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■ Ryder Coelho (left) and Donny Sayoboc paddle University of Hawaii’s concrete canoe "Po’okela" during the men’s division finals.

he 1994 ASCE Pacific South­ • Volleyball Tournament west Regional Conference • Banquet broadened horizons for many en­ The first day began with registration Tgineering students who participated inand a brief orientation, followed by con­ the event. crete canoe display judging at Andrews "This is the first time Hawaii has Outdoor Theatre. The canoes were hosted the regional conference," said judged on the basis of their design, con­ conference chairperson John Katahira. struction, aesthetic appeal and overall The University of LU "We were excited because more UH finish. Top three finishes in this event Hawaii hosted the X students were able to participate this went to the University of California at annual ASCE year. In addition, the conference ac­ Los Angeles (UCLA), Cal Poly Pacific Southwest Regional Con­ tivities offered Hawaii high school Pomona (CPP) and the University of ference for the students a chance to learn about civil Hawaii (UH), respectively. first tim e in his­ engineering." Later in the afternoon, the vol­ tory in March Instead of sending a handful of UH leyball tournament provided some 1994. students to the mainland to participate physical challenge for the student par­ in the conference, the College wel­ ticipants. UCLA claimed tournament comed more than 350 students and victory while second-place and third- faculty advisors from 16 schools in place finishes went to Cal Poly San Arizona, Nevada and Southern Califor­ Luis Obispo (CPSLO) and San Diego nia, State University (SDSU). A Newsletter Months of hard work by a group of The second day of the conference for Alumni dedicated CE students came to fruition started off with the impromptu event. and Friends during a four-day period from March Teams of four students had three hours 30 to April 2. to construct a structure that could carry "The conference proved to be a suc­ an egg into a target ten feet away. Each College of cess because everyone worked really team was later allotted twenty minutes Engineering hard and did exactly what they were to test their structure. They had three supposed to do," said Katahira. tries at the target unless the egg University The conference included the follow­ cracked first. California State Univer­ of Hawaii ing events: sity - Los Angeles captured first-place, • Concrete Canoe while CPSLO and CPP finished second at Manoa • Steel Bridge and third. • Impromptu Other events on the same day were • Matchstick Bridge the quiz meet and the technical paper Summer/Fall 1994 • Quiz Meet Please see 1994 ASCE.. next page • Technical Design Paper t 4 / . SEP ^ 1994 ASCE Pacific Southwest Regionai Conference

continued from front page unassembled steel material. At the judging, the steel bridges were presentation. The quiz meet took loaded with 2,500 pounds of place in mid-morning at the Cam­ weight. First-place went to SDSU, pus Center Courtyard. Teams of second-place to University of three students competed head-to- Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) and head with questions on third-place to University of Califor­ engineering, history, sports and nia at Long Beach. entertainment. The University of The matchstick bridge competi­ Southern California (USC) took tion was open to students from first-place honors, while Arizona ASCE student chapters as well as State University and UCLA came local high school students. By in­ in second and third. viting high school students to The technical paper presenta­ participate, the conference commit­ tion took place in the afternoon. tee hoped to attract and educate From left to right: Silas Collier, This year’s Each participating school sub­ prospective students interested in Ryder Coelho and Garrett Fong from concrete canoe mitted two papers on the following civil engineering. The bridges the UH Impromptu team conduct a from the topic: Can Increased Use of Under­ test run with the structure they built. University of were tested with weights until they Hawaii was ground Space in Urban and Rural collapsed. First-place finish from named Development Reduce Potential Ad­ UCLA supported 26.5 pounds. float. The races were divided into "Po’okela," which verse Effects to the Environment? UH’s entry placed second with a three divisions: women’s, men’s is Hawaiian for Students whose papers ranked in and co-ed. UCLA won all three "champion." it load of 26 pounds and UNLV measured 16 feet the top four made an oral presenta­ came in third with 20 pounds. divisions while CPP and UH ended and weighed 140 tion to the judges. A student from The Conference banquet was up second and third. pounds. USC wrote the winning paper. held at the Hilton Hawaiian Vil­ Overall, the conference was a Both the second and third-place lage Friday night and included the success as it allowed students to finishes went to students from following: dinner, slide shows, apply their engineering knowledge CPSLO. quiz meet finals and awards to work. Everyone learned a lot The third day of the conference ceremony. Conference participants about teamwork and had a great consisted of the steel bridge and enjoyed delicious Hawaiian-style time making new friends. matchstick bridge competitions food and an evening of fun and fel­ "The conference allowed us to and the banquet. The competitions lowship. meet many people that we took place on the fifth floor of the Concrete canoe races took wouldn’t have met otherwise," said parking structure. For the steel place the following day at the Ala Katahira. bridge competition, each student Wai Canal. Competitors went all In addition, for students from team built a 20-foot bridge from out to prove that concrete does the College, the event was a rare opportunity to experience first­ hand what the annual ASCE regional conference is all about. Even though the UH team did not advance to the nationals this time, the experience of hosting the con­ ference has generated an interest in the event that will carry on at the College for many years to come. "I feel that the experience of hosting this year’s conference will push our students to work harder for conferences in the future," Katahira said. The conference planning com­ mittee would like to thank everyone who contributed their time and energy to make this event a success.

Left to right: John Chung monitors the loading of weights onto the University of Hawaii bridge as event judge Jill Marilley, Chairperson for the ASCE Zone 4 Committee on Student Services, and Roger Aoki observe. The University of Hawaii ASCE UH President visits EE department Student Chapter sends their warmest mahaio to the foiiow- ing companies and individuais for contributing to the success of the 1994 ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference:

American Institute of Steel Construction American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE-Hawaii Section ASUH Barrett Consulting Group, Inc. Belt Collins Hawaii Cellular Rental of Hawaii, Inc. Dr. Kenneth P. CH2M Hill Mortimer became Consulting Structural HI, Inc. the 11th President C.W. Assoc., Inc. dba Geolabs-Hawaii of the University Daiei Holiday Mart of Hawaii and Ed Sung Food Service Co. Chancellor of the Manoa campus in Elstner Pacific, Ltd. March 1993. Prior Ernest Hirata & Associates, Inc. to his UH appoint­ Fewell Geotechnical Engineers, Ltd. Chris Gray, an EE doctoral student, explains the intricacies of very large scale ment, Mortimer Fiberglass Hawaii integrated (VLSI) circuits to UH President Kenneth Mortimer. was president of Foodland Super Market, Ltd. Western Frito-Lay of Hawaii, Inc. Washington Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. University for neariy five years. Harold T. Miyamoto & Associates nsufficient operating budget agencies including the Air Eorce, Hawaii Geotechnical Group, Inc. and inadequate office and NASA, the National Science Foun­ Hawaii Pacific Engineers, Inc. Hawaii Visitors Bureau laboratory space were among dation and the Advanced Research Hawaiian Cement Ikey issues addressed during Projects Agency. Total research House of Photography University of Hawaii President funding now stands at more than Ito-en (USA) Inc. Kenneth Mortimer’s visit tvith the $3.4 million dollars. Furthermore, J. Brian Hughes & Associates, Inc. electrical engineering (EE) depart­ research collaboration with the in­ Jorgensen Steel & Aluminum ment. dustry has helped the department KARS paints In an effort to become better in­ form close ties with about 40 com­ Katahira Corporation formed about EE department’s panies. Koga Construction & Engineering, Inc. Kwock Associates, Inc. accomplishments, concerns, and Despite past and present ac­ Lester Fukuda visions for the future, President complishments, the EE department Lunalilo Elementary School Mortimer attended an open forum is looking at continued improv- Martin & Bravo, Inc. with EE faculty and students and ment in the future as well as Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp. toured three of the department’s staying competitive in the pursuit M&E Pacific, Inc. laboratories in early April, of academic excellence, says Lin. Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, Inc. EE Chairman Shu Lin started According to Lin, an insuffi­ Michael Kasamoto Structural Engineers off the forum with a brief presenta­ cient operating budget has created Nishimura Katayama Oki & Santo OK Hardware tion on the department, whose problems for the department in Outrigger Canoe Club major objective is to provide a pro­ terms of maintaining and replacing Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, Inc. gram of excellence in electrical equipment, expanding office and Pepsi-Cola/Seven-up Bottling Co. engineering while maintaining a laboratory space, and hiring teach­ Hawaii proper balance between under­ ing and research assistants. Richard Lee Trucking, Inc. graduate and graduate instruction, "If we want to achieve R.M. Towill Corp. research, and public service. academic excellence in our pro­ Safeway Stores 7-Eleven Hawaii, Inc. According to the Gourman gram, we need support from the Shimabukuro, Endo & Yoshizaki Report, a rating of graduate and administration," said Lin. "We SSFM Engineers, Inc. professional programs at American also need to make our program Times Super Market, Ltd. and international universities, both known to the public, in order to at­ Tokai University undergraduate and graduate EE tract more good local students." UH College of Engineering programs at the College currently Mortimer expressed sympathy UH Department of Civil Engineering rank in the top 18 percent of the for the department’s problems UH Manoa Parking Operations nation. caused by insufficient funding. UH Student Activity and Program Fee Board At present, EE faculty mem­ However, he reminded those bers conduct more than 30 research present at the forum that budgetary projects, funded by a variety of Please see Mortimer, page 5 Congratulations Spring 1994 engineering graduates

