Vol. 46 No. 1 Serving 2000 Engineers & Land

VOL. 46 NO. 1 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS MARCH, 2010

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2010 MATHCOUNTS 27th OAHU CHAPTER COMPETITION Each year, the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii The 27th Oahu Chapter Competition was held Saturday, February 13, (ACECH) recognizes the outstanding achievements of its member firms with 2010, at Kamehameha Schools Kalama Dining Hall with 31 schools partici- Engineering Excellence Awards. ACECH is comprised of over 60 engineer- pating including 214 students from 16 public schools and 15 private ing firms employing over 1,320 highly qualified professional engineers, sur- schools. Results of the Team Round had the Punahou team taking first place veyors, technical and support personnel in the State of Hawaii. These firms followed by Washington Middle School, Iolani School, Highlands provide a wide range of engineering services to public and private organiza- Intermediate, Mililani Middle, Hongwanji Mission School, Kaimuki Middle, tions throughout the State and Pacific region. They are involved in planning, Moanalua Middle, Our Savior Lutheran, and Niu Valley Middle School. That’s design and construction of many building and infrastructure projects that six outstanding public schools in the top ten. The top seven teams will rep- surround us. resent the Oahu Chapter in the Hawaii State MATHCOUNTS Competition on This year, twelve engineering projects were selected and evaluated. Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Iolani School. Punahou takes the Hawaii Society 1. Auali’i Warehouse for BK Holdings, LLC (Bowers+Kubota Consulting) of Professional Engineers’ (HSPE) “Perpetual Team Trophy” back to their 2. Beachwalk Emergency Bypass Force Main (Yogi Kwong Engineers, school to proudly display for the year. LLC) This being one of the larger competitions MATHCOUNTS needed at least 3. Context Sensitive Solutions in the Puna District Keaau-Pahoa Road 70 scoring and 12 proctor volunteers, plus the half dozen or so veteran scor- (SSFM International, Inc.) ing leaders to guide the volunteer scorers. The volunteers came from Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO), the US Army Corp of Engineers 4. Emergency Response for Flooding at Various Locations, Island of Kauai (CORP), SAME, ASCE, ASME, and SSFM International. The CORP took care (AECOM) of the proctoring with Lou Muzzarini handling the CORP recruiting and was 5. Frear Hall at the University of Hawaii, Manoa (Notkin Hawaii, Inc.) the competition moderator. Other volunteer recruiters include Iris Terashima 6. Global Hawk Aircraft Maintenance and Operations Complex (Wilson for SAME, Lara Karamatsu for ASCE, Kevin Nakamoto for SSFM, and Ed Okamoto Corporation) Chang recruits HECO and ASME volunteers. 7. Kalaeloa Asphalt Terminal (Belt Collins Hawaii) In the Chapter Competition students compete in the Sprint Round, fol- 8. Kauai Marriott Storm Drain System Repair Project (URS Corporation) (continued on page 2) 9. Makaua Stream Restoration (The Limtiaco Consulting Group) 10. Removal Of Former Base Landfill, Marine Corps Training Area – Bellows (CH2M Hill) 11. State Route 20 – Saddle Road HI A-Ad/Stp 6(3) & 200(1) (Okahara and Associates, Inc,) 12. Statewide Storm Water Management Program (Parsons Brinckerhoff) The top award, Grand Conceptor for 2010, was presented to Yogi Kwong Engineers, LLC for their design of an innovative and unique emergency bypass system to mitigate the huge rupture that occurred in the force main serving Waikiki and adjacent residential areas. Without this design, the City would have no other option but to continue discharging raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal. The design involved installing seven temporary surface bypass pumps at key manholes to intercept sewage flows, microtunneling a force main under Ala Wai Canal, and floating and then sinking 7,000 ft of HDPE pipelines (one 48-inch and two 28-inch) in the canal. In only 4 months from concept development, the emergency bypass force main was designed, installed and made operational. Award Presenters, L-R: Stafford Nagatani, Lovey-Ann DeRego, (continued on page 11) Lynne Unemori, and Mike Lum.

Left to Right: Norman Kawachika (EEA Awards Banquet Chair), Surveyor of the Year Patrick Cummins (center) with NSPS James Kwong (Yogi Kwong Engineers), Craig Nishimura (City and President John Matonich (left) and HLSA President Artie Sevigny. County of Honolulu), John Katahira (ACEC Hawaii President). See page 10 for more HLSA news. Page 2

