VOL. 50 NO. 7 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS SEPTEMBER, 2014 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING UPDATE Dean Peter Crouch sends thanks to all seniors for positions within their companies or Engineering and Director of the Center alumni and friends for supporting the college upper level students for summer internships. for Advanced Communications, has invented a through donations, scholarship, sponsorship Please contact Dr. Myhraliza Aala, phone 956- new type of stethoscope, the Cardo-Pulmonary and coordination of the annual banquet and 0776, email [email protected], if you are (CP) Stethoscope. The CP-Stethoscope uses a Holmescoming, service on advisory commit- interested in setting up a booth at Career Fair. radio frequency sensor to detect changes in tees, volunteering for events, and other numer- The fall fair will be held on Wednesday, the water content of lungs, and can monitor ous ways of giving back to the College. In par- October 15, 2014, on the first floor of Holmes heart and respiration rate, and stroke volume. ticular, the proceeds from the annual banquet Hall. Measuring the changes in water content of the financially support the students, both current Please join us for the 7th Annual lungs can be an important detection of heart as well as prospective. A major use of the Holmescoming celebration on Friday, failure and the procedure is non-invasive. funds is support of research experiences for November 21, 2014. The celebration starts at Iskander, recently formed MiWa Technologies, undergraduates wherein the students write 5:00 p.m. on the front lawn of Holmes Hall. a company that will ultimately manufacture and proposals with their faculty mentors to perform There will be great food, entertainment, and sell the CP-Stethoscope. His team from MiWa research projects. Seed money for supplies if lots of time for fellowship with your classmates. Technologies won first place in the 2014 UH provided and the students have the opportuni- Check the College’s website— Business Plan Competition for the stethoscope. ty to pursue and develop research ideas. In www.eng.hawaii.edu—for details on how to get The Cp-Stethoscope also won Best of Show in addition, monies for travel to conferences on your tickets. the National Science Foundation Innovation the mainland broaden the students’ under- And mark your calendars for the 15th Annual Corps Program. standing of being professional engineers. College of Engineering Dinner. It will be on Dr. Tianwei (David) Ma and his graduate Banquet funds also support STEM (science, Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the Hawaii student Hui Zhang have made a technical technology, engineering and mathematics) Convention Center. Come and meet our stu- breakthrough — they’ve developed a theoreti- events for K-12 students, exciting them about dents—see what innovative ideas they have cal model along with a prototype device that the prospect of majoring in STEM subjects in come up with. can harvest mechanical energy to power wire- college. A new program was introduced last Faculty Accolades less sensor networks. These autonomous net- year for unrestricted multidisciplinary student Dr. David Garmire, an associate professor works are used in monitoring natural systems projects, again using the proceeds from the in the Electrical Engineering Department, was like a body of water to ensure that it’s safe for banquet. Banquet attendees look forward to nominated by a student for an outstanding recreation, as well as buildings, bridges, dams exciting displays and presentations about all of teaching award. Garmire submitted a dossier and the like to ensure their structural health. In these projects as well as interacting with the that contained his philosophy of teaching, eval- order for the sensors to transmit data, they students to hear about the challenges and uations of his teaching by his students, letters need a power source other than batteries accomplishments in doing their research. of recommendation from students and peers, which are sometimes impractical to replace in The College had seen its undergraduate and syllabi of his classes. The selection com- the field. Ma’s device harvests mechanical enrollment steadily climb, due, in part, to the K- mittee awarded him the Frances Davis Award vibrations (such as those generated by the 12 events that the College has been sponsor- for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. passage of vehicles) and converts these vibra- ing. In the fall of 2006, our undergraduate This award is given to a faculty member who tions into electricity to power the sensors. His enrollment was 800 students. Our fall 2013 shows dedication and demonstrated excel- device responds to multiple frequencies, a new enrollment was 1,263, an increase of over 50% lence in teaching