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Roger C. Aoki Cory K. Waki Kristie T. Nguyen Electrical Engineering William L. Flynn Cary T. Watanabe Reid K. Okasaki Aruna Ranaweera Steve L. Galicinao Ryan S.W. Yamauchi Kevin K. Oyama Kurt K. Ganiko Scot S. Yoshimura Lee A. Peterson MASTER OF SCIENCE Civil Engineering Guy T. Hatami Lesley Ann W.Y. Zane Jason A. Toth Vinai Kashyap Stacie L. Kikuchi Robert Y. Uyeunten Electrical Engineering Sanjay B. Kawad Randy Lacuesta Steven E. Valin Maria K. Abenoja Christie John Lawson Anna S.F. Lee Maiyawat Wanitprapha Chi Shing Au Pete Madrigal Michael K. Matsuzaki Carl S.P. Chun Mechanical Engineering John C. Marshall David E. Miran Baron K. Fujimoto Thomas M. Allie Iris K. Oda Electrical Engineering Robert L. Galano Steven S. Black Grant M. Odo Rodney M. Graham Tin Chi K. Chan Xiaoyu He Edmund P.G. Pascual Wai Hong Kwan David A. Harada Karen M. Ikeda Eric R. Pilotin Guy S. Ihrig Jill Z.Y. Lee Dongchen Lu Jeffrey F. Rebugio Su long Kio Yick Wa Lee Harish Pareek Michael P. Shimko Woo Wai Lau Wing-sze D. Leung Matthias Vierthaler Eric H. Tamashiro Glenn S.B. Lee Chun Yip Siu Xiaolin Yang Gregory K. Tanaka Alton Y.H. Leung Lu Zhang Amanda Tse Conan C. Liu Keith F. Vendetta BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Norman H. Nakagawa The four award Civil Engineering Michael A. Villanueva recipients at the Spring 1994 graduation recognition ceremony were Karen ikeda, Yamauchi honored with Hughes Award Stacie Kikuchi, Conan Liu and Ryan Yamauchi. ach semester, the College Ikeda, Kikuchi holds a graduation recogni­ and Liu were named tion ceremony in honor of outstanding Eits graduates. While all graduates seniors for the receive individual recognition for ME, CE and EE their academic achievements, a departments, respectively. few truly outstanding students are Yamauchi bestowed special awards. received the The Robert Edwin Hughes Robert Edwin Memorial Award is one of the top Hughes Award, which recognizes awards given to engineering the achievements graduates. It recognizes the of the most achievements of a most outstand­ outstanding ing graduating senior from the graduating senior from the College College each academic year. each academic In existence since 1962, the year. award was established by Robert H. Hughes in memory of his father, whose lifetime was characterized by his dedication to quality en­ From left to right: Robert H. Hughes, Hughes’ daughter Lindy Breen, Ryan gineering, by his contributions to Yamauchi and Hughes’ son R. Larry Hughes celebrate at the graduation the betterment of the community, recognition ceremony. by his encouragement of young career in engineering as an appren­ lation of a set of multiple effect people in their pursuit of education tice at Catton, Neill & Company, a evaporators in the Puunene Mill, and participation in athletics, and prominent equipment manufacturer on the island of Maui. He sub­ by his devotion to living in accord­ in Honolulu. In 1907, the com­ sequently accepted the position of ance with Christian values. pany sent him to Hawaiian a shop foreman at HC & S Co. Born in Honolulu on April 14, Commercial & Sugar Company Later, he advanced to the position 1884, R.E. Hughes began his (HC & S Co.) to assist in the instal­ Please see Hughes, page 6 EAAUH visits west coast alumni Mortimer

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constraints affect the whole univer­ UNIVE«SIT¥ HAWAII sity and that the state legislature is unlikely to appropriate more fund­ ing in the foreseeable future. The only way to solve problems related to budget cuts is to re-prioritize the current budget allocation. "We do need an equipment maintenance program, but that money needs to come out of per­ sonnel," Mortimer said. "We want to be a research institution, yet 77 percent of our budget goes to people." In terms of paying for more teaching assistants, Mortimer suggested choosing between hiring lecturers versus hiring teaching as­ sistants. "My personal opinion is that the money should be directed to Engineering more teaching assistants," he said. alumni in the The President also pointed out Pacific Northwest that the EE department needs to area can contact Warren Kuwahara somehow limit and maintain the at (206) 337-3396 size of its program in a reasonable for information range, because the university can­ about the chapter not staff to a swinging pattern in and its activities. student enrollment. In addition, the present tight Job market makes it imperative not to produce too many more EE graduates than the industry can absorb. "We have to come to grips with Above: Engineering alumni pose for a group photo at the reception held in the budget situation," concluded California. Below: Engineering alumni at the reception in Washington. Mortimer. "What we need to ac­ complish is to get the freedom to make choices on our own, and to n an effort to serve the alumni engineering delegation hosted spe­ make changes in how we manage and to stay informed about cur­ cial reunion receptions for alumni the same amount of money." Irent engineering problems and on the West Coast. About 50 and issues, representatives from the 30 alumni attended the receptions College and the Engineering Alum­ in Seattle, Washington and San ni Association of the University of Mateo, California, respectively. Hawaii (EAAUH) visited alumni Alumni who attended the on the West Coastearlier this receptions enjoyed an evening of April. fun and relaxation with fellow The visiting delegation con­ classmates. As a result of this sisted of current EAAUH President recent interaction between alumni Michael Magaoay, Assistant and the visiting delegates, UH Specialist Carrie Matsuzaki, alumni residing in Seattle have es­ EAAUH Vice President Derek tablished a UHAA Pacific Mukai, Assistant Specialist Sheryl Northwest Chapter. Nojima and Ken Sakai, UH Alum­ On route to visiting alumni, the ni Association (UHAA) Co-Chair engineering delegation toured the for Clubs and Chapters. Boeing Plant in Everett, Wash., Together with representatives currently the largest building in the from the College of Arts & Scien­ ces Alumni Association, the Please see EAAUH, page 16 Alumni elect 1994-1995 EAAUH officers

embers of the Engineer­ Saxena will become the new chair­ mechanism, people tend to focus ing Alumni Association man for the civil engineering on certain parts of a conversation Mof the University of department. Dr. Shu Lin and Dr. and block out others. As a result, Hawaii (EAAUH) elected new of­ Ping Cheng will continue their they hear only what they want to ficers at the association’s annual chairmanships in the electrical and hear. general meeting, held in mid-June mechanical engineering depart­ According to Nakamura, good at the Honolulu Country Club. ments, respectively. communicators think before they EAAUH officers for 1994- On behalf of the College, Dean talk and choose their words careful­ 1995 are President Michael Young presented outgoing ly. When addressing someone Magaoay, Vice President Derek EAAUH President Ryo Nakamoto about a problem", they avoid using Mukai, Secretary Nami June a small token in appreciation of the accusatory or critical remarks and Hamaguchi and Treasurer Timothy hardwork he invested in the focus on how to solve the problem. Ng. Their terms began on the first EAAUH over the past years. In addition, good communicators of July this year and end on June Guest speaker for the meeting are good listeners. They are aware 30, 1995. was Beth Nakamura, president of of the fact that their personal In other developments, Pacific Rim Seminars. She prejudices may get in the way of EAAUH has a new director in delivered a speech entitled "Effec­ really hearing others. Wayne Nakamura. Three 1993- tive Communication." Toward the end of the meeting, 1994 EAAUH directors, Neal Nakamura defines communica­ door prizes were given out. Repre­ Fukumoto, Randy Murayama and tion as an exchange of meaning sentatives from R.M. Towill Glenn Yee, will continue to serve and understanding through com­ Corporation turned out to be big in the upcoming year. mon symbols. She said that people prize winners at this meeting. Selection criteria Shortly after the elections, Inter­ need to communicate more with They went home with gift certifi­ for the Robert Edwin Hughes im Dean Reginald Young gave a each other and to be aware of cates from Liberty House, Longs Award inciude brief update on the College and its potential barriers to communica­ Drug Stores and Times Super­ academic staff. After a five-year leave of ab­ tion, She cited the human brain’s market. excelience, sence, Dr. Paul Yuen will resume selective focusing mechanism as participation in UH extracurricular his deanship at the College, effec­ an example of the barriers to com­ and service tive August 1, 1994. Dr. Narendra munication. Due to this activities, and full-time student status for at least three semesters prior to seiection. Hughes Award remembers outstanding legacy The 1993-1994 recipient of the award was CE continued from page 4 fairs, participated actively in the ber of different applications, both graduate Ryan Maui Historical Society and the on the plantation and in the com­ S.W. Yamauchi, of chief engineer and eventually be­ Kiwanis Club, and helped create munity, who maintained a came the pump and power 4.0 overail GPA the Maui Philharmonic Society as "Besides contributing his time department superintendent. During during his well as serving as its president. and skills to the community, my World War II, he was appointed academic career Above all, R.E. Hughes was father was also extremely dedi­ atU H . He was general superintendent for the plan­ known for his involvement in the cated to his family and relatives," aiso named 1994 tation. He retired in 1948. Student Engineer intellectual and athletic develop­ said R.H. Hughes. R.E. Hughes’ legacy of en­ of the Year in ment of young people. He founded Although he has not been in­ gineering projects includes the February and has the Maui Boat Club, established volved personally in the selection received development of the Searby shred­ and coached swimming teams, and of the award recipients, R.H. numerous other der, the upgrading of electrical scholarships. played a key role in the Boy Scouts Hughes says he has been pleased distribution power lines throughout movement. by the quality of students selected the plantation, electrification of He also actively supported the by the College to receive the deep wells, development of Maui- Roman Catholic Church and its memorial award. type wells, and the application of community activities, by serving "I have been very much im­ co-generation of electric power in on boards of the Catholic Youth pressed by the capabilities the Puunene Mill. Organization and several social in­ demonstrated by the award His career as a sugar engineer stitutions sponsored by Catholics. recipients over the years," he said. was paralleled by his dedication to He remained a dedicated, devout community service. He con­ Roman Catholic Christian before tributed his engineering knowledge passing away in 1962. to the County of Maui by assisting "Basically, what my father did in the development of water resour­ was to demonstrate the quality of ces for the county water system. his engineering abilities in a num­ He directed elements of the county Message from the Interim Dean