Mathcounts, from page 1 Zhaodong Chen (Punahou) beat out Nikolai Chen (Iolani) for first place honors. Both won Game lowed by the Target, Team, and Countdown Stop gifts cards for their outstanding efforts. Rounds. The Sprint Round has individual Mathletes® answering 30 difficult problems in 40 In the “Special Recognition Category” for minutes. The Target Round, also an individual schools not placing in the top ten but were rec- competition, has 8 problems in pairs of two with ognized for excellent effort and achievement, Published monthly by: 6 minutes per pair to complete. The Team Kawananakoa Middle School received the HAWAII COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES Round, which determines the team winner, has Department of Education Award, and Kamehameha Middle School received the SERVICE PRINTERS, INC. 10 problems where the teams of four Mathletes® have 20 minutes to answer, and finally, the Independent School Award. 1829 Dillingham Boulevard • Honolulu, HI 96819 The “Best New School” award is given to the Telephone: (808) 841-7644 • Fax: (808) 847-1487 Countdown Round in a round robin arrangement is conducted with the 12 highest individual scor- highest scoring school that did not participate in ADDRESS ARTICLES FOR PUBLICATION TO: last year’s competition and has not placed in the WARREN YAMAMOTO ers from the Sprint and Target Rounds. The Countdown Round is a fast-paced, oral compe- top ten. This award was made to Jarrett Middle 1526-C Pukele Avenue • Honolulu, HI 96816 School. Telephone: 768-3725 tition where the pairs of Mathletes® compete against each other and the clock to solve prob- The “Most Improved School” award is given to lems. It is the only spectator event of the compe- the school that has the greatest increase in their tition. Spectators try to answer the questions on team score from last year’s competition. The their own, and in most cases cannot while the award was given to St. Theresa School. WILIKI MAILING LIST student competitors do within the allotted time. The competition welcoming and awards pre- Additions and/or corrections to the The highest individual scorer of the Sprint and sentation emcee was Ken Morikami of HSPE and Wiliki mailing list should indicate the Target Rounds was Dayton Lee of Washington HECO. Dr. Michael Chun, President and proper society, institution or association. Middle School. Besides his first place trophy and Headmaster, Kamehameha Schools, and Chapter and State MATHCOUNTS Chairperson Corrections to email addresses should be certificate, he received a $25 gift certificate from gave the welcoming remarks to the Mathletes®. submitted to your society coordinator. the “Art of Problem Solving” to purchase books or on-line classes designed for outstanding math The Award Presenters this year included Stafford students. In fact the top three individual scorers Nagatani, Executive Assistant to the were from Washington Middle School. Lee was Superintendent, Department of Education; followed by teammates Eric Truong and Ethan Lovey-Ann DeRego, Associate Superintendent, Vo. Congratulations to Washington Middle Hawaii Catholic Schools; Lynne Unemori, Vice HAWAII COUNCIL School for this outstanding achievement. Their President of Corporate Relations, HECO; and of proud coaches are Cynthia Ching and Sung Mike Lum, President, HSPE Honolulu Chapter. ENGINEERING SOCIETIES Park. This is not the first time that their teams The Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers have performed outstandingly. The three sponsors MATHCOUNTS in Hawaii, and it was P.O. Box 2873 Washington Middle School Mathletes® were fol- reported previously in the Wiliki that Hawaiian HONOLULU, HAWAII 96802 lowed by 4th place Zhaodong Chen and 5th Electric Company, Inc. awarded a $10,000 grant place Brian Kim of Punahou. In 6th place was for HECO’s sponsorship of the 2010 MATH- HOME PAGE: http://hces.us Nikolai Chen of Iolani, followed by Michelle Tsai OUNTS Competitions. HECO continuously and 2010-2011 OFFICERS (Punahou), Logan Colby (Iolani), Rachael Ridao consistently supports HAWAII MATHCOUNTS Chair: John Ramos (Iolani) and Julius Balagso (Highlands intermedi- with grants and volunteers. Their donations stay Vice Chair: Joseph Ting ate) in 10th place. in Hawaii to support science, technology, engi- Secretary: Grant Torigoe However, in the final Countdown Round, neering, and mathematics. Treasurer: Samuel Dannaway SOC Representative Alternate AACE M. Uyehara T. Taam ACECH K. Hayashida ASHRAE J. Ting ASCE M.Hunnemann J. Kalani ASME D. Kam J. Ahern CFSEI M. Mestanza EAH M. Albright EWBH S. Holman FALEA S. Agraan J. Ramos HLSA W. Ing D. Hirota HSPE F. Ching K. Kunimine IEEE G. Torigoe ITE W. Yamamoto SAME B. Zachmeier SEAOH S. Doan SFPE S. Dannaway UH(assoc) S. Choi 1st place Punahou Team, L-R: Coach Todd Chow-Hoy, Zhaodong Chen, Brian Kim, Michelle Tsai, Holt Sakai, and Coach Leslee Hosoda.

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IEEE Hawaii Section c/o Al Toda, 1363-A Hoowali St., Pearl City, HI 96782 2008-09 Hawaii Section Officers Section Chair: Al Toda 455-1331 [email protected] Vice-Chair: Chris Russell Treasurer: Nancy Roemer [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer: 2nd place Washington Middle Team L-R: Coach Cynthia Ching, David Chang, Dayton Lee, Mark Rognstad [email protected] Eric Truong, Ethan Vo, and Coach Sung Park. Page 3

presented the 2010 O‘ahu Bike Plan. successful plans were researched. The planning The O‘ahu Bike Plan is a stronger, more com- team is now finalizing the plan that will provide prehensive update of the Honolulu Bike Plan, recommendations to better integrate bicycles covering the entire island of O‘ahu. The vision is into the City & County of Honolulu’s existing and to have O‘ahu be “a bicycle-friend community future transportation system. The goal of the plan where bicycling is a safe, viable, and popular is to achieve being recognized as a Bicycle- travel choice for residents and visitors of all Friendly Community by the League of American ages.” Public workshops were held, and it was Bicyclists. HAWAII SECTION OFFICERS FOR 2009 found that the public was most concerned about Members asked questions and shared their President: Steven Yoshida improving safety, including improving pavement experiences of bicycling. Innovated treatments Vice Pres.: Honglong Li conditions and connecting existing segments like bike boxes and shared lane markings or Treasurer: Robert Nehmad and improving access to popular destinations. “sharrows” were discussed along with policies Secretary: Sara Toyama Each region of the island was studied, meetings and programs such as individualized outreach, Highlights of January 28, 2010 Meeting and interviews were held to learn about specific bike parking, way finding signage, and bike share Chris Sayers, Bicycle Coordinator for the City concerns and opportunities, focus areas were programs. More information can be found at & County of Honolulu, accompanied by planning identified to increase accessibility, and national www.oahubikeplan.org. consultant Tom Fee, of Helber Hastert & Fee, best practices and approaches in implementing Page 4