undergraduate students. approach in that earlier devices only tried to in eight years. Growth is exciting but not with- The award honors the late Francis Davis who match the dominant frequency of the system out its challenges to provide classes and taught mathematics in the UH System for 19 being monitored. advising for such a large increase. years. November 19, 2013 was a historic day for Dr. Holmes Hall has been the home for engi- Recipient of a prestigious National Science Wayne Shiroma, Professor and Chair of the neering since 1972, with the addition of space Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, Dr. Yi Zuo Electrical Engineering Department. A United in the POST Building in 1997. Holmes Hall is studying the molecular mechanisms of lunch States Air Force rocket, launched from Wallops needs renovation. A design that worked over surfactants which are critical to maintain nor- Flight Facility in Virginia, carried the first UH 40 years ago no longer meets the needs of our mal respiratory function of our lungs. Zuo, an made small satellite into space. Shiroma is the changing curriculum and research. associate professor in the Mechanical founder of the UH Small Satellite Program Fortunately, the State Legislature has appropri- Engineering Department, is using surfactants which he started in 2001. Several hundred stu- ated $2 million for planning/design of the reno- to treat neonatal and adult respiratory dis- dents have participated in the program, giving vation of Holmes Hall. New spaces for student eases. The CAREER award is a five-year, them valuable hands on experience. Larry projects, updated classrooms, renovated $400,000 grant that is awarded to outstanding Martin (graduate student, Electrical research laboratories and conference rooms young researchers and is one of NSF’s most Engineering) and Windell Jones (graduate stu- are part of the vision for Holmes Hall. The dean competitive and prestigious awards. The dent, Mechanical Engineering), were at the would like to thank all of our friends who took award recognizes the faculty member’s excel- launch and part of a team of 30 students who the time to testify on behalf of the College. lent research, outstanding teaching, and the spent three years designing and building the Upcoming Events integration of teaching and research. Since the cube satellite under Shiroma’s tutelage. Ho’oponopono 2 is about the size of a loaf of Twice a year the College hosts a Career Fair inception by the National Science Foundation bread and weighs only nine pounds. It cost for both engineering and computer science of this prestigious award, 19 faculty in the only $220,000 to build and replaced a satellite students. Employers from Hawaii as well as College of Engineering have won the award. several mainland companies recruit graduating Dr. Magdy Iskander, Professor of Electrical continued on page 7 Page 2

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VP/Programs Bryan Zachmeier, USAF (Ret) VP/Sustaining AUGUST 6 MEETING CANCELLED Members Will Boudra, PE, USN (Ret) Our August 6 meeting was to feature Wiliki VP/Membership Jerry Matsuda, PE, USAF (Ret) Speaker Edward Russell, Project Manager, Secretary 1LT Steven LaFave, USA Treasurer David Brotchie, PE Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation is September 15th Reg. VP, Technologies (HCATT), speaking on a demon- Pacific Region Bill Grip, PE stration project to use PV to generate hydrogen Page 3

munication between the Board of Direction and ASCE JOB LISTINGS its committees, and the local sections and The following job listings are currently post- branches. Mrs. Swezczyk will replace current ed on the ASCE Hawaii Section website: Region 8 Governor Horst Brandes, PH.D., P.E., • Civil Engineer VI – City and County of F.ASCE starting October 1st. Honolulu FY2014-2015 ASCE HAWAII SECTION OFFI- • Civil Engineer IV – City and County of CERS Honolulu The following officers will be installed at the • Civil Engineer V – City and County of 2013-2014 ASCE HAWAII SECTION OFFICERS OCEA Awards Banquet on September 27, Honolulu Office Name Phone 2014. • Mechanical Engineer IV – City and County of President: Brian Enomoto, P.E. 388-5559 • President: Glenn Miyasato, P.E. Honolulu email: [email protected] Pres-Elect: Glenn Miyasato, P.E. 488-7579 • President-Elect: Benjamin Rasa, P.E. • Director of Design and Construction – City email: [email protected] • Vice President: Timothy Goshi, P.E. and County of Honolulu Vice Pres: Benjamin Rasa, P.E. 497-6209 • Secretary: Lara Karamatsu, P.E. • Civil Engineer V – SSFM International email: [email protected] • Treasurer: Eric Arakawa, P.E. • Civil Engineer – Coffman Engineers Secretary: Timothy Goshi, P.E. 791-3966 • Immediate Past President: Brian Enomoto, email: [email protected] For further information on these job listings or P.E. to find