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VOL. 40 NO. 4 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS SEPTEMBER, 2004
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2003-2004 College of Engineering HighlightsAnother successful year has passed at the
College of Engineering. With its high-caliberfaculty, alumni, students, and staff workingtogether, the College continues to achieve newlevels of excellence. This article will take a lookback at a few of the highlights of the past year,which include the appointments of a newAssociate and Assistant Dean, hiring of newfaculty, enrollment increases, research, andsome of the College’s newest programs.
Two of the major highlights of the past yearwere the appointments of the new Associateand Assistant Deans.
After an extensive search, Dean Wai-FahChen appointed Electrical EngineeringProfessor Vassilis Syrmos the Associate Deanand Song Choi, an Assistant Professor in theMechanical Engineering Department, the newAssistant Dean. Prior to the appointment,Syrmos served as the Interim Associate Deanfor the College. Choi will be taking over forElectrical Engineering Assistant Professor TepDobry. Dobry will serve as Director for StudentAdvising.
New FacultyDuring the previous two years, the College
has seen tremendous growth in its faculty, hir-ing thirteen new members. Recently, theElectrical Engineering Department hired twonew faculty and the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment hired four new faculty: • John Allen received his Ph.D. (1997) in
Mechanical Engineering from the Universityof Washington. His research interestsinclude acoustics, cavitation and bubbledynamics, fluid-structure interactions, bio-medical engineering, biomaterials, and rhe-ology.
• Gürdal Arslan earned his Ph.D. (2001) inElectrical Engineering from the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign. His researchinterests lie in multi-agent systems, hierarchi-cal control, decentralized control, nonlinearsystems, reinforcement learning, and gametheory.
• Peter Berkelman received his Ph.D. (1999) inRobotics from Carnegie-Mellon University.His research interests include haptic inter-faces, surgical robotics, and magnetic levita-tion.
• Lily Laiho received her Ph.D. (2004) inMechanical Engineering from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Herresearch interests are in the areas of bio-medical imaging, optical biopsy, spec-troscopy, and tissue engineering.
• Luca Macchiarulo earned his Ph.D. (1999) inElectrical Engineering from the Politecnico di
Torino in Italy. His interests include theoryand applications of multi-valued logic, syn-thesis techniques, neural networks, theoreti-cal investigations on properties of binary andmulti-valued decision diagrams, and VLSIimplementation of PTL logic families.
• Weilin Qu received his Ph.D. (2004) inMechanical Engineering from PurdueUniversity. His research interests lie inmicro-scale thermal/fluid transport process-es, boiling and two-phase flow, high-heat-flux thermal management, and electroniccooling.
EnrollmentFor the third straight year the College has
seen growth in both undergraduate and grad-uate enrollment.
The most noticeable increases haveoccurred at the undergraduate level. For thefall 2003 semester, undergraduate enrollmentgrew by 15 percent from the previous fallsemester. Each department saw significantincreases. The Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering Department had a 16 percent rise;the Electrical Engineering Department grew by10 percent; and the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment had a significant 24 percent swellin undergraduate enrollment.
At the graduate level, the ElectricalEngineering Department had an 8 percent gainand the Mechanical Engineering Departmentsaw a 33 percent increase.
ResearchThe faculty continues to bring in millions of
dollars in sponsored research. During the2003-2004 fiscal year, the faculty brought inover $4.7 million for research. Over the pastthree years, the faculty has received over $16.6million in research grants and contracts.
Some of the research highlights from thispast year include, Mechanical EngineeringAssistant Professor Yuling Yan’s research ondeveloping analytical tools for high-speedlaryngeal imaging in clinical applications,which is funded by the National ScienceFoundation; Electrical Engineering ProfessorVassilis Syrmos’ work on integrated vehiclehealth management; Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Lloyd Hihara’s corrosion research forthe military; Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering Professor Ronald Riggs’ researchon instrumenting and monitoring the perfor-mance of FRP shear strengthening;Mechanical Engineering Professor Junku Yuh’swork on the Semi-Autonomous UnderwaterVehicle for Intervention Missions; and HawaiiCenter for Advanced Communications (HCAC)Professor Magdy Iskander’s instrumentation
grant from the National Science Foundation toestablish three state-of-the-art laboratory facili-ties including a wireless test bed, microwavenetwork analysis lab, and an indoor antennarange.