tribution to the Geolabs-Hawaii Geotechnical Engineering Endowment. We are also very grateful to our corporate donors, who showed their confidence in the College’s academic and research programs by making sig­ nificant contributions. Our Industrial Associates Program has grown with strong support from Boeing, TRW and Motorola. In Fall 1993, the TRW Space and Electronics Group established a strategic alliance with the College to promote research in areas of mutual in­ terest. TRW awarded $65,000 in research funding to Drs. Lloyd Hihara, Interim Dean Reginald Young Eun Sok Kim and Joy Laskar. In addi­ tion, TRW granted our electrical n behalf of the College of En­ engineering laboratories a variety of re­ gineering, I am pleased to search equipment valued at $200,000, submit to you the donor report which enabled the EE department to ad­ Ofor the 1993-1994 fiscal year. vance the current research Before I hegin, I’d like to thank infrastructure and to enhance some of each and everyone of you for the the existing experiments. ALOHA you’ve extended to me over Thanks to generous funding from the past years. When I became Interim the General Contractors Association Dean of the College in 1989,1 did not (GCA) of Hawaii, our civil engineering plan on being in the position for five department was able to hire a new in­ years and more importantly, I had no structor in construction engineering and idea that I’d get to know so many of management. The GCA is continuing you so personally and to he able to its efforts to raise funds to fully endow a construction management chair in our With the con­ count you among my friends. tinued support of As of August 1, 1994, Dr. Paul CE department. We would like to alumni and Yuen has resumed his deanship at the thank the local construction industry for friends, the College of College and I have returned to my helping us develop a solid program that will provide our students with the neces­ Engineering 1993- former position as Associate Dean. 1994 annual fund During his five-year leave, Paul served sary background in construction drive totaled as Interim Vice President for Academic management. $489,035. Affairs, Senior Vice President and Ex­ Despite budgetary constraints, we ecutive Vice Chancellor, as well as a managed to hire six top-caliber faculty term as Interim President, for the members who brought to the College University of Hawaii. fresh perspectives in teaching and in re­ Having served as one of the key ad­ search. ministrators of the UH system, Paul The CE department welcomed Mr. A Donor brings hack with him valuable ex­ Carl Cordes, Dr. Sean Moroney, Dr. Report For perience and perspective. We are Shlomo Orr and Dr. Amarjit Singh. Alumni and looking forward to his leadership to New to the EE department were Dr. Friends take the College into the 21st century Tong-Jyh Lee and Dr. Greg Uehara. and beyond. Visiting the ME department this past College of The past year has been one of new year was Dr. Duke Perreira from Engineering accomplishments and milestones for Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pen­ the College. With the continued sup­ nsylvania. University of port of alumni and friends, our In other faculty-related develop­ Hawaii at 1993-1994 annual fund drive totaled ments, Dr. Narendra Saxena has AAanoa $489,035. We would like to extend our succeeded Dr. Harold Hamada as chair­ sincerest appreciation to all the donors, man of the department of civil in particular to Mr. Ronald N.S. Ho for engineering, effective July 1, 1994. A adding to his endowment in support of faculty member at the College since 1993 -1994 electrical engineering students, and to Please Dean’s message, page 8 Mr. Bob Y.K. Wong for his third con­ Dean’s message Holmes Hall renovation continued from page 7 of Hawaii Foundation, which has set up a new centralized telemarket­ 1978, Saxena is looking forward to enovation will soon take ing program to raise funds on chairing the CE department. place at Holmes Hall to behalf of the University. You will In an effort to serve the alumni provide much-needed of­ still have the opportunity to desig­ R and to stay informed about current fice and classroom space for civil nate your gift to the College, engineering problems and issues, and mechanical engineering depart­ department, or program of your representatives from the College ments. choice, if you specify your and the Engineering Alumni As­ Scheduled to begin early this preference to the Foundation sociation visited alumni along the fall and to be completed within 90 caller. We hope that you will west coast earlier this spring. The days, the renovation will take place choose to continue supporting us delegation toured the Boeing Plant on the first and second floors of through the Foundation’s efforts. in Everett and together with the Holmes Hall. On behalf of everyone at the Arts & Sciences Alumni Associa­ According to Dr. Reginald College of Engineering, I would tion, hosted reunion receptions for Young, the CE shop area on the like to thank all of you once again. alumni in Washington and Califor­ first floor will be made into class­ Your generous support has allowed nia. As a result of this recent rooms while the loft area will be us to continue our tradition of ex­ interaction between alumni and the converted to office space to accom­ cellence in engineering education visiting delegates, UH alumni resid­ modate graduate assistants. and research. We are looking for­ ing in Seattle have established a Rooms 200-202 on the second ward to another successful year Pacific Northwest Chapter of UH floor will also be converted to in­ and we hope all of you will con­ Alumni Association. dividual faculty offices. tinue to take part in our quest for Before I close, I would like to The University has awarded the excellence. inform you that beginning this fall, renovation project contract to our annual fund drive will take on Warren Shioi. The College will a different format. Instead of hear­ use the Engineering Enrichment ing from us directly, you will be Fund to pay for the project, which Reginara Young receiving calls from the University is estimated at around $170,000. A Interim Dean variety of donated services have helped in keeping the costs low, said Young. "We are very grateful to I & K Architect for their design work, to College receives new endowment Harold Miyamoto & Associates for taking care of the structural en­ he success of our annual thur Chiu, Edward Hirata (CE56) gineering portion of the project, fund drives during the past then took on the mission of build­ and to Cedric Chong & Associates few years has depended lar­ ing on the endowment by for their electrical and mechanical Tgely on the combined efforts of ourcontacting Chi Epsilon alumni engineering services," he said. donors and fund raisers. The members, of which 140 con­ Even though Holmes Hall has long been listed on the University recent establishment of a new en­ tributed a total of $ 11,000. dowment at the College proves that Meanwhile, student chapter mem­ of Hawaii’s long-range improve­ such teamwork produces impres­ bers also got busy raising money ment plan, its low priority has sive results. on their own. Their hard work made it necessary for the College to go ahead with the renovation A group of civil engineering added another $10,000 to the en­ alumni and hardworking students dowment. using private funds. have made possible the creation of "This endowment is a good ex­ Young said that the renovation a $26,000 Chi Epsilon Endowment ample of how students and alumni project will solve some immediate space problems at Holmes Hall, at the College. Earnings generated combined efforts to create a per­ from this endowment will support petual fund for future Chi Epsilon but insufficient space will continue initiation projects, fees, travel and students," said Assistant Specialist to be an issue at the College. a variety of special activities for and Chi Epsilon alumna Sheryl "We are looking forward to the the Chi Epsilon student chapter at Nojima. completion of the Pacific Ocean the University of Hawaii. The College is very grateful to Science and Technology Build­ Donald Kim (CE 58), Honor everyone who took part in the crea­ ing," he said. "It will help Member of the UH Chapter of Chi tion of the new endowment. tremendously in providing much- Epsilon, initiated the establishment We look forward to more needed space." of the endowment with a generous similar types of successful fund $5,000 contribution. According to raising in our future fund drives. Chi Epsilon faculty advisor Dr. Ar­ 1993-94 Private Gift Sources

31% 8%

Dollars Raised # of Donors ($489,035) (1,151)

SOURCE GROUPS

^Trusts/Nonprofits EOA lum ni [EDFriend s EE P arents Q Corporations I Faculty & Staff

Uses of Private Support in 1993-94

E n d o w m e n ts Student Activities $149,230 31% $11,482 2%

Schoiarships $58,812 12%

College Relations _ $29,278 6% Space Renovations $57,517 12%

Faculty Development $26,356 5% Equipment/Dept Support $156,362 32%

Growth in Private Gifts Total = $489,035

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Fiscal Year

I Thousand $ ^ # of Donors 1993-94 College of Engineering Donors (July 1, 1 9 9 3 -June 30, 1994)

CORPORATE DONORS Inaba Engineering, Inc. Wilson Okamoto & Assoc., Inc. JAI/Adams Allison, Inc. WN Consultants Alexander & Baldwin Foundation Kagimoto & Associates Law Offices of Reuben S.F. Wong American Structural Engr., Ltd. Michael K. Kasamoto, Structural Yahiku Associates, Inc. Ameron HC&D Engineer ASME, Hawaii Section Yuji Kasamoto, Inc. BankAmerica Foundation Kiewit Pacific Company Barrett Consulting Group, Inc. Calvin Kim & Associates, Inc. INDIVIDUAL DONORS Belson Associates, Ltd. Kiyota Construction, Inc. Belt Collins & Assoc./Belt Collins Megumi Kon, Inc. George G. Abcede Hawaii Ltd. Kwock Associates, Inc. Roy K. Abe Bennett Drane Karamatsu Leung & Pang Associates, Inc. Wayne J. Acosta Black & Decker Corporation Thomas Lum & Assoc., Inc. Athan K. Adachi The Boeing Company Walter B. Lum, Consulting Eng. Jiro Adachi CH2M Hill, Inc. M&E Pacific, Inc. Joseph A. Ah New, Jr. Chi Epsilon Student Chapter Maguire Group Inc. Robert K. Ajitomi Daniel G. Ching & Assoc. Mark Development, Inc. Clyde F. Akita Commercial Sheetmetal Co., Inc. Mechanical Engineers of Hawaii Arleigh L.K. Amai Community Planning, Inc. Corp. Ronald W. Anderson Consulting Structural HI, Inc. Mink & Yuen, Inc. Scott A. Anderson ControlPoint Surveying & Harold T. Miyamoto & Assoc., Inc. Roy T. & Sharon M. Aoki Engineering, Inc. MK Engineers, Ltd. Mutsuo Aoyama S.S. Dannaway Associates Inc. Motorola Foundation Craig S. Arakaki Division 16 Incorporated Motorola, Inc. Eric M. & Amy A.O. Arakaki Y. Ebisu & Associates Randolph Murayama & Assoc., Inc. Stanley T. & Dorothy T. Arakaki EDP Hawaii, Inc. Nakamura, Oyama & Assoc., Inc. Edward T. Arakawa Elevator Instrumentation Engrs. of NEC Corporation Blake M. Araki HI, Inc. Nishimura Katayama Oki & Santo Walter M. Arimoto Engineering Concepts, Inc. Edward Noda & Assoc., Inc. Hiroshi & Edna T. Arisumi Engineering Design Group, Inc. Benjamin S. Notkin/Hawaii Reed Ariyoshi Ferris & Hamig Hawaii, Inc. Oceanit Laboratories, Inc. Reed M. & Dyan M. Ariyoshi First Hawaiian Bank Okahara & Assoc., Inc. John L. & Janice K.S. Arizumi Masa Fujioka & Assoc. Wallace T. Oki, P.E., Inc. Thomas E. Arizumi Fujita & Assoc., Inc. Miles Onishi & Associates, Inc. Stacy Y. Armstrong Fukunaga & Assoc., Inc. Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, Inc. Minoru Asato F.G.E., Ltd. Pacific Planning & Engineering, Inc. William J. Atkinson, Jr. Geolabs Hawaii Robert K.K. Pang, Struct. Engg. Donald S. Austin GMP Associates, Inc. Parametrix, Inc. Warren H.T. Au Grace Pacific Corporation ParEn, Inc., dba Park Engineering Wendell S. & Pamela K. Awada Gray, Hong, Bills & Assoc., Inc. Parsons Hawaii Suzanne Baba GTE Foundation Prepose Engineering Systems Michael Balderston Dennis K. Hanatani, Inc. Project Management, Inc. Martin E. Barney Hands of Hope Foundation Puna Geothermal Venture Darcy K. Barrios Harding Lawson Associates Joseph H. Schauf Co., Inc. Filemon C. & Angeles G. Barut Hawaii Geotechnical Group, Inc. Sea Engineering, Inc. Linda G. Bauer Hawaii Pacific Engineers, Inc. Wesley R. Segawa & Assoc., Inc. Ernie Bello Hawaiian Cement Shimabukuro, Endo & Yoshizaki Kumar Bhagavan Hawaiian Dredging Construction SSFM Engineers, Inc. Walter A. Billingsley Hawaiian Elec. Indus. Char. Stuctural Analysis Group, Inc. Peter Boucher Foundation Teledyne Char. Trust Fndn. William H.Q. Bow Hewlett Packard Company Thermal Engineering Corp. Michael J. Brant Hida Okamoto & Assoc., Inc. Walter P. Thompson, Inc. William Cabanlit, Jr. Hilo Engineering, Inc. Tower Construction, Inc. Ligaya F. Cabigon W.A. Hirai & Assoc., Inc. R.M. Towill Corporation Patrick A. & Wendy Y.M. Calizar Ernest K. Hirata & Associates, Inc. TRW Foundation Sam Callejo Ho & Okita, Inc. TRW, Inc. Tommy A. Camarillo IBM International Foundation Lance Uchida, Mechanical Virgilio N. & Virginia A. Casuga Imata & Assoc., Inc. Engineers Stephen N. Cayetano Whirlpool Foundation Hi Chang Chai