out how you can post job openings in Treasurer: Lara Karamatsu, P.E. 566-2227 • YMF President: Keane “Puna” Kaneakua, email: [email protected] your company on this website, please visit Immediate P.E. http://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm. Past Pres: Ian Arakaki, P.E. 596-7790 Congratulations and good luck to our FY email: [email protected] 2014-2015 Executive Committee! YMF President: Jason Sugibayashi, P.E. 237-3218 email: [email protected] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Last held: August 7th, 2014 SEPTEMBER DINNER MEETING Next meeting: September 9th, 2014 OCEA AWARDS BANQUET CONTINUING EDUCATION Program: Annual ASCE Hawaii Section ASCE National holds more than 275 semi- Outstanding Civil Engineering nars and computer workshops each year on a Achievement (OCEA) Awards wide variety of technical, management, and Banquet; Recognizing a variety of regulatory topics. These seminars are held in Po Box 12204 Honolulu, HI 96828 outstanding civil engineering more than 45 cities across the U.S. In addition, Website: www.eaauh.org accomplishments by local design ASCE offers customized on-site training and and construction professionals. 2014-2015 Officers many distance learning programs, including President Dayna E. Nemoto Date: Saturday, September 27, 2014 live interactive web/teleconference seminars, Vice Pres Keith S. Uemura Location: HASR Bistro online courses and courses on CD, videotape, Treasurer Neal N. Miyake 31 North Pauahi Street, Hon., and audiotape. Please visit Secretary Anthony J. Paresa See www.ascehawaii.org for more infor- http://ascehawaii.org for complete details. Past Pres Glenn M. Nohara Directors Rodney Chong mation and RSVP form. ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT Ken K. Hayashida 12th ANNUAL ASCE HAWAII GOLF SCHOLARSHIPS John H. Katahira Ken Kawahara TOURNAMENT Please help us increase our scholarship endowment so that we can recognize deserv- Diane Y. Kodama On Tuesday August 26th, 2014, golfers gath- Stancher Mabellos ered at the Pearl Country Club to participate in ing students. We continue to accept tax- Mike Y. Magaoay our 12th Annual ASCE Hawaii Section deductible donations with the goal of increas- Derek K. Mukai Scholarship Golf Tournament in Honor of Steve ing the annual scholarships. Make your check Martin A. Nakasone Fong. Originally scheduled for August 8th, the payable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to: Ross S. Okuda tournament had to be rescheduled due to ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917, Wayne A. Shiroma Jonathan M. Suzuki approaching hurricanes Iselle and Julio. It was Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions, please contact Ian Arakaki at 596-7790, or Dennis I. Toba a day of fun, fellowship and camaraderie, as Edward I. Yoshimura three player teams scrambled their way [email protected]. Russell Young through the golf course. We would like to thank Kyle Y. Yukumoto our tee sponsors, manpower volunteers, stu- See ASCE History, page 4 Landon Sakai dent volunteers, participants, and the golf tour- nament committee, for making this year’s tour- It’s that time again! In a short 6 years, nament a great success. Holmescoming has grown into Hawaii’s pre- mier “friendraiser” event, bringing together ASCE FELLOW our engineering community in a very casual We would like to congratulate Gary K. format for great food, great drinks, and Chock, S.E., F.ASCE for his election to grade of Hawaii Section — Younger Member Forum Web site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html great entertainment. It’s a terrific opportuni- ASCE Fellow. Fellow status is a prestigious ty to catch up with old friends and create honor only attainable through professional new ones. accomplishments and election by the 2013-2014 YMF Officers Membership Application Review Committee. President Jason Sugibayashi, P.E. 537-9971 PLEASE SAVE THE DATE! Fellows must demonstrate, through a distin- [email protected] Vice-President Puna Kaneakua, P.E. 7th Annual Holmescoming guished career, the mark they have left on their [email protected] Friday, November 21, 2014 communities, society, future engineering pro- Secretary Amanda Tanaka, P.E. 5pm to 8:30pm fessionals and the Civil Engineering profession [email protected] as a whole. Fellows comprise fewer than 4% of Treasurer Norman Leong, P.E. Holmes Hall, UH Manoa Campus ASCE members. For more on the story, please [email protected] Sponsorships: $1,300 (10 Tickets, recog- visit http://blogs.asce.org/chock-elected-asce- Past President Kurt Nagamine, P.E. [email protected] nition and signage at event) fellow/ Student Chapter President Michelle Chinen, Individual Tickets: $75 each NEW REGION 8 GOVERNOR [email protected] Make checks payable to UHF/COE and We would like to congratulate ASCE Hawaii YMF General Meeting mail to: Section Past President Dawn Szewczyk, P.E., The next YMF general meeting is scheduled 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 240 on her appointment to the position of Region 8 for Wednesday, September 3, 6:00 p.m. at Honolulu, HI 96822 Governor. Mrs. Swezczyk brings a wealth of Holoholo Bar & Grill. If you are interested in Attn: Jean Imada knowledge and leadership to her new appoint- attending to find out what the YMF is all about, For information, 956-5112 ment and will act as the main conduit for com- contact YMF at [email protected]. Page 4