Programs & Student ProjectsThe Native Hawaiian Engineering Mentoring
Program, established with a five-year grantfrom the National Science Foundation, is one ofthe newest programs the College has devel-oped. It is a part of the Pacific Alliance, a part-nership among academic institutions, industry,government agencies and laboratories, andprofessional organizations to create empower-ment and excitement over engineering and sci-ence among indigenous students. The allianceconsists of the University of Hawaii, Universityof Washington, University of Alaska-Anchorage, and University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
One program that has helped with under-graduate recruitment is the College ofEngineering High School Summer Internship,which is in its fourth year. This past summer,twenty interns participated in the program,working under faculty and student mentors inthe areas of composite materials, circuitdesign, corrosion, wastewater technology,tsunami simulation, robotics, structural engi-neering, and traffic simulation.
One program that has aimed to improve ourundergraduate retention is the establishment ofthe Engineering Clinic Program by HCAC. Thisprogram attracted six industrial sponsors thatprovided resources for undergraduate stu-dents to work with faculty members to solvereal world engineering problems.
A special student project that has received alot of attention is the Nanosat project, which isa spin off from the highly publicized CubeSatproject. The endeavor involves the designing,fabricating, testing, and launching of ananosatellite. The University of Hawaii was oneof 13 universities in the nation to receive a$100,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force and theNational Aeronautics and Space Administrationto develop a Nanosat program.
Strategic Plan 2004-2006The College is developing a strategic plan
that focuses on six key elements designed totake the College to the next level of excellence.It calls for significant opportunities for under-graduate research participation; an increasedenrollment of Ph.D. students; an enhancedinternational presence; expanded outreachprograms; improved interaction among all stu-
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2003-2004 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPresident Marites C. ShojiVice-Pres/Pres.-Elect Greg GarciaSecretary Andrea BenitezTreasurer Vergel Del RosarioAsst Treas Maria DomingoBus. Manager Armando InesAuditor Marcelino LabasanP.R.O. Fred QuibolDirectors Marlo Garcia, Rocky Marquez,
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JOINT LUNCHEON MEETINGAll are welcome to the upcoming luncheon
organized by the AACE and SAVE presentingguest speaker Duke Bainum: “Honolulu 20/20A Clear Vision for Honolulu’s Future”.Date: 29 September 2004Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.Place: The Willows – 901 Hausten Street
Honolulu Hawaii 96826Cost: $22 AACE & SAVE members,
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2004-2005 EAAUH ScholarshipsCongratulations to the recipients of the 2004-
2005 EAAUH Scholarships:Rodney Yama, Kapa’a High School (CE)Kyle Kiyonaga, Aiea High School (CE)Orlando Layugan, Farrington High School (EE)Tyson Kikugawa, Mililani High School (EE)Thomas Matthews, Hilo High School (ME)Cindel Jacintho, Lanai High School (ME)
The Kely Nakata Scholarship is awardedeach year to the most outstanding studentenrolling in the Civil Engineering program.Congratulations to this year’s recipient, RodneyYama of Kapa’a High School.
2004 EAAUH Golf Tournament:Congratulations to the winners of this year’s
event:Overall Low Net: Ken TatsuguchiLow Net: Flight A – Greg Fukumitsu, Flight B
– Randy Murayama, Flight C – Ron Iwamoto,Flight D – Eric Matsumoto, Flight S – MikeOshiro.
Low Gross: Flight A – Mike Umemoto, FlightB – Aaron Yahiku, Flight C – Garett Ichimura,Flight D – Russell Arakaki, Flight S – HenryFujita.
The tournament was held at the PearlCountry Club on July 30. Pictures will be post-ed on the EAAUH website (www.eaauh.org).
Thank you again to all the donors, sponsorsand volunteers for making the event possible!