10 Edmund W.K. Chang Richard H. Esaki Takashi & Karen K. Higa Cathy L. Chang Fidel T. Eviota II Timothy S. Higa Frank C.K. Chang Yen Wen Fang Wayne K. Higuchi John Y.C. Chang Russell Figueiroa Lloyd H. Hihara Kwan You Chang Ronald M. Flegal Alvin Y. Hirabara Linford M.S. Chang Demetrio & Kyong Suk Florino, Jr. Eric T. Hirano Fat Sing Chan Yu-Si & Agnes K. Fok Edward Y. Hirata Freddie C.S.Chan Steven K.L. Fong Tatsuji Hirata George C.S. & Lisa A. Chan Jon K.F. Fo Melvin J. & Ellen E. Hirayama Po L. Chan Richard M. & Nancy F. Fujii Dennis 0 . Hirokawa Tak Keung Chan Samuel T. Fujikawa Alvin T. Hironaga Beei-Huan Chao Akira Fujimoto Steven N. Hironaka Edmond D.H. Cheng Myron T. Fujimoto Howard M. Hirono Ping Cheng R.K. & Helen M. Fujimoto George S. Hirose Chin-Long & Sue Y.C. Chen Thomas Fujimoto Greg Hiyakumoto Deiwin P.K. Ching Ivan T. & Yoshie H. Fujinaka Elizabeth B. Holmes Gayson Y.F. & Kristie Ching Masanobu R. Fujioka James W. Holm-Kennedy Randail M.Y. Ching Francis I. Fujita Wallace S.T. Hong Ronaid T.K. Ching Richard Y. Fujita James K. Honke Stephen T.C. Ching Thomas C. Fujiwara Gerald Y. Honma Saiwyn S. Ching Howard Y. Fukuda Alex H.C. Ho Mark N. Chin Kalani M. Fukuda Edgar C.K. & Elizabeth C. Ho Wilfred Y.K. Chin Lester H. Fukuda Ronald N.S. Ho Arthur N.L. Chiu Denis Fukumoto K.M. Htun Gordon Chong Martha M. Fukunaga Nora O. Hubbard Reginald K.H. Chong Masumi Fukushima Robert H. & Dr. Judith R. Hughes Rodney S. Chong Lloyd I. Funada Ronald Y. & Ann I. Ibaraki Roland B.F. Chong Eric K. Funasaki Guy M. & Lene K. Ichinotsubo Walter G.C. Chong Gary I. Funasaki Brian M. Ide James C.S. Chou Rodney & Mary L.M. Furoyama David Y. Ige Robert T. Chuck Joseph S. Furukawa Glenn K. Ikeda Craig S. Chung Stanley Y. Furukawa Norman T. Ikei Donald H. Chung Louie & Feliza M. Gacutan Steve A. Ikenaga Nelson H.L. Chung Samuel G. & Epifania C. Garcia Alan M. Imada Delo K.K. Chun Anthony D. Gaston Dennis T. Imada James Y.T. Chung Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad Neal I. Imada Marisa K.L. Chun Sol Goldin & Arlene Cavaness Tatsumi Imada Michael J. & Bina M. Chun Kelly Francis Gomes Dennis T. Inouye Neilson W.L. Chun Cleighton K.Q. Goo Herbert S. Inouye Tai Yee & Beatrice L. Chun Alvin J. Goto Michael S. Inouye Tit Kwong Chun Victor M. Goto Russell E. Inouye Tit Mun Chun Stephen C. Green Gregg K. Isara Wah Sung Chun Bobby P. Gutierrez Scott K. Isara Westley K.C. Chun Randy 1. Hagino Brian S. Isa Jacob Chu Ann Miyahira Hajnosz Robert S. & Kathryne K. Ishida Clarence W. & Kathleen R. Coelho, Jr. Harold S. Hamada Beverly K. Ishii Glenn C. & Inge Cordeiro Wayne Y. Hamada Brian T. Ishii Randy & Jean H. Cox Nami June Hamaguchi Kenneth T. Ishizaki Richard H. & Hester V. Cox Jay K. Hamai Robert I. Itagaki Mark C. Cramer Albert H. Hamamoto John A. Itai Thuy Kim Dam Brian E. Hanaoka Warren K. & Gwen N. Itamura Alan F. Deal Wayne M. & Terri M. Hanaoka Hiroshi Ito Sadami Deal Peter A. & Edith M. Harada Robert H. Iwai Rudolph K. Distajo Gerald & Stella S. Haraguchi Lance T. Iwami S.K. Djou Steven H. Harano Lianne A. Iwanaga-Ohashi Tep Dobry Kenneth T. & Jin Suk Hasegawa Walter Y .& Juliet Y. Jakahi Roy T. Doi Brian S. Hashiro Walter K. Kagawa Danilo R. Domingo Gary A. Hashiro Stanley H. & Vivian M. Kage Jack L. Dowd, Jr. Kazu Hayashida Harriet H. Kagiwada Frank J. Doyle Ken K. Hayashida Reynold S. Kagiwada Wayne E. Duncan Garret T. Hayashi Richard L. & Amii F. Kahikina Wallace S.H. Dung Eric N.S. Hee Kathryn M.S. Kahn Richard D. Eber Irving Y.W. Hee Douglas S. & Mary Y. Kamiya Ruth R. Muranaka Egami Kendall Hee Jerry J. Kami Howard K. Endo & Randolph P. Hennessey, Jr. Hiromitsu & Naomi Kanai Linda M. Hihara-Endo Laverne T.H. Higa Earl M. Kanehira

11 David T. Kanehisa Scott A. Kunioka George Masatsugu Dennis T. & Marilyn May Kanemura Karl D. Kunishige Fred R. Masuda Dennis T. Kaneshiro Stanley S. Kunitake R.Masumoto Thomas M. & Sachie Kaneshiro Susan Y. Kuniyoshi Jodi S. Masuoka Clarence H. & Janet M. Kanja George V.Y. Kuo Brian I. Masutani Wildred N. & Brenda K. Kanno Lynn M. Kurashima Shirley S. Matoi Harold H. Karimoto James K. & Wendy Emiko Kurata Dana K. Matsuba Royal M. Kashiwahara Kent K. & Mae A. Kuriyama Curtis K. Matsuda Eric M. Kashiwamura Ernest T. Kurosawa Derrick M. & Raine M. Matsuda Helen R. Katahira Michael T. Kutaka Fujio & Amy Matsuda Frank Y. Katakura Mrs. Tomi Kutaka Satoru Matsuda Alan M. Kato Alvin M. Kutara Richard Y. Matsui Mr. & Mrs. Stanley T. Katsura Edison C.Y. Kwock Eric Y. Matsumoto Akira Kawabata Frank F.T. & Aileen H. Kwock George S. Matsumoto Thomas Kawahara Kenneth C.W. & Queenie W. Kwock Glenn A. Matsumoto Theodore S. Kawahigashi Lynette Zane Kwock Michael P. Matsumoto Mark Y. Kawakami Raymond S.H. Kwock Shawn Yoshio Matsumoto Wayne H. Kawakami James Kwong Walter M. Matsumoto Darek T. Kawamoto Arnold W. Lam Gordon M. Matsuoka Rodney & Myra H. Kawamura Helen Siu Mei Lam Larry K. & Jane S. Matsuo Cy Y. Kawasaki Joy Laskar Ted K. Matsuo Benjamin T. Kawauchi Chew Lun Lau Howard H.W. Mau Allen T. & June M. Kaya Edward F.C. Lau Patrick K.S. Mau Maurice Y. & Shelley S. Kaya Howard K.C. Lau John Y.H. Ma Steve Kellogg Owen H.K. Lau Bruce C. McClure Curtis H. Kenmotsu Robert W. Lau Michael K. Medeiros Deane H. Kihara Adrian C.M. & Lisa Wung Lee Kevin Mendes Bruce K. Kimura Calvin G.Y. Lee Edgar C. Mendoza Michael M. Kimura Chew Hoy & Suzanne B.M. Lee Glenn T. Midomaru Roy K. Kimura Chew Lum Lee Michio & Hiroye Miiya Shuzo Kimura Francis M.G. Lee Roy M. Mikami Donald C.W. Kim Gary H.Y. Lee Henry Y. & Fay M. Mikasa Eun Sok & Jongnam R. Kim Gregory A. Lee Clayton S. Mimura Mr. & Mrs. Do Rong Kim John C.T. Lee Carol R. Minami Kyle K. Kinoshita Julie K.l. Lee Jesus E. Mina. Jr. Edean C. Kitamura Melvin N.H. Lee Rudy Mina, Jr. Gary Kitkowski Peter W.D. Lee Randal M. Mita Ronald H. Knapp Robert G.F. Lee Tetsuichi & Amy H. Mitsuda Gilbert D. Kobatake Robert K.Y. Lee Richard Y. Mitsumori Walter Kobayakawa Lloyd P.C.W. Lee, Sr. Benjamin M. Miura Lawrence A. Kobayashi Suelynn K.L. Lee Matthew K. Miura Wayne K. Kobayashi Victor W.H. Lee Norman H. & Rita Miura Keith K. & Linda Kobuke Peter C. Len Stephen T. Miwa Diane Kodama Randal H.W. Leong Craig S. Miyachi Gregg Kodama Richard W.Y. Leong Russ S. Miyahira Lester T. Kodama Oscar R. Libed Wally Miyahira Tamateru Kodama Shu Lin David T. Miyamoto George T. Kodani John E. Loomis Lyle M. Miyasaki Chester T. Koga Douglas K.C. Loo Daniel S. Miyasato Todd T. Kohagura James J.Y. Louis Susumu Miyashiro Andrew M. Kohashi Bryan P. Low Warren Miyashiro Frederick & Peggy Kohloss Craig W.L. Luke Linda N. Monden Ezra T. & Norma M. Koike Annie M. Lum Margaret L. Montgomery Paul Y. Koike Chester G.H. Lum Ronald K. Morikawa Tsuneo Koike Donna M. Lum George S. & Margaret S. Morimoto Clayton Y. Komori Francis W. & Florian C. Lum Ralph I. Morita Melvin K.T. & Cheryl C. Kong Franklin Y.S. Lum Teri A. Moritomo Megumi & Maude Kon James C.L. Lum Daryl S. Motoda Gary J. Kosaki Leighton W.K. Lum George M. Motoyama Robert Y.H. Ho Robert C.Y. & Elizabeth K.L. Lum David J. & Susan S.G. Mukai Galen M. Kuba Kevin Machida Derek Mukai Dudley Y. & Susan K. Kubo Ian R. MacLaren Douglas K. Mukai Kazuyuki & Mitsue Kudo Gregory T. Maesaka Mr. & Mrs. Susumu Mukai Anthony & Joan E. Kuh Brian T. Maja Harry H. & Marjorie A. Murakami Brian J. & Sandra L. Kunioka Kenneth M.S. Mark Stanley S. Murakami David Y. & Angela M. Kunioka Melvin Y. Masaki Barry K. Muranaka

