn, P.E. Hawaii Section He is an invited speaker in the fields of compos- President-Elect Dicson Aggabao The American ites, smart structures, and nanotechnology, a Vice President Michael Chang contributor and reviewer of articles in profession- Secretary Barry Jim On, P.E. Society of al journals, and the associate editor of the Treasurer Rick Schnarr Mechanical Engineers Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials. 2008-09 BOARD OF GOVERNORS Besides an ASME Fellow, he is a member of Past President Joseph K. Ting, P.E. SPIE, ASC (American Society for Composites), Member Kevin Saito, P.E. Website: www.sections.asme.org/hawaii and SAMPE (Advancement of Material and ASME-HI 2008-2009 Officers Member Wiliam Lee, P.E. Process Engineering). He is a technical commit- Member Paul Scott Chairperson Edmund Chang 543-4227 tee member of Adaptive Structures and Material COSTS: [email protected] Systems (ASMS) of ASME/Aerospace, chair of Vice-Chair Derick Kam 848-6966 RSVP (Pre-registration): Email Kevin Saito [email protected] ASMS Symposium in 2006 ASME/IMECE, chair [email protected] and remit payment via Secretary Ronald Flegal 455-0265 of the First ASME International Conference on PayPal at www.hawaii.ashraechapters.org Multifunctional Nanocomposite in 2006, and Co- [email protected] Members: $50 per person Treasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708 chair of Active and Passive Structures and ASHRAE [email protected] Integrated Systems of the 2008 and 2009 SPIE Members from any Hawaii Council of Conference. Engineering Societies: $50 per person NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERAL He is one of the inventors of the nanobrush, Non-Member of the above organizations: $55 MEETING (the “World’s smallest Brush”), certificated by the per person Date: July 14, 2009 Guinness Book of World Record in 2007. No RSVP (Registration on-site): Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Dr. Ghasemi-Nejhad is a faculty advisor for the Regardless of Members or Non-Members: $75 Place: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue Cafeteria student sections of the ASME and SAMPE, as per person Agenda: Dr. Mehrdad Ghasemi-Nejhad presenta- well as the ASME Human Powered Vehicle senior tion on Nanotechnology. Dr. Nejhad of the design project. He is also the Graduate Chair and Department of Mechanical Engineering, UHM, the ABET Chair of the Department of Mechanical and ASME Fellow is a leading researcher and Engineering, University of Hawaii Manoa. He has THE I NSTITUTE OF authority on Nanotechnology. More information is over 140 publications in composites, smart E LECTRICAL AND presented following. structures, and nanotechnology, including publi- You are invited to attend. There will be lots of cations in Nature Materials and Science. E LECTRONICS free pizza and soft drinks as usual. Please con- (continued on page 7) tact Ed Chang for directions and for more infor- E NGINEERS, INC. mation, such as parking. MAY 5 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IEEE Hawaii Section HIGHLIGHTS c/o Al Toda Three of our newest mechanical engineer 1363-A Hoowali St. Professional Engineers, Aaron Kottas, P.E., Ryan ASHRAE Pearl City, HI 96782 Kurasaki, P.E., and Janson Young, P.E. spoke of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning 2008-09 Hawaii Section Officers their experiences taking the ASME-HI P.E. Engineers, Inc. Hawaii Chapter Section Chair: Al Toda 455-1331 Refresher Course and the praises of course P.O. BOX 1236 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96807 [email protected] instructors Dr. Charly Kinoshita and Dr. Stephen Vice-Chair: Chris Russell Masutani for their successes in passing the Treasurer: Nancy Roemer [email protected] exam. They presented Raymond W. Liu, P.E., the 2008-09 OFFICERS Secretary-Treasurer: course coordinator/instructor a plaque of appre- President Joseph K. Ting, P.E. Mark Rognstad [email protected] ciation and recognition for his major role in Pres.