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Hawaii SectionThe AmericanSociety of
Mechanical Engineers
Website: www.sections.asme.org/hawaii
ASME-HI 2004-2005 OfficersChairperson Raymond Liu 521-3777Vice-Chair LCDR John Markowicz 484-9164Secretary Sam Gillie 543-4737Treasurer Rodney Krienke 373-2916Dir 1 yr Ron Flegal 455-0254Dir 2 yr Chester Kaitoku 527-6063HCES Rep James Grogan 254-2947
HAWAII SECTION MEETING ON KAUAIDate: Saturday, September 25, 2004Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Place: Restaurant location on Kauai To Be
Announced. Program: ASME-HI General Meeting with
Kauai members.
HAWAII SECTION GENERAL MEETINGDate: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Place: Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
Ward Avenue CafeteriaProgram: Planning for the 125th Anniversary of
ASMEThis meeting is open to any ASME member
who is interested in participating in the plan-ning for the ASME’s 125th Anniversary.Members are encouraged to attend. TheOfficers and Directors of ASME-HI look forwardto seeing new and familiar faces. Lots of freepizza and pop are always provided. Pleasecontact Ray Liu or Sam Gillie for directions andfor more information.
NEW ASME-HI SPORT SHIRTS NOWAVAILABLE
To celebrate the 125th Anniversary of ASME,the new ASME Hawaii Section spot shirts arenow available for purchase. The officers of theHawaii Section have worked toward obtainingsection shirts for the membership to promotethe proud, rich and distinguished profession ofmechanical engineering since the founding ofthe Society in 1880.
This Section sport shirt features the new offi-cial 125th Anniversary ASME logo andincludes a globe and the words “ASME, SET-TING THE STANDARD, 1880 – 2005, HAWAIISECTION.” The logo is placed on the left chestarea of the Steadman by Hanes basket weavesport shirt. Color of the shirt will beNatural/Pebble and various sizes are available.Cost is $20 each.
Since the founding of the Society in 1880,ASME continues to set the standard in the pro-fession of engineering with codes, short courseand conferences, among other items, that areavailable to its members. The Society hasalways and continues to be the leading techni-cal and professional leadership society formechanical engineers.
ASME-HI Section caps is our next project.The color of the caps will be similar to the sportshirt with the anniversary logo and “HawaiiSection” in the front and Region IX in the back.
2004 OUTSTANDING MECHANICAL ENGI-NEERING PROJECT AWARDS PRESENTED
On August 3, 2004, the Pacific BiodieselPlant and the Hawaii Fuel Cell Test Facilityreceived ASME-HI 2004 Outstanding Projects
awards. George Aiwohi, Plant Manager, madea presentation and received the award plaquefor Pacific Biodiesel, while Keith Bethune,Assistance Specialist with the Hawaii NaturalEnergy Institute (HNEI), made the presentationand accepted the award plaque for the HawaiiFuel Cell Facility.
The audience included Tracy Aiwohi, assist-ing with both PowerPoint presentations; JackHuizingh, supporting Keith Bethune; Dr. BruceLiebert, Chairman of the Department ofMechanical Engineering, UHM; Ron Sakai,past ASME-HI Chair (1988-1989) and SeniorProject Manager at Alaka’i Mechanical Corp.;and current ASHRAE Hawaii President, VictorRussell of DSA Engineering.
ASME LAUNCHES COMMUNITIES OFPRACTICE
Want to talk to your peers about technicalmatters, career and personal interests? NowASME offers its members a new tool to com-municate, get information and meet others withsimilar interests and concerns at the newASME Communities of Practice site<www.cop.asme.org>. On this site you can joina community, search for a community member,suggest a new community, participate in dis-cussions and polls, and post your own mes-sage or request to be notified when messagesare posted on the community.
You will need to register the first time that youuse the page, and set your preferences foryour home page. It only takes a few minutes,and then you are ready to participate or justobserve the discussions.
ASME CONGRESS 2004: HEAT TRANSFERPROGRAM
The conference will be held November 13-19, 2004 in Anaheim,CA. Those with interestin Heat Transfer canaccess the conferenceprogram and previewthe technical sessionsfocusing on heat trans-fer, by going to<www.asme.org/con-gress>. In each ses-sion listing, you will findthe title, participantswith their affiliations,paper titles, andabstracts.