12 Kay Muranaka Hiromi Okuda Michael E. Shine Herbert K. Muraoka Kenneth A. Okumura Mamoru Shinjo Charles R. & Linda K. Myers Owen Okumura Aaron H. Shinmoto Charles R. Nagamine Stanley S. Omuro Dawn Y. Shinsato Glenn S. Nagamine Franklin A. Ono Harry T. Shirae Richard S. Nagamine Stanley H. Osada David T. Shiraishi Ronald H. Nagano Alan T. Oshiro Kazuo Shirakawa Aaron Nagata Chester H. Otani Stacy Y. Shishido Robert K. & Hisae Nagato Gerald M. Ota & Lester T. Shoji Kazutoshi Najita Jennifer S.J. Lum-Ota Allan G. Simeon Arthur T. Nakagawa Florence K. Ouchi Amarjit Singh Bert F. & Carolyn M. Nakagawa Vince M. Oue Chou Hong Siu Melvin M. & Shirley N. Nakaima Randolph K. Ouye Diana Smith Clark H. & Jean F. Nakamoto Thomas D. Palmer & Patrick L. Soares Reginald T. Nakamoto Gorgonia Macaraya-Palmer Eugene Sodetani Ryo & Lei R. Nakamoto Dat Quon Pang Vincent T. Soeda Wayne S. Nakamoto Judy Q.U. Park James M. Sone Howard I. & Amy S. Nakamura Huyen Van & Tina Pham Samuel C.S. Song Howard K. & Janis T. Nakamura Mr. & Mrs. Panos D. Prevedouros William E. Spencer, Jr. JoAnne M. Nakamura Alex Quilici Willem Stuiver Masao Nakamura Andy Ragasa, Jr. Alan B. Sugihara Sam Nakamura Nemesio R. & Francisca Rivera Tyler K. Sugihara Wayne Y. Nakamura Ian N. & Rene Robertson Kenneth Y. Sugita Wesley K. Nakamura Leon R. Roose Jiro Sumida Wendy Nakanishi Norman M. Sahara Stephen G. Sumida Edwin H. Nakano Albert S. Saiki Raymond F. Sumile Nobuko Nakano Bert Y. Saito Robert M. Sumitomo Wayne S. Nakashima David M. Saito Jason K. Sunada Dean T. Nakasone Elton K. Saito Melvin M. Suzuki George M. Nakasone Russ K. Saito Mr. & Mrs. Ted C. Su Martin A. Nakasone Rodney Dean Sakabe Manabu Tagomori Nakasone, Sean H. Harold M. Sakai Ben Taguchi Henry M. Nakatani Kenneth T. & Rhonda L.M. Sakai Gary Takahashi Ivan K. Nakatsuka Doreen S. Tanda Sakamoto Dan T. Takahata Stan M. Nakayama Edward I. Sakamoto Dan Takai Wilma K.Y. Namumnart Gerard Sakamoto George Takamiya Calvin S. Nekonishi Norman L. Sakamoto Russell H. Takara Julian Ng Wes M. Sakamoto Shigeo Takara Peter G. Nicholson Paul & Candice Y. Saka Phyllis T. Takeuchi Clayton K. Nihei Scott S. Sakihara Walter M. & Dolly S. Takeuchi Raymond T. Nii Colette M. Sakoda Glen Y. Takishita Craig Nishimura Fred E. Salmon, Jr. David N. Tamashiro Dennis M. Nishimura Alan T. Sanborn George T. & Emeline M. Tamashiro Jon K. Nishimura Francis T. Sanpei Jerrod H. & Vanessa F. Tamashiro Rikio & Mae M. Nishioka William R. Santos Lynn Kaoru Tamashiro Gerald M. Noda Richard Santo Mark I. Tamashiro Ernest T. Nogawa Galen H. Sasaki Elaine E. Tamaye Michael H. & Sheryl E. Nojima Harold S. Sato Allyn H.C. & Ying Shian N. Tam Amy Norton John E. Sato John L. Tanabe Earl N. Nozaki Michael M. Sato Winslow I. Tanabe Lyle H. Oda Charles H. Sawai Dennis H. Tanaka Masayuki & Thelma T. Odo Narendra Saxena Harold H. & Aileen Y. Tanaka Kenrick T. Ogata Arthur S. Seki Hideo & Shinobu Tanaka James M. Ogimi Franklin S. Seki Howard H. Tanaka John K. Ogoshi Terilyn S. Shibata Kirk T. Tanaka David N. Okada Paul Y. Shigeta Ross S. Tanimoto Alan T. Okamoto Edward K. Shikada DuaneT. Tanouye Glenn Okamoto Lester T. Shimabukuro Robert E. & Lynette S. Tasaka Michael Okamoto Mark H. Shimabukuro Abraham A.Tengan Sharon M. Okamoto Mark T. Shimabukuro Michelle H. Teng Robert & Helen S. Oka Sy R. Shimabukuro Robert Thompson, Jr. Alan K. Okinaka Steve T. Shimamoto Steven T. Togami Russell H. Okita Carl N. & Lynne N. Shimazu Michelle G. Tomboc Arnold T. Okubo & Associates S. Don & Chiyoko I. Shimazu Wayne R. Tomoyasu Barry R. Okuda Lori C. Shima Albert Q.Y. & Priscilla H. Tom Cory Okuda Marc S. Shimizu Patrick Y.M. Tom

13 Synette L.Y. Tom Ben I. Yamamoto 1993-94 FUND DRIVE Lori K. Tonai David M. Yamamoto VOLUNTEERS Nora H. Toshi Dennis Y. Yamamoto Andrew Toth Gary T. Yamamoto Corporate Committee Leiand O. & Shirley Tottori James H. Yamamoto Rodney Yamamoto, Chairman Richard M. Towill Kazuo & May Yamamoto Randolph Murayama, George M. & Mervlyn O. Tsugawa Pamela E. Yamamoto Vice Chairman Pamela R. Tsugawa Richard S. Yamamoto Lawrence Agena Michael D. Tsuhako Rodney T. Yamamoto Sam Callejo Thomas J. & Sumae Tsuha Steven H. & Alice A. Yamamoto Linford Chang Donald M. Tsuji Warren M. Yamamoto Michael Chun Duane S. & Lori N. Tsuruda Warren S. Yamamoto Tit Mun Chun Melvyn T. Tsutahara Mark T. Yamamura Edward Harada Roy T. Tsutsui Francis A. & Gladys C. Yamanaka Brian Hashiro Felino & Segudina Tubera Roy K. Yamashiro Kazu Hayashida Darren Uchima Cary Yamashita Edward Hirata Kuniomi & Akemi Uehara Wayne T. Yamashita Ernest Hirata Milton K. & Ethel S. Uehara Gary F. Yamauchi Ronald Ho Lydia S. Uejo James H. Yamauchi Theodore Kawahigashi Karl M. Uemoto Charles C.H. Yang Maurice Kaya Dina L. Ueoka Erin H. Yap Donald Kim Sentei & Grace M. Ueunten Sandra Jur Yasuda Leonard Leong Kenneth M. Umemoto Glenn M. Yasui Franklin Lum Warren Unemori Engineering, Inc. Kevin Yasutake Gordon Matsuoka Scot T. Urada Harvey Y. Yatogo Wallace Miyahira Larry M. & Lisa M. Urasaki Alfred A. & Elizabeth Wong Yee Harold Miyamoto Ronale L. Urasaki Charles S. Yonamine Owen Miyamoto Derek Y. & Hyun Sook Uyeda Gary K. Yonamine Herbert Muraoka Derrick M. Uyeda Craig T. Yoneyama Randolph Murayama Lawrence M. & Patsy M.K. Uyeda Brian S. Yoshida George Nishimura Frank K. Uyehara Lynette H. Yoshida Gerald Noda Lawrence E. Uyehara Takeshi Yoshihara Stanley Osada Yukio Uyehara Alan S. Yoshimoto Randolph Ouye George M. Uyema Charles Y. Yoshimoto Glenn Oyama Hazel Cook Van Allen Edward I. Yoshimura Clayton Pang Peter & Laura Veglak Mark Yoshimura James Ramirez Ronald N. Wada Joyce D. Yoshino William Sewake Wallace M. & Elaine S. Wakahiro Sheri Yoshioka-Higashionna Roy Shimabukuro Richard M. Wakida Thomas T. Yoshioka Jonathan Shimada Richard H. Wakumoto Aaron Young C. Michael Street Hye Jin Kim Warren Bruce K.F. Young Melvin Suzuki Edward K. Watanabe Ernest H.W. & Pauline T. Young George Uyema Ellen H. Watanabe Hiram M. Young Mark Watase Walter O. & Jacqueline P. Jeffrey A. Young Bob Y.K. Wong Watson, Jr. Jon M. & Lynn T. Young Gary Yamamoto Lawrence H.Y. & Carole A. Whang Kathleen C.U. Young Rodney Yamamoto Anita & Stratford L. Whiting Leonard H.L. Young Takeshi Yoshihara Alvin Y.C. Wong Reginald & Judith Young Anita J. Wong Robert C.K. Young Government Liasons Ann O. Wong Thomas H.T. Young Yukio Uyehara Charles H.L. Wong Ernest T. & Marion Y. Yuasa Dept, of Public Works Clayton Y. Wong Paul C. Yuen James Honke Glenfred J.S. & Linda H. Wong Kyle Y. Yukumoto Dept, of Wastewater Mgmt. Michael F. & Annette P.J. Wong Robert T. Yutaka Gordon Matsuoka Sun Yet Wong Lynn Y.S. & Gloriette L. Zane Dept, of Acctg. & Gen. Svcs. Brooke J.H. Won Clint T. Zenigami Dane R. Wurlitzer Allen M. Zukemura Hisao & Ellen T. Yabusaki This report acknowledges all donors from Mark A. Yamabe July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994. W e have made every effort to report each donor name Howard F. Yamada as accurately as possible. Please inform us Jill S. Yamada of any errors so that we can promptly update Kenneth T. Yamada our records. Some alumni and friends who Lance H. Yamada support other UH colleges are recognized Russell T. Yamada through publications of those colleges. If you Gary Y. & Jocelyn C. Yamagata want to support the College of Engineering, Michael S. Yamaguchi please indicate so on your next gift.

