VOL. 46 NO. 3 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS MAY, 2010 HCES WELCOMES Society of Women Engineers – Proposed Hawaiian Islands Section (SWE-HI) By Tasha Kamegai-Karadi SWE-HI also partners with the University of and Lauren Thompson Hawaii at Manoa Collegiate Section, providing mentoring, technical resources, and support SWE is a non-profit, educational, service for student section projects including annual organization dedicated to the advancement of Speed Networking events, and Introduce a women in the engineering profession. Our Girl to Engineering Day at Waipahu mission is to stimulate women to achieve their Intermediate School on April 17. Both the full potential as leaders in the engineering field, proposed SWE-HI Professional Section and expanding the engineering profession and the Collegiate Section have been sending rep- improving quality of life by demonstrating the resentation to the national and regional SWE value of diversity. Our parent organization was conferences, the next one being in November founded in 1950, and is headquartered in in Orlando. Chicago, IL. As of December, 2009, SWE has We are excited to gain membership in grown to 9,012 professional and 11,937 colle- HCES through which we will develop relation- giate members nationally. Our SWE-HI ships with other organizations and broaden Section has approximately 35 Members at our available technical resources, furthering Large in Region A that will become SWE-HI the attainment of our SWE mission. In addi- members once chartered in summer 2011. tion, we believe our involvement in HCES will The SWE-HI Kick-off dinner was held at provide other organizations an opportunity to get involved in projects that support diversity Sam Snead’s Restaurant and Tavern on Society of Women Engineers Proposed January 28, 2010. Esther A. Heller, the and encourage women and girls to advance in Hawaiian Islands Section President, Pearl Region A Leadership Coach, gave an inspira- technical fields. We are grateful for the oppor- Yamaguchi, addressing the audience, at tional speech on “Why SWE?” in which she tunity to be a part of this valuable engineering the SWE-HI Kick-off. (photo by Eugene discussed the history of SWE, and how SWE community. Hopkins) has reached women across the nation and the world. Taka Kimura, P.E., Principal Engineer for Parsons Brinckerhoff, also presented the exciting and controversial future of Hawaii’s Rail Transit. SWE-HI General Meetings are held bi- monthly to discuss upcoming projects, pro- mote membership, and schedule outreach events. On odd months, SWE coordinates technical tours and presentations. Professional Development Series events con- ducted to date include a tour of the famous Glowing Mice Laboratory at University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine hosted by Dr. Stefan Moisyadi, a presentation by Alisa Au, LCSW, on “Thought-Field Therapy,” and a lecture by Dr. Claire Wright, JABSOM, about “The Psychology behind Fears & Phobias.” Outreach events include participation in the Science Symposium at The Executive Committee and Region A Guest Speaker. Clockwise from top left: Jamie Sacred Hearts Academy in March, the Hawaii Horton, Rena Chock, Tasha Kamegai-Karadi, Lauren Thompson, Esther Heller, Carrie State Science and Engineering Fair on April 6 Leonard, Katie Kubo, Lynn Fujioka, Ruthsenne Gagarin, Amy Weintraub, Julie Herr, Pearl – 7, and the National College Fair on April 22. Yamaguchi, and Kristen Au. (photo by Eugene Hopkins) Page 2 2010 ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WORKSHOP May 20, 2010 at Hale Koa Hotel 7:30 am to 2:00 pm For more information and online registration: http://www.aiahonolulu.org/cde.cfm?event=273636 Published monthly by: HAWAII COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES P.O. 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Box 2873 The City & County of Honolulu is facing an HONOLULU, HAWAII 96802 for their undergraduate college education. exciting and challenging time regarding trans- Beginning in fall 2010, the University of Hawaii at portation. To meet these challenges, we need Manoa College of Engineering will begin accept- HOME PAGE: http://hces.us the help of our consulting engineer, surveyor, and ing applications for a new bachelor of science architect partners. 2010-2011 OFFICERS degree in computer engineering. Chair: John Ramos Major DTS priorities include rail transit, bus and “We are very excited about the addition of Vice Chair: Joseph Ting para-transit, traffic signal and intelligent trans- computer engineering to our degree offerings,” Secretary: Grant Torigoe portation initiatives, mutli-modal roadway facili- said Peter E. Crouch, dean of the College of Treasurer: Samuel Dannaway ties and innovative transportation planning. I will SOC Representative Alternate Engineering. “We are now better positioned to provide a brief update in each area. We will need AACE M. Uyehara T. Taam attract students to the College in an important to partner with professional consultants to get ACECH K. Hayashida area of engineering for Hawaii.” these initiatives done. ASHRAE J. Ting The computer engineering degree program will ASCE M.Hunnemann J. Kalani One area we would especially like to partner be collaboratively taught by faculty from both the ASME D. Kam J. Ahern with ACECH would be to work on our procure- College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical CFSEI M. Mestanza ment statutes and rules to make it easier to Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences’ EAH M. Albright implement more IDIQ type projects. Our current EWBH S. Holman Department of Information and Computer state procurement statutes and rules make it dif- FALEA S. Agraan E. Pineda Sciences. Curriculum will be devoted to com- ficult to package work under this type of arrange- HLSA W. Ing D. Hirota puter hardware and software, computer organi- ment. Doing so would greatly increase flexibility HSPE F. Ching K. Kunimine zation and architecture, computer security, soft- and responsiveness in helping DTS address IEEE G. Torigoe ware engineering, computer networks and ITE W. Yamamoto identified problems. SAME B. Zachmeier Internet technology, embedded systems, com- The City & County of Honolulu and especially puter-aided design, multi-core and parallel com- SEAOH S. Doan DTS are looking forward to working with many of SFPE S. Dannaway puting and wireless networks. you as we move our transportation systems for- UH(assoc) S. Choi “Computer engineering is a combination of ward into this new era. both electrical engineering and computer sci- ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS ence,” said Alan H. Teramura, interim dean of the ACECH held their Annual Meeting on April 8th College of Natural Sciences. “It made perfect at the Koolau Golf Course Ballroom. The gather- sense to combine our expertise from both col- THE I NSTITUTE OF ing of 80 or so attendees enjoyed a workshop leges to create this exciting new degree offering E LECTRICAL AND presented by motivational speaker Annabel at UH Manoa.” Chotzen providing insight into the communica- Prospective candidates interested in obtaining E LECTRONICS tion techniques and mentoring styles needed to a computer engineering degree must submit a E NGINEERS, INC. engage and usher in the next generation of engi- completed application to the UH M noa neering business leaders. A second workshop Admissions and Records Office. Applicants for addressed “The Characteristics of High admission to UH Manoa as freshmen must also IEEE Hawaii Section Performance Firms during a Slow Economy,” led submit their official Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) 2010-11 Hawaii Section Officers by the President and CEO of SmartRisk, LLC, or American College Test (ACT) scores and high school transcripts. Prior to applying, students Section Chair: John Camery Tim Corbett