ASME MEMBERGEORGE DEMOPOU-LOS LEAVING
ASME-HI thanksGeorge Demopoulosfor his service to thesection. As a memberof the Hawaii Sectionfor the past 8 years,George had becomeactive with the sectionafter leaving the U.S.Navy as a LieutenantCommander. He hasbeen instrumental inproposing new ideasaimed to get moremembers involved withthe section.
George Demopoulosis relocating to the SanDiego area where hiswife who will receive
her Ph.D. in Oceanography from UHM will beworking. George will be working in the militarydefense sector, utilizing his Navy training inaddition to project management skills from hisEngineering Project Management mastersdegree program. George plans to continue hisefforts in promoting the profession of mechani-cal engineering with the San Diego Section ofASME.
FUTURE ACTIVITIESSeveral tours and meeting speakers are
being planned. Also visit the ASME-HI websitefor more information.• Sept. 9, 2004, Annual Pearl Harbor Boat Tour,
at 4:00 p.m., hosted by Stanford Yuen. Youshould not miss this tour if you have not beenon it before. It’s free, there’s lots of free park-ing. Stanford gives a great description of thesites. Nine seats still available. Don’t miss theboat. Contact Ed Chang at 543-4227.
• Sept. 25, 2004, Kapaia Power Station Tour, at10:00 a.m., hosted by Brad Rockwell, KapaiaPower Station Manager. The plant is locatedon the Island of Kauai, on the outskirts ofLihue. Visit the ASME-HI web site www.sec-tions.asme.org/hawaii for more informationand directions to the plant. If you plan to staythe weekend or overnight, suggestedaccommodations include the Kauai SandHotel where Kama’ainas can book the “TwoNight Room and Car Package,” or you canstay at the Aloha Beach Resort or RadissonKauai Beach Resort for a good price with theKIUC corporate rate. Please contact EdChang at 543-4227 if you would like to attendand for details on the KIUC corporate rates.
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2003-2004 ASCE Hawaii Section ExecutiveCommittee
Phone FaxPresident Westley Chun 488-0477 488-3776
[email protected] Keith Niiya 533-3646 526-1267
[email protected] Walter Billingsley 846-3232 538-7819
[email protected] Lori Fong 531-7094 528-2368
[email protected] Phillip Ooi 956-8512 956-5014
[email protected] Pres Horst Brandes 956-8969 956-5014
CITY JOBSCivil Service Opportunities
ENERGY RECOVERY ENGINEERExam No. 056990
CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT UNTIL NEEDS ARE METMonitors operation of large Waste-to-Energy facility in Campbell Industrial Park. Facilityincludes 60 MW size turbine/generator, two large broilers with a third under design/procure-ment, as well as the waste processing equipment used to manufacture the refuse derived fuelconsumed. Job also encompasses monitoring environmental compliance issues, budgetpreparation, and audit of contractor invoices.
$3,863 - $5,410 per mo. (salary negotiable, incl. temporary shortage differential). Requiresgraduation from an accredited college or university with major work in mechanical, civil, sani-tary, electrical, chemical or nuclear engineering and one year of registered or equivalent pro-fessional engineering experience in the planning, design, and/or operation of a large oil, coal,waste, or nuclear fueled power plant. State of Hawaii registration as a professional mechanical,civil, sanitary, electrical, structural, chemical or industrial engineer, prior to completion of pro-bation. Applicants with a mainland license in any of the above specialties must obtain theHawaii license prior to completion of probation. One vacancy with the Department ofEnvironmental Services, Refuse Division.
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Applications available at all Satellite City Halls and the Dept. of Human Resources, 715 S. KingStreet (Standard Financial Plaza). Hrs. Mon. to Fri. 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 523-4301 or visitour website at http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/hr for additional information.
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULUAn Equal Opportunity Employer
JOINT ASCE/SEAOH SEPTEMBER DINNERMEETING
Program: Steven Baldridge, P.E., S.E.,Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering,Inc.