14 College publishes student resume book

new publication from the cation will benefit both engineer­ even though submission to the pub­ College of Engineering is ing firms and the College’s lication will be voluntary on the expected to provide an im­ students. It will assist engineering part of the students. A portant linkage between our firms in recruiting new graduates "The students whom I’ve engineering students and engineer­ and help the College’s students in talked to so far seem to be very in­ ing firms. getting their resumes out to poten­ terested in the publication," said Due out in November, the Col­ tial employers. Nojima. lege of Engineering Student "In the past, people in the en­ In order to help students get a Resume Book will contain resumes gineering industry have often head start on preparing resumes for from upperclassmen and graduate contacted us to inquire about our the publication, the College has students. The resumes will be ar­ new graduates," said Nojima. scheduled four workshops during ranged by engineering discipline "This publication will be a good the early part of the Fall semester. and study level, in alphabetical way to help them in their recruit­ Gerald Lau, a career counselor order. ment." from the University of Hawaii According to Assistant The College is expecting Specialist Sheryl Nojima, the publi­ resumes from a lot of students. Please see Publication, next page

Spring 1994 College of Engineering Dean’s List

Jocelyn K. Akana Glenn B. Isidro Michael M. Masaki Jennifer A. Sakaba Darrick Y.K. Akiyama Mark K. Iwasaki Myles M. Matsumoto Ivan Y. Sakamoto Weng Cheong Ao Juneko C.Jackson Wendy Y. Matsumoto Chun Yip Siu The Dean’s List honors students Eric Y. Arakaki Layne K. Jakahi Jerry M. Matsunaka Tracy R. Smith with a term GPA Christopher K. Asano Eric N. Kaneshiro Craig S. Matsuura In-mei Sou of 3.5 or above. During the Spring Leonard K.Y. Asano Jr. Erik S. Kaneshiro Mia M.M. Minami Terrence K. Tadaki 1994 semester, a Steven K. Bauer Kevin D. Kasamoto Danise H. Miyasato Gary K. Takahashi totai of 132 Chek H. Bok Jay M. Katano Miles M. Miyashiro Leann Y. Takamoto students made the College of William R. Borengasser Ayako Kawabata Mitchell M. Miyoshi Anna S.P. Tam Engineering Alan N.F. Chan Maya K. Kawaguchi Matthew S. Morita Eric H. Tamashiro Dean's List. About one-third of Che-min Chang Michael K, Kawasaki Ann Y. Mukai Dean S. Tanabe these students Lon Shao Chang Stacie L. Kikuchi Scott S. Murakami Ryan K. Tanaka received straight A ’s. Xiaoliang Chen Emmett J.K. Kinney Jeffrey M. Murata Shawn E. K, Tasaka Kwok Bun J. Cheng Denton A. Kort Cindy M. Murayama Dane S. Toyama Sharen H. Cho Lisa K, Koshimizu Joy M. Murayama Amanda Tse Alan C.M. Chong Creighton K.L. Lai Duane H. Nagata Fern R. Tsukada Garrett K. Chun Martin H.W. Lau Norman H. Nakagawa Glen S. Uehara Clifford R. Cordeiro Diana T. Le Eric B. Nakamura Jennifer L. Umemoto Kala J. Crow Justin K. Lee Kyle T. Nakamura Anthony C. Uy Patrick P.H. Dao Vincent D. Lee Pamela K. Nakanishi Rick W. Volner Michael D. Domion Garrett D.Q. Leong Marc A. Nishida Mia R. Wakabayashi Brandt Y. Fukuda Gay Y.Y, Leong Lisa M. Nishiyama Cory K. Waki Clifton J. Funakura Grace M.Y. Leung Marcus L. Nunes Cary T. Watanabe Michael H. Furoyama Die Ren Li Daryn M. Ohta Walter T. Watanabe Kurt K. Ganiko Tsz Keung Li Wendy M. Okamura Jorge J. Wong-Chan Hazel S. Guico Hiu Lim Todd S. Okasaki Keith K. Wong Keith D. Hamasaki Kwok Fai Lo Judy J. Okazaki Lucy P.Y. Wong Neil S. Hasegawa Wing Hung Lo Frank H. Okimoto Zhuang Jun Wu Eugene J. Higa Bernard M. Lucero Lorraine R. Onedera Hui Yin Xu William W.W. Hong Thomas A. Luczak Grant K. Ono Meina Xu Linda H.L. Hu Ezra L.J. Lum Neysa D. Park Ryan S.W. Yamauchi Jayson A. Imai Calvin Y. Mai Amit J. Rele Chiu Wang Yeung Shane K. Imai Florence V. Marcelo Rafael A. Rivera Scot S. Yoshimura 15 EAAUH ME students design new vehicle

continued from page 5 team of mechanical en­ lar epoxy composites and gineering students at the aluminum alloys. The vehicle’s world. Each exit door at the plant College have designed an semi-recumbent riding position, is as wide as a football field. The Aalternative form of transportationsmall front tire, and an appropriate­ delegation received a warm wel­ that may help ease traffic conges­ ly geared drive train system will come from hosts Edward Clifford, tion and reduce air pollution. help reduce the overall surface area Director of Human Resources of The ME students have been and drag while increasing Engineering Division at Boeing working together since the Spring maneuverability and acceleration. Commercial Airplane Group; 1994 semester on the design of a An innovative form of transpor­ James Haas, an engineer on the human powered vehicle (HPV), as tation, the HPV offers many Boeing 777 project; and William part of their senior design project advantages over conventional Morton, who recently retired from for ME 481 Engineering Design vehicles. Unlike motor vehicles, Boeing. Methodology and ME 482 Design the HPV does not introduce any The EAAUH would like to Project. pollutants into the air since all the thank everyone who helped or­ In June 1992, the ganizing the trip. Special mahalo College sent also goes out to all the alumni who representatives attended the receptions. In addi­ on a goodwill trip to the mainland tion, the College is looking for the first time. forward to more interaction with During that trip, alumni in the near future. Interim Dean Reginald Young and Assistant Specialist Sheryl Nojima hosted a reception for about 30 alumni Publication inTukwilla, Washington. continued from page 15

Career Placement Services, will be conducting the workshops. Since resumes submitted to the publication do not have to follow a the finished vehicle in the comes from the riders. Its compact standard format, students have an American Society of Mechanical size helps reduce traffic congestion opportunity to present their Engineers’ (ASME) Spring 1995 and makes it easier to find parking resumes in an individualized man­ HPV Region IX Championship, space. ner. which will consist of an oral According to Ibanez, the Besides serving as a link be­ presentation, a sprint race and an vehicle’s semi-recumbent position tween engineering firms and endurance road race. makes it more comfortable than students, the publication will help "It [the HPV] started out as a regular bicycles, once the rider be­ students get organized for job inter­ project for the ASME UH Student comes accustomed to riding in views. Chapter," said James Ibanez, one such position. Another advantage "Many students wait until the of the students working on the is that the HPV can easily ap­ last minute to write their resumes," vehicle. "Since many students al­ proach a speed of 35 mph, which said Nojima. "The resume book ready enrolled in ME 481 got makes it easier and safer to keep will get them in the frame of mind interested in the project, a group of up with the flow of other motor of thinking ahead." us approached the instructor to see vehicles in the city. The College hopes to publish a if we could make it a part of the Although the UH-HPV Racing resume book every semester. In ad­ course and get credit for it." Team designed the vehicle mainly dition, the College plans to The UH-HPV is a single rider, for competition in the ASME cham­ compile a company resume book semi-recumbent, two-wheeled pionship, Ibanez feels that it will in the near future, in order to help vehicle with a light weight fairing have practical applications in the students learn more about com­ over the frame to reduce foreseeable future. panies in which they may be aerodynamic drag. It has a number "I see it as a good way of al­ interested. of innovative features. To ensure leviating traffic in highly For more information about the the vehicle’s light weight, struc­ congested area such as downtown Student Resume Book, please con­ tural strength and high impact Honolulu," he said. "It’s a great tact Sheryl Nojima at 956-7426. resistance, the frame and fairing solution for running errands within will be made with advanced short distances." materials such as carbon and kev- 16 Faculty Highlights