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORY grounds known as Independence Park.” The Park was subdivided into lots for sale by by C.S. Papacostas Having an interesting history, Bruce Waring & Co. Incidentally, to this day, “Independence Park” on King Street in Pawa`a lots in the subdivision are still identified as Closing of Cyclomere (widely reported as being “southeast of the belonging to the all but forgotten Cyclomere Last month (August 2014) we saw that the corner of Sheridan and King Streets) was tract! Cyclomere Bicycle Track opened on October called “Little Britain” until July 4th, 1894 when In closing the story of Cyclomere and the 23, 1897 and closed its regular season on its then owner, J. N. Wright, renamed it during early days of bicycling in Honolulu, I offer the February 26, 1898 [Hawaiian Star, HS an American Independence Day celebration; it following tidbits: 2/28/1898]. On March 1, a surprise announce- was previously the site of the residence of • Bicycle racing had resumed at Kapi`olani ment appeared in the HS under the heading Captain George H. Luce, first mate on Bark Park [e.g., HG 1/1/1897]. “Track May Go:” Owner C. S. Desky was pre- “Eureka” and for many years tax collector for • Someone composed a “Cyclomere March” pared to fill in the lake and subdivide and sell the District of Honolulu. A portion of this land that Professor Berger performed [HG the reclaimed land if a lessor did not step up that stretched from King Street to today’s Ala 2/15/1898]. soon. He did not say that he lost money, but Moana Shopping Center location (known as that he could “not tolerate the bickering” that • A “police on wheels” was organized consist- Malo`okahana), had been purchased by British ing of teams “one a haole man and the other arose in connection to disputed decisions Consul William Miller, who had his country res- between competitors and judges. In other a native” to “put a stop to some of the asser- idence there (see Royal Patent Grant Number tions that are made against police officers words, the enterprise was taking an inordinate 2341, dated March 20, 1857); Miller, who amount of his time that he could devote to other who go single handed to make an arrest [HG arrived in 1844, followed Richard Charlton, 11/16/1897].” business endeavors. The Hawaiian Gazette of instigator of the infamous Paulet Affair. An 1886 • Purchasers of 26 lots at Kewalo who had March 8 speculated that there was a possibility 32.96 acre Little Britain plat map by M. D. been given deeds warranting the properties of constructing a stage on a raft in the lake as Monsarrat (Reg. 0976) shows a stone wall on as free from encumbrances were “stuck” part of a potentially lucrative “theater scheme the western boundary where Sheridan Street is with an outstanding mortgage that Desky [HG 3/8/1898].” today and Ke`eaumoku Street terminating on failed to pay [HG 7/12/1904]. Instead, a group of five “young men,” four of King Street in the middle of the parcel’s King whom were riders, formed a “local hui” to lease Street frontage. • The tax assessor ordered the confiscation of bicycles without a license tag [HS 5/28, and operate the racing track [HG 4/8/1898]. As an aside, this is how the parcel was 1907]. Having lost money after only two meets, “no described in a newspaper advertisement seek- more racing at Cyclomere so far as the hui of ing to rent it: “To be let for a term of years, or as • It was unlawful for a bicyclist to carry while local boys is concerned,” said the HG may be agreed upon, the whole of those very riding upon any street anything weighing [5/10/1898]. Another potential lessor, Manuel desirable Premises known as Little Britain, more than five pounds [EB 9/2/1909]. Du Ponte appeared next but Desky decided to owned by Gen. Miller, beautifully situated a • A proposed traffic ordinance provided that close up the park at that time [HS 5/16/1898]. mile from Honolulu, consisting of an excellent “bicycles and similar vehicles shall not be A few days later, however, “W. C. Weedon for Dwelling House which stands on pillars three allowed to approach dangerously near other Bruce Waring & Co. said that the Cyclomere feet from the ground, with a verandah all round, moving vehicles [Star Bulletin, SB with lake, grandstand and electric light