course we appreciate Vice-chair Derick Kam taking responsibility of the banquet registration Hawaii Section efforts, including nametags. The American ASHRAE Society of MATHCOUNTS OAHU CHAPTER COMPETI- TION VOLUNTEERS American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Mechanical Engineers Ed Chang, MATHCOUNTS proctor and scorer Engineers, Inc. Hawaii Chapter recruiter would like to thank all the volunteers P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu, HI 96812-3916 Website: www.sections.asme.org/hawaii who help proctor and score the February 13, 2009-2010 Officers 2010 Oahu Chapter Competition. The volunteers 2009-10 OFFICERS Chairperson Edmund Chang 543-4227 came from Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., the President Albert Hahn, P.E. [email protected] U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, SAME, ASCE, Pres.-Elect Dicson Aggabao Vice-Chair Derick Kam 848-6966 ASME, and SSFM International. These organiza- Vice Pres. Michael Chang [email protected] tions continuously provide the necessary compe- Secretary Barry Jim On, P.E. Secretary Derek Sato 543-4108 Treasurer vacant [email protected] tition volunteers, who without their help, there Treasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708 would not be a competition. Special thanks goes BOARD OF GOVERNORS [email protected] to Lou Muzzarini (CORP), Iris Terashima (SAME), Member Joseph K. Ting, P.E. Lara Karamatsu (ASCE), and Kevin Nakamoto Member Kevin Saito, P.E. NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION EXECUTIVE (SSFM). Member William Lee, P.E. COMMITTEE/GENERAL MEETING Member Paul Scott Date: March 9, 2010 ENERGY CHOICES: A GUIDE TO FACTS Founded in 1894, ASHRAE, Inc. is a 501C(3) Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm AND PERSPECTIVES non-profit technical organization. ASHRAE fulfills Place: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue The Section received their copy of this booklet, its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air Cafeteria which is intended to give the reader some infor- conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity Agenda: Derick Kam, Reporting on the District mation to better understand the complexities of and promote a sustainable world through D Leader Training Conference, the energy world and its ongoing evolution. It research, standards writing, publishing and con- Portland, OR provides a context for our total energy future – as tinuing education. Members and guests are invited. There will be we know it today. Energy Choices: A Guide to ASHRAE is an international organization of free pizza and soft drinks as usual. Please con- Facts and Perspectives is the result of the efforts 55,000 members from 137 countries around the tact Ed Chang for directions and for more infor- of numerous members and associates of the world. Of those members, approximately 7,500 mation, such as parking. ASME who have unique professional and technical backgrounds that are directly relevant to this are active volunteers from the 14 regions world- 2010 BALLOT & SURVEY RESULTS undertaking. Their inputs are intended to provide wide. With 7,500 volunteers at 100 hrs per year, Our deadline for responding to our ballot and an overview of energy issues at a relatively non- ASHRAE members donate about 750,000 hours survey was February 28, 2010. As is the case for technical level. of volunteer time on an annual basis. Assuming the average rate of $100 per hour, the volunteers most ballots and surveys sent out to the mem- It is directed at the general public and other provide the Society an annual value of $75 mil- bership of any organization, our response per- stakeholders who want more knowledge of ener- lion. With that said, ASHRAE depends on its vol- centage was a very low. We received 17 gy sources, energy conversion, and energy end unteers for its continued success in advancing responses via SurveyMonkey.com and nine use and their challenges and limitations. While through the USPS. Most of the HVAC&R to serve humanity and promote a sus- ASME hopes this book serves as an information tainable world. SurveyMonkey.com responses were anony- tool that should be utilized for educational pur- There are the 170 chapters worldwide in 4 mous, and although all voted for the candidates, poses, it is also the sincere hope of the contribu- continents. Majority of these chapters are locat- most did not answer the survey questions. A few tors to this document that it will be used to cre- ed in North America within the 48 contiguous who did indicate they wanted to participate failed ate informed opinions and perspectives on ener- states and 10 provinces of Canada. Others are in to provide contact information such as their gy choices. South America, Asia, Europe, Alaska & the names. Since we are using the free This short and simple booklet is available for SurveyMonkey.com, we cannot know who Islands of Hawaii including the ASHRAE Hawaii purchase for $10 each or 10 copies for $7.50 Chapter. Established in 1969, the ASHRAE responded if they did not provide contact infor- each plus shipping and handling. The Section’s mation. Hawaii Chapter is proud of its accomplishments, copy will be available for borrowing at our section as many volunteers have contributed to the suc- As a result of ballots received, our 2010-2011 meetings. cess of this great chapter over the last 40 years Officers and Directors are Derek Sato, P.E., including the late Giovanni K.L. Chung, P.E. Chairman; Derick Kam, Vice-Chairman; Kevin FUTURE MEETINGS whose contributions as the 10th President of Dang, Treasurer; Kory Ikeda, Secretary; James May 11 meeting: Derek Sato on the ASME Hawaii Chapter and others have forever changed Grogan, Director; and Chester Kaitoku, P.E., 2010 Leadership Training Conference (LTC), March 11-14 at Hyatt Regency DFW airport. the landscape of the City & County of Honolulu Director. Congratulations and thank you to these and the State of Hawaii as well as the United members who are willing to help lead our July 13 meeting: Changing of the Chairman – Ed Chang to Derek Sato. States of America and the World. As quoted, Section. They begin the 2010-2011 term July 1, “Volunteering within Society, Region X & Hawaii 2010. Chapter provides the members with a single Our By-Laws Amendment increasing the num- resource for keeping up with technical advances ber of directors from two to four passed. The Society of in the industry. Volunteering also provides unique Therefore, our next ballot will include voting for opportunities to develop communication, man- three directors in addition to the officers. FIRE agement and leadership skills. Because ASHRAE For the Speakers Bureau List, four members PROTECTION is a volunteer driven organization, one cannot volunteered. They included Alan Lloyd (Up-Date turn to a better source for human resource devel- on Global Warming, and Naval & Cruise Ship ENGINEERS opment. ASHRAE offers countless opportunities Propulsion Systems) and Peter Barba (Thermal for developing potential through volunteer work Conversion of Waste & Bio Feedstocks). www.sfpehawaii.org on a committee at the Society, Region X or Hawaii Chapter level.” The benefits of volunteer- ENGINEERS BANQUET PARTICIPATION OFFICERS President Melvin K. Harano, P.E. 848-6966 ing include: We thank Melvin Rodenhurst III, Student [email protected] • Networking Section Chairman, for arranging for the seven Vice-Pres Robert T. Bigtas, P.E. 526-9019 • Accessibility to resources student member attendees who helped with the [email protected] • Self development and sharing of ideas banquet registration. We also thank Raymond Secretary Derick Kam 848-6966 Liu, John Ahern, Kory Ikeda, Kristi Kawakami, [email protected] • Improving technical skills and the ability to work Charly Kinoshita, Daniel Jenkins, and Ryan Treasurer Samuel S. Dannaway, P.E. 526-9019 on technical issues Kurasaki for being apart of the ASME-HI table. Of [email protected] • Strengthening leadership skills Page 5