DEAN YUEN RETURNS 65 GHz for scattering parameter measurements. Dr. Paul Yuen The College of Engineering recent­ Dr. L. Stephen Lau ly welcomed back Dr. Paul Yuen, Civil engineering Professor who resumed his deanship starting Stephen Lau secured funding from August 1994. During a five-year the National Science Foundation leave beginning in 1989, Yuen to help finance the "Conference on served as interim vice president for the Assessment of Groundwater academic affairs, acting president, Models, March 21-23, 1994." The and executive vice chancel­ conference brought together water, lor/senior vice president of the land and environmental managers, University of Hawaii. Yuen says as well as model developers from he’s happy to be back and looks around the nation. Conference par­ forward to working with everyone ticipants assessed the efficacy of at the College. Dr. Reginald Dr. Paul Yuen Dr. Chao Yang Wang the current generation of Young, interim dean during groundwater models in addressing Yuen’s leave, will return to his sion on the subject of wind forces microraanufacturing for 3-D environmental problems, the suc­ former post as associate dean. on structures as well as the microstructures. cess of models in advancing response of structures to these for­ understanding of groundwater sys­ NEW APPOINTMENT ces; and to attempt to clarify, Dr. Deane Kihara tems, and what is needed for the coordinate and unify wind design Deane Kihara, assistant dean for next generation of models. provisions of national and local the College of Engineering, was Dr. Chao Yang Wang building codes. Chiu also serves The department of mechanical en­ awarded a grant by the Hawaii Dr. Tong-Jyh Lee as a control member of the techni­ Department of Education for his Electrical engineering Assistant gineering welcomes Dr. Chao cal administrative committee Yang Wang, who recently joined project entitled "Summer Program Professor Tong-Jyh Lee received within the dynamic effects commit­ of the Enhancement of Basic funding from the University Re­ the engineering faculty as an assis­ tee, and a member of the tant professor of mechanical Education 1994." The program ex­ search Council in support of her aerodynamics committee. He was posed high school juniors to the project entitled "Matrix Computa­ engineering. Wang received his recently invited to provide doctorate from the University of rudiments of engineering practice tions on a Heterogeneous guidance in wind engineering re­ through a coordinated program of Multiprocessor System." In con­ Iowa and his master’s degree from search by the Structural Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, lectures, recitations, laboratory ex­ trast to the traditional techniques Engineering Research Center in periments and field trips. It designed for certain restrictive China. He specializes in thermos­ Madras, which received sponsor­ ciences, transport phenomena, covered several topics related to en­ processor configurations. Dr. ship from the United Nations gineering, including a case study Lee’s proposed research addresses solidification processing, and Development Program. In March, multi-phase flows and transport. of a typical engineering project. practical and theoretical issues en­ he was invited to present the Crom countered in the scheduling of a He previously worked as a re­ Lecture at the University of Florida search scientist at the Institut fiir Dr. Joy Laskar broad class of task graphs for real­ at Gainesville. His talk was en­ time scientific applications on a Kemenergie und Energiesysteme titled "Mitigating Damage from Electrical engineering Assistant of the Universitat Stuttgart in Ger­ Professor Joy Laskar received re­ general computing platform, Wind Effects: Are We Doing where processors can have dif­ many. He was also a Enough?" Chiu received his doc­ search funding from Boeing research/teaching assistant at the Aerospace Co. for his project en­ ferent processing speeds and torate from the University of distinct properties. University of Iowa. A native of Florida in 1961. titled "Study of Cryogenic the People’s Republic of China, S-Parameters in Galium Arsenide Wang says he is a fan of basket­ (GaAs) Field-Effect Transistors Dr. Alex Quilici RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS ball. (FETs)." The goal of this project Electrical engineering Assistant is to provide an empirical model Professor Alex Quilici received Dr. Eun Sok Kim FACULTY ACTIVITIES for the development of detailed funding from the University Re­ Assistant Professor of electrical en­ small-signal, large-signal and noise search Council, in support of his gineering Eun Sok Kim received a Dr. Arthur Chiu models for GaAs FETs, which will project entitled "Visual Informa­ research grant from Tektronix, be operated at cryogenic tempera­ tion Retrieval and Organization." Professor of civil engineering Ar­ Inc., in support of his project en­ thur Chiu actively participated in tures. Dr. Laskar also received The goal of Dr. Quilici’s project is titled "Microfluidic System Using continued funding from NASA’s to construct a visual mechanism, the American Society of Civil En­ Microelectromechanical systems gineers (ASCE) Structures Jet Propulsion Laboratory for his augmented by natural language, (MEMS)." Kim has proposed to project entitled "Millimeter-Wave that supports locating, organizing, Congress, held this past April in fabricate a microfluidic system Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Chiu has been ap­ Cryogenic On-Wafer Measurement processing and sharing informa­ based on acoustic beam forming System." This additional funding tion. This mechanism will have pointed by ASCE as the and steering. Such technology 1994-1997 chairman of the wind will provide support for a graduate applications in any area where may be applied to high perfor­ assistantship to help Laskar in people use computers to find effects committee, whose purposes mance ink-jet printing, various designing and prototyping a information. are to re-examine, improve and dis­ analytical microsystems for en­ seminate present knowledge; to cryogenic millimeter-wave facility vironmental/medical sensing and with demonstrated performance to enlighten the engineering profes- monitoring, and novel Continued on next page 17 Faculty Alumni News

Dr. Amarjit Singh 1930s engineer at the Naval Sea Support 1970s Assistant Professor of civil en­ •Walter Matsumoto (CE 34) is Center. •Denny Smith (EE 67) •Norman Ikei (CE 72) is a project gineering Amarjit Singh received a retired. He resides in Honolulu. works for Tosco Corporation as engineer with the U.S. Army grant from the University Research director of information services. Corps of Engineers. •Masanobu Council, in support of his project 1940s He resides in Pleasant Hill, Calif. Fujioka (CE 73) is a managing entitled "Evaluation of Competi­ •Hung Joong Young (CE 41) is •Wesley Takemori (ME 68) is a partner at Masa Fujioka & As­ tive Construction Bidding in retired. He lives in Honolulu. mechanical engineer at Pearl Har­ sociates. He lives in Aiea. Southern Polynesia." Dr. Singh’s bor Naval Shipyard. He makes his •Cleighton Goo (CE 73) is assis­ research aims to analyze bidding 1950s home in Pearl City. •Richard Abe tant development section chief for - (CE 69) works for the U.S. Army costs at the "elemental work ac­ •Owen Miyamoto (CE 50) works the State of Hawaii Housing Corps of Engineers - Pacific Ocean tivity" or micro level of for the State of Hawaii Department Finance and Development Corpora­ Division. He is chief of civil/struc­ construction projects in Southern of Transportation as airports ad­ tion. He resides in Honolulu. tural branch in the technical Polynesia. Results of his research ministrator. He lives in Honolulu. •Carl Shimazu (CE 73) works for engineering division. •Steven will provide an in-depth guide to •Mae Nishioka (CE 50) is retired the Pacific Division of Naval Aoyama (CE 69) is an environ­ successful bidding and reduction and lives in Honolulu. •Stanley Facilities Engineering Command. mental & safety officer with the of cost overruns, while ensuring Fujimoto (CE 52) recently retired He is program manager of the ac­ U.S. Public Health Service. He contractor profitability. His re­ after 24 years of work in the quisition department. •Arnold lives in Rockville, Md. •Gary search will benefit construction development of Hawaii Kai area. Ching Jr. (ME 74) works at the Link (EE 69) works for Boeing contractors in Hawaii as well as in­ •Tamateru Kodama (CE 52) is a Naval Sea Support Center as a Co. as manager of business plan­ ternational investors by providing vice president at Ralph S. Inouye mechanical engineer - surface ning. He lives in Downingtown, vital bidding information for con­ Co., Ltd. He is a resident of Aiea. MSL. •Irvin Chan (CE 75) is a Pa. •Daniel Miyasato (CE 69) is a struction activities in Southern •Roy Shimabnkuro (CE 52) is project/structural engineer at vice president at Sato & Associates Polynesia. president of SSFM Engineers Inc. TRW. He is responsible for both Inc. He resides in Waipahu. •Wally Miyahira (CE 54) is presi­ metallic & composite spacecraft •Alan Okinaka (EE 69) is GTE structure. He has a 14-year-old Dr. Junku Yuh dent of Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaiian Tel Big Island manager. daughter and lives in S. Pasadena, Associate Professor of mechanical Hawaii. •Thomas Look (CE 55) He lives in Hilo. Calif. •Lester Fukuda (CE 76) is engineering Junku Yuh received is chief of field operation for the senior vice president of Hawaii funding from the National Science Honolulu Board of Water Supply. Pacific Engineers, Inc. Foundation to conduct a workshop He lives in Aiea. •William Hee on future research directions in un­ (CE 56) is president of Engineers derwater robotics. The goal of the Surveyors Hawaii, Inc. He has workshop was to provide a forum recently been inducted into Chi Ep­ for open discussions on a number silon and confirmed to the Board CE alumnus named VP of structural engineering firm of issues with significant impact of Agriculture. •George on the future progress in the field Nishimura (CE 56) is president of Gary Chock (CE 78) was continuing growth and of underwater robotic systems. Nishimura, Katayama, Oki & recently promoted to the position commitment to excellence in This one-day workshop took place Santo, Inc. •Manabu Tagomori of vice president of Martin & providing successful structural Bravo Inc., the Hawaii affiliate of solutions throughout Hawaii and on Maui in mid-August, before the (CE 57) works for the State of Martin Associates Group. elsewhere in the Pacific Basin," 1994 International Symposium on Hawaii Department of Land and Chock, who joined Martin & said Bravo. Robotics and Manufacturing and Natural Resources as manager- Bravo in 1986 as a project Chock holds a master’s the Tenth Annual Governor’s Sym­ chief engineer. He was recently engineer, currently oversees the degree in civil engineering posium on High Technology. elected vice president of American firm’s consulting contract for the from Stanford University and is Water Works Association. •Stan­ newly emerging $ 175-million licensed to practice in both Dr. David Yun ley Doi (CE 58) is president of Jas First Hawaiian Center in California and Hawaii. He Electrical engineering Professor W. Glover, Ltd. •Calvin Kim (CE downtown Honolulu. serves as a director for the David Yun was awarded a grant by 59) is president of Calvin Kim & John Bravo, president of Martin Structural Engineering NASA, in support of his project en­ Associates, Inc. & Bravo Inc., speaks highly of Association of Hawaii, for which titled "Parallel Image Compression Chock’s professional he recently drafted an inspection by Neural Networks." Modem 1960s achievements. standard of practice. He chairs the Hawaii State Earthquake space and earth exploratory tech­ •Robert Lau (GE 60) is president "In 35 years of construction consulting, I have never met a Advisory Board at State Civil nology has enabled rapid gathering of EDP Hawaii Inc. He lives in structural engineer who possessed Defense, and has helped the of scientific data. Image compres­ Aiea. •Herbert Inouye (CE 63) is a greater degree of ability, Honolulu Building Department sion plays a vital role in this data a vice president at Ralph S. Inouye "In his eight years with us he establish new structural Co., Ltd. He resides in Kailua. explosion by facilitating the trans­ has been responsible for several inspection certifications. In mission and storage of data. Dr. •Stanley Murakami (CE 64) outstanding assignments, among addition, he is active in the Yun will develop a real-time, adap­ works for the State of Hawaii them the Waikiki Landmark, Consulting Engineers Council tive image compression technique Department of Public Works as Hawaii Prince Hotel and Nauru and received the "Young using competitive learning neural project manager. •Kay Muranaka Tower Phase I, for which we have Engineer of the Year" award in networks, and implementing the (CE 64) works for Engineering also received major design 1990. technique on massively parallel Concepts, Inc. as vice president. awards. computing systems. He lives in Honolulu. •Ronald "We expect Gary to be a vital Iwata (ME 67) is a mechanical influence in our company’s