would a Drawing Room, Dining and Bed Rooms, each 3/18/1914].” be at the disposal of the guests of the Big 100 12 feet high from floor to ceiling; Dairy, Kitchen • Bicycles were included among the vehicles for any purpose [HG 5/24/1898].” This was in and Servants’ Rooms, Poultry Houses, Superior requiring “a gong, bell, horn or any sound reference to a committee of 100 members Pump and Well and every other convenience signal device to give warning,” but “not be organized to welcome and entertain American requisite for a Family; with or without about 30 used to make any unnecessary noises [SB soldiers (“boys in blue”) of the Philippine expe- acres of appertaining rich Meadow Land, all 6/3/1914].” ditions during the Spanish American War, coin- being securely fenced in and well watered.” Do you know of a civil engineering accom- ciding, by the way, with the push to annex the To support the new Red Cross Society, “a plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem- islands. blue ribbon bicycle meet will probably be given bers might find interesting? Please send a In its “Retrospect for 1898,” the Hawaiian at Cyclomere park for the benefit of the new brief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956- Annual explained, “facilities and conveniences Red Cross Society,” said the HS [6/7/1898]. To 5014, email [email protected]). of the were tendered by the this end, “through the kindness of Bruce Previous articles in the series may be found at government to the United States, and Honolulu Waring & Co. the track and lights are given free the Section’s web site. Just point your browser proved an acceptable way station to her in of charge [and] the Government Band will to http://www.ascehawaii.org. moving forward the large bodies of troops by probably be in attendance [EB 6/8/1898].” all the available steamships that could be Held on June 25, the event “netted the treasury secured or pressed into service as transports.” of the Red Cross Society about $275 [EB Notably, “additional to several detachments 6/28/1898].” By January 1899, the hospital was of troops touching here en route to Manila, practically abandoned [HD 1/20/1899]. numbering in all 21,003 men, there arrived for The Cyclomere park was subsequently station at this point a corps of Engineers.” leased to Manuel Du Ponte who reopened it on According to an article titled “Spanish the following July 4th. To boost revenues, the American War Sites in Honolulu” that appeared new management began to offer other diver- in the Hawaiian Journal of History (Vol. 39, sions such as tug-of-war contests, but to no 2005), “the engineers were sent to build a mili- avail for on July 30 the EB headline read tary post and to survey strategic locations such “Cyclomere at an End: Track is now being torn as Pearl Harbor.” They initially shared a tempo- up by Gang of Men.” On January 9 of 1900 the rary camp at the Kapi`olani Park racetrack. HS reported that Theodore Hoffman “secured a The Annual also informed its readers, “the 100x360 foot location in the site of old crowded conditions of the troops on the trans- Cyclomere Park (“Paka Cyclomere” in ports resulted in the development of a number Hawaiian language papers) for a new ice plant of fever cases and other ailments by the time of and cold storage, the Oahu Ice Company. The reaching this port. This led to the organization Independent [1/10/1900] declared “Within of a Red Cross Society by some 300 of the three months Honolulu will have another ice ladies of Honolulu, on June 6th, to minister to plant which will be under the able management the sick and distressed; securing and fitting up of Theo. Hoffman. There is no reason why 2014 Officers for hospital purposes the Child-Garden cot- President Ken Kawahara 836-1900 Honolulu should depend on only one company [email protected] tage, on Beretania street... till the establish- and submit to the exorbitant prices demanded Vice-Pres Tyler Sugihara 768-3600 ment of the Military Hospital at Independence by the monopoly.” Hoffman, by the way, had [email protected] Park, which opened August 15th.” The been manager of the Hawaiian Electric Co. Treasurer Victor Valdez 356-1281 Philadelphia Medical Journal of August 6. 1896 since Sept. 1, 1894 and ice manufacture and [email protected] Secretary Mark Yonamine 768-8481 anticipated this hospital: “It is the intention of cold storage facilities were a major part of the [email protected] the Government authorities to shortly establish company’s operations [Pacific Commercial Past Pres Jeoffrey Cudiamat 488-5000 a military hospital in Honolulu, upon the Advertiser 3/10/1897]. [email protected] Page 5