INCORPORATING ANTI-TERRORISM /FORCE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTSINTO BUILDING DESIGN
“In light of current world developments, engi-neers are being required to increasingly con-sider Anti-Terrorism & Force Protection (ATFP)mitigation as a basic design criterion. Toremain economically viable, this additionaldesign requirement must typically be incorpo-rated without substantial increases in the costof the structural system. As with addressingnatural hazards in the past, engineers mustnow use their creativity to find cost effectivesolutions that will make buildings more resilientto both natural and man-made hazards.”Date: Thursday, September 16, 2004Location: Treetops at Paradise Park
Manoa ValleyTime: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time
6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:30 p.m. - Program9:00 p.m. - Adjourn
Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $22.00 for Hawaii Section members
$25.00 for non-section membersand guests$11.00 for University of Hawaii atManoa Student Chapter members
Please make check payable to (ASCE-Hawaii Section.( Mail to Phillip Ooi, ASCETreasurer, c/o Department of Civil &Environmental Engineering, University ofHawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Holmes383, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, postmarked byMonday, September 13, 2004. Reservationsfor the dinner meeting to Phillip Ooi by Monday,September 13, 2004, by phone at 956-8512,fax at 956-5014, or email [email protected].
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGAugust 5, 2004
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2004 ASCEHAWAII SECTION OUTSTANDING CIVILENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The ASCE Hawaii Section annually recog-nizes the exemplary civil engineering projectas the Outstanding Civil EngineeringAchievement (OCEA). This prestigious awardrecognizes the project that best illustratessuperior civil engineering skills and representsa significant contribution to civil engineering
progress and society.The 2004 ASCE Hawaii Section OCEA Award
winner will be announced and the award pre-sented to the project owner at the HawaiiSection Annual Banquet in October. OCEAAwards of Merit may also be awarded. TheASCE Hawaii Section OCEA Award winner willbe nominated for the 2004 ASCE NationalOCEA Award to be presented next Spring.
Nominations for the 2004 ASCE HawaiiSection OCEA Award may be submitted by theindividual firms or agencies involved in the pro-ject. The project must be located either in theState of Hawaii or in a location that is not underthe jurisdiction of another ASCE Section. Thelevel of project completion required to be eligi-ble for the OCEA Award depends on the typeof project.
Additional information on OCEA Award eligi-bility criteria, entry form, and other entryrequirements may be downloaded from theASCE Hawaii Section website at www.asce-hawaii.org. Deadline for nominations isMonday, September 13, 2004. Please submitsix (6) copies of each nomination to AwardsCommittee Chair, Jon Young, of Belt CollinsHawaii, 2153 North King Street, Suite 200,Honolulu, HI 96819. If you have any questions,please e-mail Jon at [email protected] orcall him at 521-5361.
ASCE HAWAII SECTION AWARDSPlease help us increase our scholarship
endowment so that we can recognize thosedeserving students. We continue to accepttax-deductible donations with the goal ofestablishing a second annual scholarship.Make your check payable to (ASCE HawaiiSection( and mail to ASCE ScholarshipCommittee, P.O. Box 917, Honolulu, HI 96808.If you have any questions, please contactHorst Brandes at 956-8969, or at [email protected].
ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following employers have openings they
would like to fill:• Austin Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc. (Civil,
Traffic/ Transportation, Environmental andSurveying - Honolulu and Wailuku)
• Board of Water Supply (Chief CapitalProjects Officer - Honolulu)
• CH2MHILL (Water Engineer - Honolulu)• Engineering Solutions, Inc. (Civil/
Environmental Engineers - Honolulu)• Fewell Geotechnical Engineering
(Geotechnical Engineer - Honolulu)• Fukunaga & Associates (Civil and
Civil/Environmental Engineers - Honolulu)• Hawaii Pacific Engineers (Civil and
Civil/Environmental Engineers - Honolulu) • Warren S. Unemori Engineering (Project and
Civil Engineers - Wailuku)• Westaff (Maintenance Engineering - Hickam
AFB, Hawaii)• Winzler & Kelly Consulting Engineers (Civil
and/or Structural Engineering - Guam)For more information on these job listings,
please visit the ASCE Hawaii Section websiteat www.ascehawaii.org.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVEASCE counts on our members to help us
grow every year by actively participating in theMember-Get-A-Member Drive. The drive is nowyear-round and offers great new prizes, suchas cash rewards, gift certificates, digital cam-eras, personal digital assistants, LCD TVs andmore. For most prizes, all you have to do to beeligible to win is refer a colleague. This is agreat time to help out your colleagues whilealso helping ASCE find new members. Take aminute to think about the people in your pro-fessional life who could benefit from member-ship. Visit www.ASCEDrive.org to refer themand you could be a winner in the next drawing!Please contact our membership chair, LoriNishida, at 533-3646 or [email protected] further information.