-Elect Albert Hahn, P.E. Vice Pres. Dicson Aggabao We now have a new website for the Hawaii arranging for and coordinating this course and Secretary Tyson Toyama, P.E. Section of IEEE. Check it out at http://www. previous courses to help mechanical engineers Treasurer Michael Chang ieee.org/go/hawaii. prepare for the P.E. exam. Student Section Chairperson, Anna Tomalik, Successful Controls Projects …. mentioned that the students would appreciate a Why So Hard database of ASME-HI members who would be On May 14, the principal and co-founder of The Society of willing to speak to the students about their pro- Facility Dynamics Engineering, Jay Santos, P.E., FIRE fessions as a career guidance measure. The stu- highlighted the “Five Principles of Controls dents will be able to review a list with career Design/Specification”, which should include the PROTECTION descriptions, and then contact the members and master planning of DDC systems. He also pro- schedule presentations from this database. The vided our design engineers some guidance to ENGINEERS Senior Section responded that such a database write specification and the sequence of opera- tions for DDC systems. Moreover, he spelled out would be evaluated. Anna Tomalik will be gradu- www.sfpehawaii.org ating this semester and leaving the islands. She to our contractors their responsibilities to proper- has been an active and contributing member and ly commission the project and to promptly submit OFFICERS President Melvin K. Harano, P.E. 848-6966 will be missed. the required documentation including O&M Manuals for each system. [email protected] ASME-HI promotional pencil samples were Vice-Pres Robert T. Bigtas, P.E. 526-9019 given to the attending members. These are pen- Improving Energy Efficiency using Modern [email protected] cils that will be given to students at school career Thermostat Technology for New and Secretary Derick Kam 848-6966 fairs. Retrofit Applications [email protected] At the DO & DON’T Technical Session, PECO’s Treasurer Samuel S. Dannaway, P.E. 526-9019 FRANCIS RHODES MONTGOMERY DESIGN Regional Sales Manager, Marcia Christiansen, [email protected] COMPETITION discussed methods for improving energy efficien- Fire Sprinkler Seminar August 12-14 on The Montgomery Design Competition was cy by using programmability in conjunction with held Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in HIG 110 on Maui occupant adjustment accessibility, infrared occu- The National Fire Sprinkler Association, in part- the University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus. Fifty pancy sensing, and, newer robust wireless tech- ME students competed in 10 teams. Monetary nership with the Maui Fire Department, is holding nology to meet applications requiring energy sav- two separate seminars this August 12-14, 2009 awards went to the first four teams. The compe- ing features using a wireless control strategy. tition results will appear in the July 2009 Wiliki. at the Maui Beach Hotel. It is an opportunity to AGENDA for June 12, 2009 Fun Evening at get good training without having to go to the DR. MEHRDAD GHASEMI-NEJHAD ON The Willows mainland. NANOTECHNOLOGY 5:00 - 5:30 PM – Registration See May issue for details. Dr. Nejhad will speak on Nanotechnology at 5:30 - 6:30 PM – Installation of Officers Please go to http://www.nfsa.org/ and see the our July 14, 2009 General Membership Meeting. (Officiated by Region X DRC Jack Zarour) event schedule. The application must be sent to The following is a brief and partial description of 6:30 - 7:00 PM – Attitude Adjustment / Set-up the National Fire Sprinkler Association for sign his background and accomplishments. (Open Bar – 2 drinks per person) up. Please feel free to contact Captain Val Martin Dr. Ghasemi-Nejhad is the founding director of 7:00 – 9:00 PM – Buffet Dinner / “Just Like of the Maui Fire Department at 244-9161 if there the Advanced Materials Manufacturing Lab Vegas” are any questions. Page 7

ASCE, from page 4 land in 1924 for the cow pasture of the Hind- FALEA, from page 3 Clarke Dairy that was later developed into Aina Region 8 Governor Nominees: Haina (meaning “The Land of Hind”). As newspa- JUNE TO DECEMBER • Tony C.G. Lau, P.E., F.ASCE, Former ASCE per reporter A. A. Smyser put it in 1952, “deep in Some of our Board Members mentioned that Hawaii Section Past President Wailupe Valley this week, men and machines we should have some activities during the • Michael E. Mathieu, P.E., F.ASCE, Former labored to carve still more streets for homes from Summer Months, like family outing, etc. (?). Or, ASCE Arizona Section President and ASCE a scrubby hillside [SB, 6/28/1952].” At that time, we can just rest and relax for a while until Southern Arizona Branch President Aina Haina had “1,000 attractive homes plus a December 5 when we have our Christmas and • Raymond Walton, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, growing Shopping Center - the collective worth of Scholarship Awards Banquet. These will be dis- M.ASCE, Former ASCE Seattle Section $20,000,000... The whole development boasts cussed during our next Board Meeting on June Director and President concrete sidewalks, wide