HONOLULU POST Society of SOCIETY OF AMERICAN American Military Engineers MILITARY ENGINEERS (SAME) Established 1920 -- Dedicated to the Honolulu Post Offering Scholarships National Defense SAME Honolulu post is offering several $2,500 P.O. Box 31218, Honolulu, HI 96817 scholarships to deserving high school seniors Web page: http://posts.same.org/honolulu/ and college students who will be or are currently Honolulu 2009 Post Officers enrolled at a university with an accredited engi- President CAPT Bret Muilenburg, USN neering or architecture program. To be eligible to 1st VP apply for the SAME Honolulu scholarships, appli- (Programs) Bryan Zachmeier 2nd VP cants must meet the following requirements: (Sustaining Members) Will Boudra 1. High school seniors planning to pursue a full- 3rd VP (Membership) Jerry Matsuda time undergraduate technical degree at a uni- Secretary LTC Jorge Cuadros Treasurer MAJ Gail Cathelineaud versity with an accredited engineering or archi- From left - right: Eamonn P. Kinsella, tecture program in the Fall of 2010, OR current Pacific Region Director, J.M.Waller SAME Honolulu, in conjunction with the Hawaii engineering or architecture college students Associates, Inc.; Capt. Bret J. Muilenburg, Council of Engineering Societies, hosted the enrolled at a university with an accredited pro- Commanding Officer, NAVFAC Hawaii; Dr. inaugural luncheon for Engineers Week on gram and will still be enrolled in the Fall of Tuesday, February 16 will over 200 people in Peter E. Crouch, Dean, College of 2010. attendance. The luncheon took place at 11:30 Engineering, U.H. @ Manoa; Rear Admiral AM at the Hale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree 2. Must be a U.S. citizen. Michael Giorgione, NAVFAC Pacific. Showroom. The guest speaker was Dr. Peter E. 3. Must have a minimum 3.0 GPA (a copy of the Crouch, Dean of the College of Engineering at latest transcript is required) the University of Hawaii (Manoa). He spoke 4. Military affiliation or experience (i.e., SAME about the multitude of activities and clubs that member or dependent, military dependent, the UH engineering students are involved in, as Junior ROTC or ROTC) not required, but given Next Deadline for well as the different programs that are offered at preference. the school. For more information and to download the Wiliki scholarship application, visit the SAME Honolulu’s Website at www.samehonolulu.org/ is March 15th Scholarship.htm. Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2010. SAME (Society of American Military Engineers) is the premier professional engineering P.O. Box 88840 association in the United Honolulu, HI 96830 States for connecting Website: www.acechawaii.org architects, engineers and OFFICERS & DIRECTORS builders in the public sec- President: John Katahira, P.E. 596-7790 tor and private industry, Pres-Elect: Sheryl Nojima, Ph.D. 521-0306 Treasurer: Douglas Lee, P.E. 523-8499 uniting them to improve www.FBIjobs.gov Secretary: Terrance Arashiro, P.E. 533-3646 individual and collective Past Pres: Norman Kawachika, P.E. 531-1308 capabilities for national Nat. Dir: Jon Nishimura, P.E. 944-1821 security. SAME’s goal is to Become an FBI Special Agent. Directors: Beverly Ishii-Nakayama 942-9100 We are currently seeking Special Agent Joel Yuen, P.E. 521-3773 unite A/E/C entities and Mike Street, P.E. 836-7787 individuals in the public candidates in the following critical skill Exec Dir: Ginny M. Wright 234-0821 and private sector so that areas: Intelligence experience • Computer Science or IT Email: [email protected] we can prepare for – and • Engineering • Physical Science • Accounting/Finance • The 15th annual Honolulu District, U.S. Army overcome – natural and Law • Law Enforcement or other Investigative experience • Corps of Engineers workshop for architects and manmade disasters, acts Military experience • or Foreign Language (Arabic, Chinese engineers, construction contractors and others in of terrorism and improve – all dialects, Korean, Urdu, Farsi, Dari, Russian, Albanian, related fields, interested in doing business with security at home and Indonesian, Hebrew, Swahili, Spanish, Punjabi, Tamil, Pashto, the Corps will be held on Thursday May 20, 2010 abroad. More information Hindi, and Turkish) • and many other disciplines. from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Please note the loca- on SAME can be found at To qualify for the position of FBI Special Agent, you must tion for this year’s workshop has changed back www.same.org. possess a four-year college degree plus three years of to the Hale Koa hotel in Waikiki. SAME Honolulu post is professional work experience; be available for assignment The theme this year is “Are You Ready for the the premier military engi- anywhere in the FBI’s jurisdiction; be between the ages of 23 Challenge?” The focus will be on informing pri- neering professional orga- and 36; and be in excellent physical condition with the ability vate sector companies about what they must do nization in the Pacific to pass a rigorous physical fitness test. to successfully execute work with the Corps. The region. SAME Honolulu agenda will include an update on upcoming members are involved in Professional Staff opportunities exist Corps projects. military projects through- in the following areas: Most of the day will be devoted to a wide out the Pacific, including • IT/Computer Science • Intelligence • Engineering range of breakout sessions covering various gov- ernment initiatives and technical subjects. Corps Hawaii, Japan, Korea, • Budget/Finance • Management • Human Resources functional area specialists will participate and Guam, and Alaska. More • Trade & Maintenance • and many more. information on SAME there will be ample time for questions. To apply, visit: www.FBIjobs.gov A registration form will be provided in future Honolulu post can be The FBI is an equal opportunity employer. mailing. Please reserve this date on your calen- found at www.same- dar. honolulu.org. Page 6

*** MEETING LOCATION *** August (Auggie) Ahlf (1911–2009) We have engineers and The new location is at the Fort Street Grill in the to say good bye to another of our Emeritus Topa Tower in the AMFAC Center (this is the Ewa Members, August (Auggie). Ahlf passed away architects of tower on Fort Street). $2 validated parking will be Tuesday evening December 29. He had been liv- hawaii available in the AMFAC parking (enter from ing at the Hawaii Kai Retirement Home the last Nimitz). The WEB site has been updated to pro- few years and a remembrance service was held founded 1902 vide directions and a Map. If you have questions on there on Sunday February 21st. Auggie was please call Sam Gillie (543-4739) or any of the a regular attending member up until just a few po box 4353, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 EAH officers. years ago. He joined EAH in 1966 shortly after An association for Hawaii’s Engineers and Architects Meetings are held from 12:00 - 1:00. Lunch is returning to the US after many years working WEB address: http://eahawaii.googlepages.com/home available for $10,(EAH members) and aboard in Iraq and Thailand, where he was pre- 2009 – 2010 Officers $12,(Guests). sented Thailand’s “White Elephant Award” by the President C. S. Papacostas 956-6538 President. Prior to that, he had worked on the *** UPCOMING MEETINGS *** 1st VP Aaron Erickson 591-2728 Colorado River Dam Projects. He also was rec- 2nd VP Andrew Keane 531-3017 March 5, Dr. Yucheng Pan, AECOM. ognized as an outstand Alumnus by Weber State Treasurer Tit Mun Chun 839-4812 “Rockfall Protection and Mitigation in Secretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777 University, where he studied engineering and Director Howard Wiig 587-3811 Hawaii, an Overview” played football in 1929, 1930, and 1931, Weber Director Andy Keith 543-4523 March 12 and 19, 2010 Speakers To be College at that time. He credited his football Director Ardalan Nikou 523-8874 Announced. If you are interested in speaking to coach for directing him to study engineering and Past Pres Michael Albright 848-0751 the EAH or would like to hear a specific talk, we his coach would visit Auggie when visiting welcome your input. Please contact March Hawaii. Alan Lloyd and Sam Gillie had just visit- If you want to receive a weekly email meeting Speaker Chair Ardalan Nikou [Ardalan.Nikou@ ed Auggie over the Christmas holidays. announcement or want program details Contact aecom.com], or Aaron Erickson, EAH 1st Vice From Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace: Our Sam Gillie ([email protected] 543-4739) President for speaker engagements. fondest memories of Auggie Ahlf harken back to or any of the EAH officers. March 26, 2010 No EAH Meeting in obser- an interisland cruise during the Christmas holi- Please enjoy our new abbreviated WEB vance of Kuhio Day days many years ago. Our family of seven was address; our website can now be accessed at traveling, and we met Augie on board by coinci- http://EAHawaii.org Meeting Notes for January 29th, 2010 dence. For about two days he agreed to be “one Speaker: Kiersten Faulkner Executive of the family” and we enjoyed a number of meals Director - Historic Hawaii Foundation together. He shared many interesting stories and Title: “Waikiki Natatorium Memorial” enlivened every conversation. From Bill CALL FOR PAPERS Opened in 1927, the Waikiki War Memorial Bonnet: When I first joined EAH (I believe it was Natatorium was built to honor Hawaii’s World 1976), Auggie introduced himself to me and said 6th International Structural Engineering and War I veterans. EAH learned about this historic he had worked with a Bill Bonnet in Denver at the Construction Conference (ISEC-6), place and the issues pertaining to its restoration. Bureau of Reclamation. That was my father. Zurich, Switzerland, June 21 - 26, 2011 CO-SPONSORS: American Concrete Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Chartered Institute of Building, Institution of Civil Engineers, Japan Concrete Institute, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, University of Nevada Las Vegas, State-of-the-ArtState-of-the-Art ManufacturingManufacturing Wayne State University College of Engineering, HOSTED BY: ETH Zurich aka Swiss WR)XOÀOO