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•Michael Magaoay (EE 76) works Nojima (CE 81) works for Gray, Harbor Navy Submarine Base. gineer. 'Michael Wong (CE 89) for American Electric. He resides Hong, Bills & Associates, Inc. as a She lives in Mililani. 'Warren is a hydrologist with the U.S. in Mililani. 'Michael Ogan (EE project engineer. He lives in Hayakawa (EE 86) works for Geological Survey, water resour­ 76) is an engineer with the U.S. Hawaii Kai. 'Lawrence Ornellas Hawaiian Electric Co. as an electri­ ces division. He resides in Air Force. He lives in Honolulu. (EE 81) is an operations supervisor cal engineer. He resides in Kaneohe. •Stanley Ho (CE 77) is director of atHRRV. He resides in Waipahu. Honolulu. 'Nancy Convard (CE Public Works Engineering at the •Ryo Nakamoto (ME 82) is a 87) is employed by Parametrix Inc. 1990s Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler, mechanical engineer with the U.S. as an environmental services •Suzanne Baba (CE 90) is an en­ in Okinawa, Japan. He is married Army Corps of Engineers. manager. 'Drew Medeiros (ME vironmental engineer with the U.S. to the former Beatriz Borrego and •Steven Nakagawa (ME 84) is 87) recently moved back to Oahu Army Corps of Engineers. She has two daughters. 'Wayne employed by Randolph H. after living in San Diego for four lives in Pearl City. 'Barry Nakamura (CE 77) works for Murayama & Associates as a years. He works for Science Ap­ Muranaka (CE 90) works for STV/Lyon Assoc, as a civil en­ project/design engineer. 'Andy plications International Akinaka & Associates, Ltd. as a gineer. 'Stephen Green (ME 78) Ragasa (CE 84) works for Koga Corporation as a mechanical en­ civil engineer. 'Dina Ueoka (CE works for Waikoloa Land Engineering & Construction Inc. gineer/consultant. 'Tracy 90) recently relocated to Honolulu. Co.AVaikoloa Utilities as chief as a project manager. 'Danilo Kazunaga (ME 88) is a mechani­ She is now a civil engineer at Aus­ field engineer. He and his family Domingo (ME 85) is a nuclear en­ cal engineer with the U.S. Air tin, Tsutsumi & Associates. 'Ann reside in Waikoloa Village, a 20- gineer at Pearl Harbor Naval Force. She works at the Hickam Wong (CE 90) is a civil engineer year-old town of about 7,000 Shipyard. He lives in Waipahu. AFB. 'Kurt Shigeta (EE 88) is at the Board of Water Supply. She people. He travels to Nagoya, 'Glenn Hamasaki (EE 85) lives in an assistant professor of aerospace lives in Kapolei. 'Sheri Yoshioka- Japan annually and visited Tokyo Flower Mound, Texas, He is a sys­ studies with the U.S. Air Force. Higashionna (90) is a project Disneyland last year. His 5-year- tems engineer at Texas He lives in Los Angeles, Calif. engineer at Prepose Engineering old daughter is completing Instruments. 'Kurt Sakamoto •Robyn (Takabayashi) Tabata systems Inc. She lives in Pearl Kindergarten. 'Ranold Fujioka (EE 85) works for Motorola Inc. as (88) works for Randolph H. City. 'Allan Dunphy (EE 91) Jr. (CE 78) works for Navy Public a senior staff engineer at the GaAs Murayama & Associates as a works for Naval Undersea Warfare Works Center as supervisory en­ Design Center. He resides in project engineer. She lives in Center as an electronics engineer. vironmental engineer. 'Carol Chandler, Ariz. 'Edward Aiea. 'Kerstan Wong (EE 88) is He resides in Poulsbo, Wash. 'R.J. Minami (EE 78) is senior ad­ Shikada (CE 85) works for the a project manager at Hawaii Ritter, Jr. (EE 91) manages the ministrator in pricing and tariffs Los Angeles County Metropolitan Electric Co., Inc. 'Michael building automation systems at for GTE hawaiian Tel. She makes Transportation Authority. He Yoneda (EE 88) works for NISE Trane Pacific Service. He lives in her residence in Honolulu. 'Bert manages the congestion manage­ West Hawaii as a manager. He Kailua. He has two sons and his Yamamoto (CE 78) is a civil en­ ment program. 'Lyim (Kaoru lives in Mililani. 'Derek Mukai wife is entering Richardson School gineer at EDP Hawaii. He lives in Tamashiro) Tanaka (ME 85) is a (89) is employed by R.M. Towill of Law this coming fall. Honolulu. 'Roy Abe (CE 79) mechanical engineer at the Pearl Corporation as an associate en­ works for Hawaii Pacific En­ gineers, Inc. as vice president/civil engineer. He resides in Honolulu. ENGINEERING ALUMNI UPDATE 'Melvin Arakaki (CE 79) is a pro­ gram manager at HQ - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 'Laverne Name_ Higa (CE 79) works for the City & County of Honolulu as a civil en­ Address„ _Phone Bus( ' gineer. She lives in Honolulu. •Jason Takaki (CE 79) is a civil City____ _State_ _Zip Code_ Res()_ engineer at the Honolulu Board of Water Supply. He resides in Employer/Company_ Honolulu. Job Title/Description_ 1980s Year Graduated (BS)_ _Major (CE, EE, ME?)_ .Graduate degrees. •Shirley Matoi (CE 80) works for the Pacific Division of Naval News about children, marriages, promotions, hobbies, travel, etc. Facilities Engineering Command as a civil engineer. 'Eric Nakagawa (ME 80) works for Randolph H. Murayama & As­ sociates as an associate/design Please share what you are doing with your classmates. Send your news to : Newsletter Editor, College of engineer. He lives in Kaneohe. Engineering, 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 240, Honolulu, Hi 96822. •Beverly Ing (CE 81) is a project engineer at Gray, Hong, Bills & If you want to join the Engineering Alumni Association or pay your 1994 dues, please use this form. Annual membership rate is Associates, Inc. 'JoAnne $1 O/year. Annual membership rates for the University of Hawaii Alumni Association are as follows: OAHU: Single - $35, Nakamura (CE 81) works for En­ couple-$45. MAINLAND/NEIGHBOR ISLANDS: Single - $20, couple - $30. Rates for Single and Couple Life Members are gineers Surveyors Hawaii, Inc. $500 and $800, respectively. $10 of whatever category you choose will go to the Engineering Association for dual member­ She lives in Honolulu. 'Mike ship. Contact any of the officers listed on the last page of this newsletter for further information. 19 ENGINEERING ALUMNI Alumni News ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

President Michael Magaoay Michael Chun (MSCE 68) and Ben Taguchi (CE American EiectricCo. 2308 Pahounui Dr. 54) were among eight UH alumni recognized as UH Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 Alumni Association (UHAA) 1994 Distinguished Tel. 848-0751 Alumni. The UHAA Distinguished Alumni represent the university’s finest contribution to Vice President Derek Mukai R.M. Towill Corp. creating a better world. 420 Waiakamilo Rd., Suite 411 Chun is currently president of the Kamehameha Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 Schools and a non-compensated clinical professor in Tel. 842-1133, Fax. 842-1937 the Department of Public Health Sciences and Secretary Nami Hamaguchi Research Affiliate at the Water Resources Research Hawaii Community Dev. Authority Center. He was formerly an associate professor in 677 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 1001 the School of Public Health and the College of Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Engineering. In addition, he served as director of Tel. 587-2870, Fax 599-2613

public works and chief engineer for the City and T reasurer Timothy Ng County of Honolulu. He was named 1990 Engineer Mass Mutual of the Year by the Hawaii Society of Professional 715 S. King St., Suite 311 Engineers. Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-3021 Left to right: Mike Chun receives congratulations from Tel. 537-4591 x224. Fax, 537-6696 Chun has lent personal and professional expertise to Engineering Alumni Association officers Nami June a wide variety of boards and civic organizations. In Director Randy Murayama Hamaguchi and Ryo Nakamoto. 1993, the Hawaii Business and Professional R. Murayama & Associates Association (HBPA) awarded him the O’o Award 1259 S. Beretania St., Room 29 Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 for career accomplishment and community Tel. 593-9360, Fax. 591-9362 INIIVERSITY o f HmNMi contributions. The HBPA is an organization dedicated to the advancement of Hawaiian people in Director Wayne Nakamura industry, commerce and professions. STV Lyon Associates 841 Bishop St., Suite 510 ALUMHI Taguchi presently works as a consulting engineer Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 and a principal for SSFM Engineers, Inc. As former Tel. 536-6621 president and chief executive officer of M&E Pacific, he helped the firm expand into a major Director Glenn Yee engineering presence in Asia and the Pacific Basin NISEWEST Hawaii Box 130, Code 04 before retiring in 1992. In 1987, he was named Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860 Hawaii State Professional Engineer of the Year. Tel. 471-8237, Fax 471-4069 An active member of UHAA, Taguchi served as its Director & UHAA Representative president in 1991-1992 and vice president in Neal Fukumoto 1989-1990. During his presidency, he initiated the Parametrix, Inc. highly successful UHAA Invitational Golf 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1600 Tournament. He also served on the association’s Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Strategic Planning Committee in 1991 and is a Tel. 524-0594, Fax 523-2995 Left right: UHAA President Donald Kim observes as member of the UH Foundation President’s Club. Past President Ryo Nakamoto Ben Taguchi receives a Distinguished Alumnus Award The College of Engineering would like to US Army Engineer Division from University of Hawaii President Kenneth Mortimer. congratulate Chun and Taguchi for their outstanding Building 230, CEPOD-ED-TE accomplishments. Fort Shatter, Hawaii 96858-5540 Tel. 438-7047, Fax 438-9590

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