you have ideas for the website or are interested Annual Meeting in being a sponsor please contact Fernando On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, ITE Hawaii’s STRUCTURAL Frontera ([email protected]). ENGINEERS annual meeting was held at the Fasi Municipal New Member Applications Building. Vice President Brian Gibson intro- ASSOCIATION Applications from the following have been duced speaker Maaza Mekuria, Ph.D., P.E., OF HAWAII received and are open for comments from the PTOE, from the State of Hawaii Department of membership: Transportation. Maaza gave a PowerPoint pre- – Lani Johnson, University of Hawaii, for sentation about Modeling and Evaluating PO BOX 3348, HONOLULU, HI 96801 Student Membership Bicycle Networks Based on Traffic Stress and Web Page URL http://www.seaoh.org – Bryce Iwami, University of Hawaii, for Origin Destination Connectivity. Maaza gave an 2014 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Student Membership interesting presentation on what is a bicycle Position Officer Phone network, including both low and high speed Missing Members President Ethan Okuna 945-0198 x103 traffic areas. He explained connectivity as the Vice Pres. Fernando Frontera 781-2802 Please contact Membership Chairperson, Secretary Evan Mizue 387-2346 Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or email first priority, and safety with undue detour. He Treasurer Jimmy Lam 223-3638 talked about the 4 levels of traffic stress, and Dir. (Yr 2) Paul Kane III 537-2811 continued on page 7 how only one percent of riders would fall into Dir. (Yr 2) Tim Waite 479-1216 this traffic tolerant category. Dir. (Yr 1) Rodney Haraga 782-8661 Dir. (Yr 1) Michael Kasamoto 589-1170 Director Steven Yoshida announced the Past Pres. Brian Kung 488-7579 results of the Hawaii Section elections and Western District representative Cathy Leong HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETING swore in the new officers. Cathy also August 6, 2014 announced that next year’s Western District Committee Reports Annual meeting will be held in Las Vegas. General Membership Meetings/Technical Seminars/Events – Mahalo to Brian Kung, SEAOH Past President for coordinating an awesome Hawaii Section 2014-2015 Officers SEAOH Annual Convention 2014 at Disney www.ite-hawaii.org Aulani! Please contact any member of the President: Pete Pascua Board if you have suggestions for future Vice President: Natasha Soriano SEAOH conventions or events. Secretary: Sara Toyama – October 22, 24, 30: Wind Design Provisions [email protected] of the Hawaii State Building Code training Treasurer: Robert Nehmad [email protected] session by Gary Chock, SE, FSEI, FASCE. – Date pending: Seismic Steel Braced Frame New Officers Seminar on design concepts and connec- Congratulations to the new officers listed tions, developed by AISC with speaker above. Rafael Sabelli. Registration info will be sent out soon. Nominations for 2015 SEAOH Board of Directors: WE WANT YOU! SEAOH is looking for enthusiastic members to participate in the TILECO INC. stewardship of our organization. Please con- tact E.Okuna if you have interest or would like to nominate a fellow member to serve on next year’s board (945-0198 x103, [email protected]). We’re actively seeking volunteers or nominees for Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director. Structural Special Inspections: We Help to SEAOH Special Inspections Subcommittee is continuing discussions with the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting to explore instituting IBC special inspection  requirements and an update of the special inspection form. Regularly scheduled lunch meetings are being held on Fridays, every two weeks, at Baldridge & Assoc. If you have opin- ions on the future implementation and enforce- ment of special inspections, please contact Ms. Kulia Boerstler (808) 534-1300, or any member of the Board. $1,000 SEAOH Scholarship: We are accepting scholarship applications through October 3. Application is available on the SEAOH website, www.seaoh.org. Intent is to encourage college education for Hawaii’s youth - especially for those with structural engi- ph. 682-5737 neering interests. www.tilecoinc.com New Website: We are working on developing a new web- site for SEAOH. Please let us know if you have any ideas on information/functions that should   &  be included in the new website. Also, we are looking for corporate sponsors who are inter-          ested in displaying their logo in the website. If Page 6