streets, underground 5, 2009. So, MARK DA CALENDARS folks, and Complete documentation of each candidate’s power lines, and homes set back 25 feet from the enjoy the rest of the Month! vision statement and biography can be found at roads.” either www.ascehawaii.org or http:// The same company developed lands on the content.asce.org/Board%20Elections/2010/. Big Island, and owned Capt. Cook Coffee Co. in Kona. ASCE SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT The reason why Robert Renton Hind, the con- IN HONOR OF STEVE FONG sultant on the Pioneer Mill building in Lahaina, The second annual ASCE Hawaii Scholarship was not as well known as other Hinds is because Golf Tournament in Honor of Steve Fong will take he spent more of his adult life in the Philippines place on August 13, 2009 at the Pearl Country than in Hawai`i. Club (11:00am registration and 12:30pm shot- Do you know of a civil engineering accomplish- gun start). A registration form is available on the ment or event that your fellow ASCE members HAWAII SECTION OFFICERS FOR 2008 Section web site (www.ascehawaii.org). You might find interesting? Please send a brief may sign up a team or as an individual and vari- President: Don Hamada description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, Vice Pres.: Steven Yoshida ous sponsorship opportunities are available. For email [email protected]). Previous arti- additional information, please call Lori Fong (955- Treasurer: Robert Nehmad cles in the series may be found at the Section’s Secretary: Honglong Li 4441) or Ron Iwamoto (486-5202). Please join web site. Just point your browser to us for the camaraderie of friends and associates http://www.ascehawaii.org. MEETING NOTES April 24, 2009 out on the links in August. The Hawaii ITE had its monthly luncheon meet- ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT ing on April 24, 2009 at the City’s Frank Fasi SCHOLARSHIPS Municipal Building. Please help us increase our scholarship ASME, from page 6 The speaker, Mr. Steven Hogan, updated ITE endowment so that we can recognize deserving ASME UNEMPLOYMENT/ONLINE CAREER members the City’s Honolulu High Capacity students. We continue to accept tax-deductible CENTER Transit Corridor Project. Mr. Steve Hogan is the donations with the goal of increasing the annual For ASME Members who are faced with invol- City’s consultant, the Transportation Planning scholarships. Make your check payable to untary unemployment, furloughs, cutbacks, or lead for PB Americas, Inc. He explained the rail ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to: ASCE the stress and anxiety that face us each day, the technology selections and some examples from Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917, Honolulu, best way your ASME membership can help other metropolitans. The project cost, funding, HI 96808. If you have any questions, please con- today, is to encourage you to reach out to ASME and the construction techniques were discussed tact Ron Iwamoto at 486-5202, or ron@iwamo- via the Online Career Center at as well. The first segment of the project from East tollc.com. http://www.asme.org/Jobs. Within these Web Kapolei to Pearl Highlands will break ground by pages, there are a number of terrific programs, ASCE JOB LISTINGS the end of 2009 and is expected to be complet- services and content designed to help you suc- The following employers have openings they ed in 2013. The Minimal Operational Segment ceed in your current career or help you to find a would like to fill: (MOS) from Kapolei to Ala Moana Shopping new job. Center is projected to be operational in 2018. • CH2MHILL (Transportation/Traffic Engineer – Here is a snapshot of some of the things you Honolulu Office) can use right now: • Fukunaga & Associates (Civil & Job Board: Unemployed job seekers can both Environmental/Sanitary Engineers - Honolulu) post their resume(s) and search for a new job for HONOLULU POST • Moffatt & Nichol, Hawaii (Civil Engineers – free on the ASME Job Board – a niche employ- SOCIETY OF AMERICAN Honolulu) ment site geared exclusively to job seekers in MILITARY ENGINEERS For more information on these job listings, Engineering and Science industries. Established 1920 -- please visit the ASCE Hawaii Section website at Resume Builder: Powered by PONGO, the Dedicated to the http://jobs.ascehawaii.org/jobs/jobs.html. Resume Builder provides the resources job seek- National Defense ers need to quickly and easily create high-quality, professional looking resumes as well as sub- P.O. 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