Membership RenewalFrom this month’s member data, ASCE has
dropped any member not renewing their mem-bership for fifteen (15) months. These mem-
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A S S O C I AT I O NO F H AWA I I
PO BOX 3348, HONOLULU, HI 96801Web Page URL http://www.seaoh.org
OFFICERS & DIRECTORSPosition Officer Phone FaxPresident Randy Chu 373-7950 373-7950Vice Pres Beverly
Ishii-Nakayama 942-9100 942-1899Secretary Shawn Matsumoto 597-8555 597-8559Treasurer Jonathan Murai 533-2210 533-2686Director Ibbotson Kellet 540-1030 526-1989Director Les Nagata 951-5916 941-6489Director Wayne Kawano 848-7100 848-2626Director Dean Doi 955-4441 942-2027Past Pres Tom Tanimura 536-7692 537-9022
Light Gauge Steel EngineersAssociation
HAWAII CHAPTERP.O. Box 508, Aiea, Hawaii 96701Phone: (808) 485-1400 Fax: (808) 485-1500Web Page:www.lgsea.com
OFFICERS & DIRECTORSPhone Fax
President Mike Kasamoto 955-6834 955-2483Vice Pres Jeff Hanyu 536-2108 521-3000Secretary Will Wong 945-0198 944-1177Treasurer Bennett Fung 531-1308 521-7348Director Rolando Agbunag 626-3621 626-3660Director Glenn Isidro 533-2210 533-2686In Dir Howard Lau 942-9100 942-1899Director Darin Okuda 689-5400 689-5406Director Brent Uechi 521-6958 533-6701Past Pres Akira Usami 682-5747 682-2928
2004 COMMITTEE CHAIRSProgram: Jeff HanyuTechnical: Brent UechiMembership: Darin OkudaSponsorship: Glenn IsidroDirected R&D: Jim WalfishSpecifications: Brent UechiWebsite:
HAWAIIASSOCIATION OFLANDSURVEYORSpo box 2981 Honolulu, HI 96802
http://www.geocities.com/hals_us
Officers for 2004President Kevin KeaVice-President Erik KaneshiroSecretary Dennis ChongTreasurer Stacey KimuraDirector David HatchellDirector Joanne WilliamsonNSPS Governor Pat CumminsPast President Layton Nakao
General Membership UpdateSeptember 9th will be the next LGSEA chap-
ter function: a four hour seminar on Mid RiseLoad Bearing Cold Formed Steel Designbeginning at 8am at Oahu Country Club. Thefeatured speaker is Pat Ford, principal atMatsen-Ford Design, an engineering firm inWisconsin. Mr. Ford has designed severalbuildings with this type of construction and hasaccepted the chapter’s invitation to share hisexperiences with the local design community.This has been a very popular topic requestedby our members, and we anticipate a strongturnout for the event. Lunch will be servedimmediately following the event – be sure not tomiss this one! This event is free of charge to allchapter members, thanks to our co-sponsorsDietrich Metal Framing and G. W. Killebrewwho helped defray the cost of the event. Sincethis great seminar is free for LGSEA members,please encourage others in your office tobecome LGSEA members to take advantage ofthis and other benefits of membership. Pleasecontact any of our directors if you need infor-mation on how to sign up!