P.O. Box 4135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812 P.O. Box 88840 CMAA Hawaii Chapter Honolulu, HI 96830 Website: http://www.falea.org http://hawchapter.cmaanet.org Website: www.acechawaii.org Officers/BoDirectors for 2012-2014 Officers President Tim Bramsen 836-7787 President: Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, PE 2014-2015 Board of Directors [email protected] President VP/Pres-Elect: Francisco T. Cruzata, AIA Vice Pres Dustin Timm 256-2020 William Bow, Bow Engineering & Development Secretary: Krizelle Jane C. Mabuti [email protected] Treasurer: Riza Marie R. Gatdula Treasurer Jeff Clark 839-0646 President-Elect Ass’t Treas.: Maritez A. Marquez [email protected] Robin Lim, Geolabs Auditor: Nicolo Orense, PE Secretary Derek Mukai 531-4252 Bus. Manager: Lei Racel P. Jaramilla Treasurer [email protected] Corey Matsuoka, SSFM International Press Rel. Off: John C. Ramos, PE Director Bill Thornton Secretary Past President: Elvira Sutherland [email protected] HCES Rep: Suzie S. Agraan Past President Mike Young 836-7787 Jeff Kalani, Yogi Kwong Engineers Alternate: Gene Albano [email protected] National Director HIGHLIGHTS & AUGUST BOARD MEET- Sheryl Nojima, Gray Hong Nojima & Associates News: ING:MEMBERSHIP – the newest addition to Past President the membership roster is Dawn Barsana- In the month of September, the CMAA Hawaii Beverly Ishii-Nakayama, Shigemura Lau Szewczyk. Welcome aboard! Chapter is looking for energetic and qualified Sakanashi Higuchi & Associates candidates to serve on the board or as a com- SUMMER PICNIC & GENERAL ASSEMBLY Directors mittee chair. If you are interested or would like – Chairperson Elvi Sutherland updated the Garret Masuda, Insynergy Engineering, Inc. to nominate someone, please contact one of Board Members during the August 1st Board Ken Kawahara, Akinaka & Associates, Ltd. Meeting about the logistics and made sure that the officers or email us at hawaii.cmaa@ Sean Sugai, Ronald N.S. Ho & Associates each was committed to and understood their gmail.com. assignments. Date: Saturday, August 16, 2014. Just a reminder that our chapter is here for all Venue: Blaisdell Park in Waimalu. This event’s Construction Engineering and Management highlight is the election of officers and directors professionals. for the next Fiscal Year’s administrative year, Upcoming chapter events for the end of Hawaii Society of 2014-2016, which starts this coming October summer and fall include: Professional Engineers 1st. Needless to say, as you read this article, • We will have a Hale Hilina’i Community A state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers the biennial activity took place as scheduled. Service event on September 13th to help P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812 Spearheading the initial effort of the day were 4 prepare part of the building for use by a hula early risers, Joey, Elvi, Belinda, Maritez & John halau by painting the . who were at the park around 3:30AM to secure • Our September 17th luncheon will feature a http://www.hawaiispe.org/ the best possible area to set up FALEA’s tent. speaker from the Department of Health 2013-2014 Officers and Directors The gallon of Starbucks coffee brought by Elvi regarding Contaminant Awareness. gave us some needed jolts of energy putting HSPE Officers, 2014 to 2015 up the tent, and also helped keep us awake • The 2014-2015 CMAA Hawaii Chapter Darren Okimoto President until people started arriving around mid-morn- Officer elections will be taking place in [email protected] ing. Frank Cruzata, President-Elect, was September. Curtis Beck President-elect in charge of the nominations/election. His slate • Our 3rd Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament [email protected] of nominees, were declared elected by accla- is coming up on October 3rd at Coral Creek Kurt Kunimune Secretary mation. Congratulations to the following Golf Course. Registration and Sponsorship [email protected] Officers & Board of Directors who will manage Opportunities are available. Joelle Dubois Past President/Treasurer the organization for the next two years. • The CMAA National Conference will be in [email protected] Officers: President – Frank T. Cruzata, Vice- October 19th – 21st in San Francisco this Majella Stevenson NSPE HOD Rep Pres/Pres-Elect – Gene C. Albano, Jr., year. [email protected] Secretary – Tez A. Marquez, Treasurer – Riza If you have any questions regarding any of Barry Nakamoto Educational Foundation Marie R. Gatdula, Assistant Treasurer – Belinda our upcoming events, would like to get [email protected] Tegui, Auditor – Ramon B. 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Engineering Update, from page 1 Edward Nerard (all electrical engineering stu- was a challenge to combine the ideas of all the dents) competed at the 2014 Mobile team members but they all worked as a team to that was 20 times larger and 40 times more Microrobotics Challenge held in Hong Kong at finish the racecar. Final cost of the racecar was expensive. the end of May, placing third in the mobility $70,000 and the team has recruited about 30 Student Accolades event. Teams from the US, Canada, France, new members for next year’s competition. The Jonathan Dang, an electrical engineering Korea and Switzerland The Challenge, part of team completed the competition but not before graduate student, won the 2014-2015 IEEE