tions, materials, construction techniques, green STRUCTURAL building practices and much more. ENGINEERS CFSEI TECHNICAL SEMINAR CFSEI Hawaii will hold a technical seminar on ASSOCIATION April 6, 2010 at a venue to be announced later. OF HAWAII Speakers will include Dr. Roger LaBoube and Mr. Jeff Ellis. Dr. LaBoube’s presentation will be on Cold-Formed Steel Design and Behavior. PO BOX 3348, HONOLULU, HI 96801 Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute Following lunch, Mr. Ellis will discuss his recent Web Page URL http://www.seaoh.org HAWAII CHAPTER CFSEI publication, Shear Wall Design Guide, 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS & 98-029 Hekaha St. Unit 23, Aiea, Hawaii 96701 which is based upon the 2006 IBC. Phone: (808) 485-1400 Fax: (808) 485-1500 DIRECTORS AD-HOC COMMITTEE Position Officer Phone Web Page: www.cfsei.org The next meeting of the ad-hoc committee President Ron Iwamoto 486-5202 OFFICERS Phone FAX [email protected] tasked with developing general notes and speci- President Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat 488-5000 488-5099 Vice President Brian Ide 536-2108 fications for cold-formed steel will be held at [email protected] [email protected] noon on Wednesday, March 5, 2010 at the office Vice Pres Jason Emoto 942-9100 942-1899 Secretary Karl Umemoto 536-2626 of Wilson Okamoto & Associates. [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Patrick Calizar 235-5590 Secretary Dean Doi 955-4441 942-2027 Nominations for 2010 Board of [email protected] [email protected] Directors/Officers Director John Cheung 848-2032 Treasurer Tim Goshi 533-2210 533-2686 CFSEI Hawaii chapter is seeking candidates [email protected] [email protected] for the 2010 Board of Directors/Officers. Please Director Stephanie Doan 531-7094 Director Alison Agapay 536-2626 536-3926 send any nominations for Vice-President, and stephdoan@gmail [email protected] Director(s) to Marvin Mestanza (mmestanza@ Director Kimo Scott 671-2886 Director Glenn Isidro 474-6189 wilsonokamoto.com). [email protected] [email protected] Director Les Kempers 682-6000 Director Akira Usami 683-5747 682-2928 Membership [email protected] [email protected] We are thankful to all members for supporting Past President Myles Shimokawa 593-0933 Past Pres Marvin Mestanza 946-2277 946-2253 [email protected] the CFSEI-Hawaii chapter in 2009 and encour- [email protected] age you to renew your membership for 2010. HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETING Merger of AISI and SFA/CFSEI Membership application forms will be available at February 4, 2010 On December 2, 2009, the national CFSEI the 2010 PACRIM Conference and also at the Committee Reports: Board of Directors announced the merger of AISI upcoming CFSEI technical seminar. For more and SFA effective January 1, 2010. With this information about membership, please contact General Membership Meetings/Technical merger, CFSEI would still be part of SFA. 2010 Glenn Isidro by phone or email. Or visit Seminars/Events: CFSEI National membership dues are not affect- www.cfsei.org or www.steelframing.org for the • Pacific Rim Steel Framing Conference was ed by this merger. More information on the membership application form or for paying your held from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19. impact of and benefits of this merger for CFSEI membership dues for 2010 online. • The following seminars are anticipated to be members will be forthcoming. presented in 2010: – ACI 318 Appendix D Anchorage to Concrete 2010 CFSEI National (1/2 day seminar) Convention – Pre-engineered steel buildings (1/2 day The CFSEI conference seminar) and annual meeting will be – Simpson Wood Connectors held on May 26 – 27, 2010 Since 1985 Disaster Response Committee: The at the Omni Hotel, CNN Disaster Response Committee has received a list Center in Atlanta, GA. The of SEAOH members who may be willing to go to technical program will ® New Construction include nationally and inter- Haiti on behalf of organizations such as the Red ® Stop Settling Cross and other volunteer groups. nationally known speakers on cold-formed steel framing 2010 Committee Chairs: Committee chairs ® Relevel Foundations for the 2010 year have been announced: construction and design. Also, a mini-trade show will ® Compaction Grouting 2010 Annual Convention: Myles Shimokawa be included, as well as net- Building Codes: Glenn Miyasato working sessions and CFSEI ® Soil Nails/Shoring Disaster Response: Kylie Yamatsuka committee meetings. The ® Micro & Pin Piles Hawaii Council (HCES): Les Kempers convention program will be Installation Banquet 2011: Kimo Scott / Les Kempers published in the near future ® Rock/Soil Anchors Legislative: Ian Robertson and will be sent to all CFSEI Membership: Jiabao Chen Hawaii members. ® Clay Stabilization Nominations: Myles Shimokawa Program: Brian Ide 2010 Pacific RIM Steel ® Permanent Solutions Scholarship: Ian Robertson Framing Conference Web Site: Ibbotson Kellet As a benefit to its mem- Webmaster: Carol Kellet bers CFSEI Hawaii arranged 845-2474 to have the PACRIM regis- Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies: We Support Local Union 368 Engineers Week was held from Feb. 14 to Feb. tration fees (which included 20. breakfast and lunch) for all technical sessions waived Other Business: for the first 25 CFSEI mem- • Vernon Ching was awarded the grade of Life bers who registered to HELICAL ANCHORS Member at the 2010 SEAOH Installation attend this conference on or & TIEBACKS Banquet. Congratulations to Vernon for this before February 16, 2010. great achievement. The PACRIM Steel Framing • SEAOH would like to extend a big mahalo to Conference was held on BEARING the numerous sponsors and firms who made February 17 – 20, 2010 at STRATA generous monetary donations to SEAOH at the Ala Moana Hotel. the Installation Banquet. Your support made Leading industry experts this year’s installation banquet a success. shared their knowledge and Lic: AC-13555 ® 1275 Mikole St. expertise on the latest devel- www.ssihawaii.com ® [email protected] (continued on page 11) opments in design, innova- Page 8

speak to students at school career days. Please KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORY contact the Outreach Committee Chair Cey by C.S. Papacostas Murakami at (808) 448-2877 to let him know that you want to help. FROSH/SOPH CURRICULUM c. 1908 I was pleased to hear that Richard Cox, 1964 ALOHA, AUGUST (AUGGIE) AHLF President of ASCE-Hawaii, had circulated to fam- (1911-2009) ily members and others last month’s (Feb. 2010) The ASCE Hawaii Section would like to extend article about the inaugural year of the College of (continued on page 9) Hawaii. 2009-2010 OFFICERS The 1908-09 catalog of the College specified Office Name Phone President Jeff Kalani 596-2928 that admission of regular students could be by email: [email protected] examination in specific subjects, by certificate Pres-Elect Roger Babcock 956-7298 from an accredited school or from the College email: [email protected] Entrance Examination Board, or by transfer from Vice-President Dawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133 other Colleges or Universities. According to a email: [email protected] Hawaii Section — Younger Member Forum speech delivered by College President John Secretary Ian Arakaki 596-7790 Web site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html Gilmore at the Farmers’ Institute annual meeting, email: [email protected] regular applicants over sixteen years old could Treasurer Brian Enomoto 388-5559 Incoming 2009-2010 YMF specifically be “admitted on presentation of diplo- email: [email protected] Officers Phone Past President Michael Hunnemann 791-3980 President: Troy Ching 697-6233 ma” from the three notable high schools in email: [email protected] [email protected] Honolulu: The High School, Oahu College (that is, YMF President Troy Ching 440-4548 Vice-President: Eric Arakawa 258-5770 Punahou School) or the Normal School [see email: [email protected] [email protected] Sunday Advertiser, 12/27/1908]. Region 8 Chair Westley Chun 943-1133 Secretary: Kurt Nagamine 533-3646 Entrance into engineering required the student email: [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer: Lauren Arizumi 524-3771 “to be well grounded in the physical sciences, MARCH DINNER MEETING [email protected] and in mathematics up to, and including solid Past President: Aaron Erickson 591-2728 geometry and plain trigonometry [Pacific Program: Transportation Committee [email protected] Presentation Commercial Advertiser, PCA, 11/2/1908].” The spelling “plain” rather than “plane” appears to Presenter: Jiro Sumada, Deputy Director ASCE YMF ARTICLE FOR THE JANUARY have been in use for several centuries, as seen in State of Hawaii, Department of WILIKI a very old book by Thomas Abel titled “Subtential Transportation Highways Division Next YMF General Meeting Plain Trigonometry Wrought With A Sliding Rule” Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010 The next two YMF general meetings are and Mark Forster’s even earlier “Arithmetical Location: Treetops at Paradise Park, Manoa scheduled for Thursday, March 4, 6:30 p.m. at Trigonometry: Being the Solution Of All The Usual Valley Ige’s, 486-3500 and Thursday, April 1, 6:00 p.m. Cases In Plain Trigonometry By Common Time: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time at Gordon Biersch, 599-4877. If you are interest- Arithmetic, Without Any Tables Whatsoever!” 6:30 p.m. - Dinner ed in attending to find out what the YMF is all What today would be called a “mission state- 7:00 p.m. - Program about, please contact Troy Ching at (808)440- ment” for the new higher education institution 8:45 p.m. - Adjourn 4548 or [email protected]. proclaimed that “the College of Hawaii is offering Menu: Multi-entree buffet Waahila Ridge Trail Hike courses in engineering that are designed to give Cost: $22.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section By Karen Chongue, Social Activities Co-Chair a thorough training in the fundamental principles members The first YMF social of the year was a Hike on upon which professional engineering practice is $25.00 for Non-ASCE Hawaii the Waahila Ridge Trail on Sunday, January 31, based and to illustrate the application of these Section members and Guests 2010. Everyone met up early (8:30 am) at the trail principles by the solution of many practical prob- $11.00 for UH Manoa Student head with hopes that the weather would stay lems.” Moreover, “realizing the value of general Chapter members clear. Fifteen courageous YMFers signed up and culture, liberal provision has been made for the Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii showed up, not always on time but close humanities.” Section and mail to Ian Arakaki, ASCE Secretary, enough. The group consisted of young engi- Mechanical Engineering, the newspaper said, The Limtiaco Consulting Group, 650 Iwilei Road, neers from various companies as well as friends was “planned to afford a systematic and thor- Suite 208, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 postmarked and 2 dogs. The hike started off good, but the ough training in general engineering, covering in by Friday, March 19, 2010. Reservations for the wind blew some heavy clouds over and it started addition to the purely mechanical subjects, exer- dinner meeting to Brian Enomoto by Monday, to drizzle, then a little harder until it was pouring cises in electrical measurements and testing, in March 22, 2010, by phone at 388-5559 or email and we were all soaked down to our socks. After chemical technology, in hydraulics, in sugar engi- at [email protected]. about 1 hour into the hike we decided that it neering and in the engineering of power plants.” would be best to turn around. Back in the safe- The electrical engineering course of study was EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ty of the parking lot, the sun decided to be bright about “the application of electricity to the useful Last held: February 11, 2010 and shiny again but we did not tempt the weath- arts [and] commercial aspects including electric Next meeting: March 15, 2010 er. After drying off, as best as we could, we gath- railways, telephones, electric lighting, electro- REGIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ered under one of the pavilions and talked story metallurgy, and the generation, transmission, and PARTICIPATION while eating. utilization of electric power.” Several ASCE members from Hawaii attended The first social was a success despite not hav- Called the “oldest and broadest of the engi- concurrent regional meetings in San Francisco in ing completed the hike, but the main goal was neering professions,” Civil Engineering encom- accomplished! Meeting new people through passed “municipal engineering with its problems late February. Our Hawaii Section President- social activities! Stay tuned for the next YMF out- of water supply, sewage disposal and highway Elect, Roger Babcock attended the 2010 Region ing! construction; hydraulic engineering with its ques- 8 Spring/Winter Planning Meeting on February tions of irrigation and water-power development; 25th. Secretary, Ian Arakaki and Treasurer, Brian structural engineering, dealing with the design of Enomoto attended the 2009 Region 8/9 bridges, steel and concrete buildings, roofs, Workshop for Section and Branch Leaders foundations and retaining walls; and transporta- (WSBL) on February 26th and 27th. Troy Ching tion engineering, including the building of rail- and Kurt Nagamine attended the 2010 Region ways, canals, docks and tunnels.” 8/9 Western Regional Younger Member Council Sprinkled throughout the newspaper account (WRYMC) meeting. And UH Students Eric Wat were elements considered important or useful to and James Aoki attended the Workshop for the engineer, including mechanical drawing that Student Chapter Leaders (WSCL). emphasized “accuracy, speed, order and neat- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SPEAK AT ness,” the ability to make “accurate observation, SCHOOLS ABOUT ENGINEERING proper order and form in recording observations [and] the drawing of correct inferences,” a fluen- The ASCE Hawaii Section Outreach Committee needs you! We need volunteers to (continued on page 9) Page 9