Life the IEEE International Conference on Robotics serious engine problems occurred and ended Members Graduate Student Fellowship in and Automation, promotes innovation to sur- up placing 54th out of 80 entries in the internal Electrical Engineering. The prestigious award, mount the challenges faced by microrobots. combustion class. We wish them better luck established in 2000, is given annually to only Our microrobot is a small air bubble inside of a next year. one first year, full-time graduate student in microchamber and is moved by heat generat- electrical engineering for research in an area of ed by light from a laser. The Challenge has two electrical engineering. Competition is world- events, mobility and micro-assembly. In the mobility challenge, the microrobot is times as it wide and Dang joins students from schools like SEAOH, from page 5 MIT, Georgia Tech, Darwin College (United moves around various courses. For the assem- Kingdom), McGill University (Canada), and bly challenge, the robot assembled microtrian- [email protected]), or any of the SEAOH Columbia in winning the award which provides gles in a designated area. Officers if you have a new mailing and/or email a stipend of $10,000 per year, renewable for a Fifty four ASCE Student Chapter members address. second year. Dang’s research proposes mov- and faculty advisor Dr. Roger Babcock attend- Next Meeting ing metal at will in 2D. It involves developing ed the Pacific Southwest Conference this past The next SEAOH Board of Directors and liquid-metal circuits and components. As an April in San Diego, California. The students Officers meeting will be held on Wednesday, undergraduate at UH Manoa, Dang was select- competed in 16 events, placing second overall September 3, 2014. Contact SEAOH President ed as the 2014 Student Engineer of the Year by in the steel bridge competition and third in the Ethan Okuna (945-0198 x103, eokuna@ HCES, was a Regents Scholar, and president men’s endurance concrete canoe race. The cshengineers.com) for more information. of Eta Kappa Nu, the electrical engineering steel bridge team, led by Captain Kristy student honor society. Nakamoto, earned the right to compete at the SmarTummy LLC, a startup company led by National Student Steel Bridge Competition. electrical engineering graduate student Larry The concrete canoe team also won a special Martin, won $10,000 for placing third at the Sportsmanship Award for saving a drowning ASME 2014 Innovation Showcase. paddler from another team. Nainoa Pihana SmarTummy is a tool that can be used to train and Kaniela Fernandez, who saved the pad- healthcare students in abdominal palpation dler, along with the rest of the team, received a examinations. The simulator mimics different standing ovation at the awards banquet. abdominal ailments, giving the tactile feel of Conference co-chairs Kenny Kwan and various abdominal ailments such as appendici- Shawntrelle Sookia, along with the rest of the tis, tumors, bowel obstruction, distended blad- members, thank all the companies and other der and peritonitis. A quick and accurate diag- sponsors who made donations of over $42,000 nosis by health care professionals of these ail- to assist the students with expenses. ments can make a significant difference in The Rainbow Racers, consisting of 20 SWE – Hawaiian Island Section patient outcomes and save the health care sys- mechanical engineering students, headed to P.O. box 61728 tems thousands of dollars per patient. Dr. Lincoln, Nebraska this past June to compete in Honolulu, HI 96839 Walton Shin, a pediatric surgeon for more than the Formula SAE challenge. It’s been a num- [email protected] four decades, had the idea for a training ber of years since the students built a racecar; Executive Committee: device like SmarTummy and worked with it’s a time-consuming, expensive endeavor. President: Alyssa “Sunshine” Smith Martin, College of Engineering alum John Salle The students started in 2013 to design a car, CH2M HILL and Dr. Scott Miller from the College to develop dividing themselves into five subsystems— Vice Pres.: Chancy Hopper the device. In addition to the ASME award, the chassis, suspension, engine, drivetrain and ArdentMC SmarTummy team received a grant from the Secretary: Amy Weintraub body. Long hours of design and building, Women in Technology National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators sometimes 70 hours a week during semester Treasurer: Kristen Au Alliance, and first place at the 2013 University breaks, resulted in a racecar that can acceler- Belt Collins of Hawaii Business Plan Competition. ate to 80 to 90 miles an hour on a flat surface. Charter Sec. Rep.: Rena Chock Wenqi Hu, Qihui Fan, Sammy Khamis and Albert Carter, the Project Manager, said that it HECO Professional Directory

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