ASCE History, from page 8 email [email protected]). Previous arti- ASCE, from page 8 cles in the series may be found at the Section’s cy of “setting forth of his work in concise web site. Just point your browser to its deepest condolences to the family of English,” and an understanding of “the details http://www.ascehawaii.org. AUGUST (AUGGIE) AHLF. Auggie passed away and cost of construction [and] their importance in Tuesday evening, December 29, 2009, after living the problem of design with special regard to the- at the Hawaii Kai Retirement Home for the past ory and economy.” few years. An Emeritus member of ASCE, Auggie Promoting the utilitarian side of engineering, was President of the ASCE Hawaii Section in the anonymous author of the article admonished, Hawaii Society of 1972. He will be truly missed. “Knowledge, when not accompanied by the abil- Professional Engineers ity to use it, is of small value.” A state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS As for the curricula planned for the inaugural P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812 year of the College, “all three branches of engi- Please help us increase our scholarship neering are parallel through the first two years, endowment so that we can recognize those WEB SITE www.eng.hawaii.edu/~hspe while the mechanical and electrical engineering deserving students. We continue to accept tax- courses differ only in the fourth year. The diver- 2009-2010 Officers and Directors deductible donations with the goal of increasing gence of the course in civil engineering from the President Florence Ching, P.E. the annual scholarships. Make your check other branches begins at the close of the second [email protected] payable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to Pres. Elect Majella Stevenson, P.E. ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917, year.” [email protected] The perfectly common two-year curriculum Vice Pres. Kurt Kunimune Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions, required 23 credits during each of the two [email protected] please contact Mike Hunnemann at 791-3980, semesters of the first year, and 22 credits during Secretary Marc Botticelli, P.E. or [email protected]. each semester of the second year. [email protected] CONTINUING EDUCATION English was required in each of the four Treasurer Nathan Yuen, P.E. [email protected] semesters, as was a foreign language choice ASCE National holds more than 275 seminars Past Pres. Manny Lanuevo, P.E. and computer workshops each year on a wide between German or French, and mechanical [email protected] drawing, although the fourth class of the latter variety of technical, management, and regulatory Chapter Directors included descriptive geometry as well. Two one- topics. These seminars are held in more than 45 Honolulu Enrique Che, P.E. credit courses in “rhetoricals” were part of the cities across the U.S. In addition, ASCE offers [email protected] customized on-site training and many distance first year, and three courses in chemistry occu- Maui Darren Okimoto, P.E. pied the freshman and half of the sophomore [email protected] learning programs, including live interactive year. Big Island Galen Kuba, P.E. web/teleconference seminars, online courses Beginning with a very first semester review of [email protected] and courses on CD, videotape, and audiotape. algebra, geometry and trigonometry, the pre- Kona-Kohala Nancy Burns, P.E. Please visit www.asce.org/conted/ for complete scribed sequence of mathematics classes con- [email protected] details. tinued with analytic geometry, differential calcu- The Maui Chapter of HSPE held its annual ASCE JOB LISTINGS lus, and integral calculus, whereas two classes in Mathcounts competition on February 6, 2010. As For information on how to advertise job open- physics (general and engineering) and two class- reported by Darren Okimoto, the HSPE Maui ings in your company on the ASCE Hawaii es in surveying were part of the second year Chapter Director, five schools participated, with requirements. Completing the classes taken dur- Section website, please visit http://www.asce- the winner being Seabury Hall. Members of the hawaii.org/jobs/jobsinfo.html. ing the first two years were “pattern making” (first winning team are Jasmine Doan (also individual semester, freshman year), foundry & forge (sec- winner), Rowan Mulligan, Kevin Lewis, Takayoshi ASCE HAWAII SECTION’S WEBMAIL LIST – ond semester, freshman year) and machine shop Tsutsui, and Coach - Steve Vurno. SIGN-UP AND/OR UPDATE (second semester, sophomore year). The Kona-Kohala and Big Island HSPE If you would like to receive e-mail notices of By the way, according to Willis T. Pope, the first Chapters also held its combined Mathcounts upcoming meetings or activities, please sign-up “interim” president of the College of Hawaii, competition on February 6, 2010. As reported by for the ASCE Hawaii Section’s webmail list at entrance examinations, for those who chose this Curtis Beck, the HSPE Big Island Chapter http://www.ascehawaii.org/emailform.html. You path to admission, were to be held at the begin- President and Marc Botticelli, the HSPE State may also update your email address on that ning of each term, with provisions for special Board Secretary and Kona-Kohala Chapter same webpage. Please consider helping the examinations at other times. The passing grade member, nine schools participated, with the win- Hawaii Section reduce operating costs by receiv- was set at 70 per cent. ner being Waiakea Intermediate. ing your monthly issue of Wiliki via email. If you “Tuition,” he wrote, “is free to residents of the Congratulations to both Seabury Hall and have any questions, please contact Webmaster Territory. Non residents will be given information Waiakea Intermediate! Both teams will advance Joanna Seto at 586-4329 or jseto@asce- on applying to the President.” to the State finals in March, 2010. hawaii.org. 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it gives the students and teachers a glimpse at what we do as surveyors on a daily basis by applying practical applications to solve problems. It bridges that gap between our profession as surveyors and students. With this program we not only educate the students but we also educate the teachers and school counselors at each high school that participates. Where students P.O. Box 4135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812 http://www.HLSA-hawaii.org who at one time had no knowledge or inclination Website: http://www.falea.org Officers for 2010 of what surveying is now have the option of pur- 2008-2010 Officers and BoDirectors President: Artie Sevigny suing land surveying as a career. The Trig-Star President: John C. Ramos Vice Pres: Gavin Hirano program as setup in Hawaii works hand in hand Vice Pres/Pres Elect: Elvi B. Pineda Secretary: Debbora Robertson with our recently created HLSA scholarship pro- Secretary: Zosima S. Agraan Treasurer: Winston Ing gram setup specifically to produce surveyors of Treasurer: Marisol Tacon Director: Iopa Maunakea Asst. Treasurer: Nicolo A. Orense the future from our state. A scholarship program Director: Darryl Cadiz Auditor/Bus. Mngr: Angelie L. Legaspi geared towards providing an eligible student who Public Relations Officer: Joey G. Resurreccion Past Pres: Artie Sevigny Past President: Napoleon Q. Agraan NSPS Gov: Kevin Kea has participated in the Trig-Star program in the Board of Directors: Ramon B. Bonoan Jr. past to attend a 4-yr degree program in survey- Eugene N. Calara TRIG-STAR PROGRAM ing and come out of college not with an engi- Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat Report by Kevin Kea Vergel G. Del Rosario neering degree but a surveying degree. Once again the Trig-Star competition for high Marcelino C. Labasan A program this large and this successful how- Jojo Lopez school students is moving full steam ahead. For ever cannot continue to grow without your help, I those of you who attended the HLSA banquet HIGHLIGHTS – JANUARY/FEBRUARY am looking for individuals and companies to help dinner on Friday January 29th I reported that we ACTIVITIES sponsor a school. Cost to sponsor a school and now have 22 high schools involved. In our 3rd BOARD of DIRECTORS’ MONTHLY their students for this competition is $295.00. year of this NSPS sponsored program the enthu- MEETING This fee covers the awards for the teacher and siasm for this program by teachers and students February 4, 2010 student, also covers the testing materials and across the state is growing, quicker than I could Treasurer’s Report: Nic gave an update of any shipping or mailing fees to these schools. the FALEA Foundation and FALEA’s financial bal- have ever imagined. This year we are now cover- Also included in my report is the official sign up ances. Suzie turned in some more monies from ing schools over 5 islands, Oahu, Maui, Kauai, sheet to support a school or you can email me at the Christmas Caroling activity. An acknowledge- Molokai, and the Big Island. ment from Sagip Kapamilya, ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. regarding FALEA Foundation’s The great thing about this math competition is (continued on page 11) donation to the typhoon victims of the Philippines was received also. Committee Reports: INFO & PUBLICATION – Joey will update the website to include more details on the upcoming Golf Tournament, and also will publish Elvine’s e-Mail thanking the FALEA Board for his recent Scholarship Award. Suzie, our HCES representative, gave an update on the upcoming Engineer’s Week activities. The banquet will be on the 20th of February. The Board authorized payment for a full table for the occasion. TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVEL- OPMENT – Several individuals who attended the FE review classes last year subsequently passed their FE exams. Ramon and Jeoffrey also reported that the next examinations will be April 17, and October 30. About 17 individuals have already signed up for the Saturday classes which will start on the 13th of this Month. The venue will be in Waipahu courtesy of Roger Urbi, a past president of FALEA. Back-up facility will be in Kalihi at Elvi’s. MEMBERSHIP – No change. Unfinished Business: FALEA GOLF TOUR- NAMENT – The date has been changed to April 16, 2010. Chairing the event this year will be Angie Legaspi assisted by Jojo Lopez. Forms and info flyers are being prepared. We now have about a dozen early sponsor commitments. Solicitation will continue. HCES BANQUET – We will have a full table. FILIPINO FIESTA PARADE – We will have a float as discussed during the January meeting. Marisol already has a concept of what the float will look like. Ramon will be assisting on implementing the design. The float will represent Central Luzon and the Bahay Kubo will be a part of the overall theme. Contact Marisol and Ramon if you have any great idea to enhance our participation. New Business: Public Outreach Program. This will be discussed at next Month’s Meeting. Announcements: Oscar Paez, a past FALEA president who has had a recent heart surgery is reportedly doing great, and is now resting at The society representatives of the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies met with Lt. home. Governor Aiona on February 2, and with Mayor Hannemann on January 30, for signing of Next Meeting: March 5, 2010, 5:30 PM at proclamations declaring Engineers Week in the State of Hawaii and City and county of APB’s. Honolulu. Page 11

HLSA, from page 10 SEAOH, from page 7 Awards, from page 1 [email protected]. Please see below for • Requests for donations are being asked to “What we do is all around you” truly describes the list of schools and sponsors we have thus far. help fund the Hawaii State Science & the contributions made by the local engineering We need your support! Engineering Fair. Tax-deductible donations professionals. As you can see, many of your daily may be sent to: Hawaii Academy of Science activities depend on this. Our engineers are Island of Oahu: Assets School (Royce c/o College of Education, University of Hawaii- devoted to protecting and improving the quality Jones); Farrington HS; Halau Ku Mana; Iolani Manoa, 1776 University Ave., Honolulu, Hi. of life for all people by applying the latest tech- School (Engineers Surveyors Hawaii); Castle HS 96822. nologies and methods available today. (Austin Tsutsumi & Assoc.); Kaimuki HS; Kalani New Member Applications: New member HS (Austin Tsutsumi & Assoc.); La Pietra Hawaii applications from Daniel J. Klingshirn (NAVFAC School for Girls; Leilehua HS; Maryknoll School Pacific) and Kainoa D. Aki (Nagamine Okawa (Lyon Associates); Punahou School; Sacred Engineers Inc.) for grade of Allied Member were Wiliki Advertisers Hearts Academy; University Lab School received and are open for comments from the (ControlPoint Surveying). membership. Their applications will be voted on Wanted at the April 2010 board meeting. Please notify Big Island: Hilo HS (Austin Tsutsumi & any SEAOH officer prior to the April 2010 board Assoc.); Kamehameha Schools-Hawaii; Pahoa meeting if you wish to comment on these HS (Jeff Sato); Saint Joseph School. prospective members. Island of Maui: Maui Preparatory Academy; Missing Members: Please contact Association Saint Anthony School. Membership Chairperson, Jiabao Chen, or any of for the the SEAOH officers if you have a new mailing Island of Moloka’i: Moloka’i HS (Ace Land and/or email address. Advancement of Surveying). The next SEAOH Board of Directors and Cost Engineering Island of Kauai: Kauai HS; Waimea HS. Officers meeting will be held on Thursday, March HAWAII SECTION 4, 2010, at the office of Iwamoto & Associates, LLC. Contact SEAOH President Ron Iwamoto 2009 OFFICERS (486-5202, [email protected]) for more infor- President Stephen Jacobson mation. Vice Pres Kevin Mitchell Secretary Emile le Roux Treasurer Sloka Colon

2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Po Box 12204 Honolulu, HI 96828 UHM College of Engineering Website: www.eaauh.org Deans and Chairs Dean Peter E. Crouch OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 2009-2010 Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs President: Matt Fujioka 836-1900 Bruce Liebert Vice Pres: Kyle Yukumoto Assistant Dean Song K. Choi Secretary: Nelson Pascua CEE Chair Constantinos Papacostas Treasurer: Dayna Nemoto Lt. Governor Duke Aiona and HLSA EE Chair Anthony Kuh President Artie Sevigny at the Annual ME Chair Mehrdad N. Ghasemi Nejhad Directors: Lloyd Lee Dinner Banquet proclaiming Surveyors HCAC Director Magdy Iskander Michael Magaoay Week March 21 – 27, 2010. HSFL Co-Director Wayne Shiroma Martin Nakasone

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