In other news, MetalCon 2004 will be heldOctober 20-22 at the Las Vegas ConventionCenter. LGSEA will be having their 10thanniversary party at the conference. Pleasejoin us! Contact Howard Lau for more informa-tion.
HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETING11 August 2004
Committee Reports:Convention Committee: This year’s conven-
tion was a success. The Board thanks TomTanimura for organizing the event. The Boardalso thanks all of the sponsors for their gener-ous donations and support.
Previous Business:Duke Bainum/Mufi Hanneman Forum:
Randy Chu informed the Board that the forumhas been cancelled because the candidatescould not agree on the format of the forum.
Dues Increase: Discussion regarding mem-bership dues increase was discussed againduring the Board meeting. Again, there wasgeneral consensusamong the Board mem-bers that membershipdues should beincreased to compen-sate for the increaseddues to NCSEA mem-bership, for the servicesof the administrativeassistance, and to buildup the “reserve” money.The Board unanimouslyagreed for an increaseof $10 in the member-ship dues. This wouldbring the current $50 peryear due amount to $60per year. The member-ship may vote on thisissue on the upcoming2005 SEAOH officerelection ballot. Pleasenotify a SEAOH Boardmember should youwish to comment on thisissue.
Nominations for NextYear’s Officers: TheBoard members willactively seek new peo-ple to voluntarily serveon the Board for the offi-cer positions of VicePresident, Secretary,Treasurer, and two (2)Directors. Please con-tact a Board membershould you desire tonominate a potentialcandidate for any of thenoted officer positions.
New Business:Reference Library:
Randy Chu informed the Board that he spokewith Rupert Chun (Mutual Welding Co., Ltd.)regarding a structural steel reference library.Rupert offered to fund the structural steel refer-ence library. Ibbotson Kellett offered a portionof his office space as a location for the struc-tural steel reference library. Randy Chu willcontact Rupert Chun to decide on what publi-cations he feels should be initially acquired forthe library.
New Member Applications:The following membership applications have
been received and are open for commentsfrom the membership:• Marcello Sgambelluri, Marin & Chock, Inc.,
applied as a Member.• Kainoa Aki, Structural Analysis Group,
applied as an Allied member.Their applications will be voted on at the
October Board Meeting. Please notify anySEAOH Officer prior to the October BoardMeeting if you wish to comment on theseprospective members.
Web Notes:SEAOH will provide a bulletin board on the
website. The bulletin board will provideresumes and job opportunities listings. Checkthis out on the website in the near future.
2004 Calendar of Events:Next BOD meeting: 01 September 2004,
4:30 p.m., at Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi,Higuchi office.
September 16, 2004: Joint ASCE andSEAOH dinner meeting at Treetops Restaurant.Presentation of Blast Design/Force Protectionby Steve Baldridge.
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■ Micro & Pin Piles
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Hawaii High School Teams Compete inNational Underwater Robot Competition
Teams of students from Moanalua andWaipahu High Schools were invited to competein the Marine Advanced Technology Education(MATE) Center’s National ROV Competitionheld June 25-27th at the University of Californiaat Santa Barbara. The Hawaii teams begantheir trip to the nationals by entering the HawaiiUnderwater Robot Challenge (HURC) inDecember 2003, Waipahu finishing first in theDolphin category and Moanalua second inShark category. This resulted in an invitation tothe Southern California Regional ROV Flyoff,held at Birch Aquarium at UC San Diego; firstplace Shark finisher Punahou School was alsoinvited but was unable to attend due to ascheduling conflict.
In both HURC and the MATE competitions,each team attempts to complete a number ofunderwater tasks in a limited time with theirrobot. For HURC, the mission involved enter-ing a “sunken ship”, disarming a sequence ofalarms, and securing a “toxic cargo”. In theMATE competition, the teams had seven tasksto do during their 25 minute mission time:recover a lost sonar, find and tag a mussel bedand a tubeworm cluster, patch a “leaking tank”,collect a particular species of “fish”, recover atype of rock, and find the ship’s bell inside asunken “submarine”.
The teams are scored not only on the basisof the performance with their robot in the pool,but also on an engineering report that the stu-dents submit before the competition, a posterand a presentation made by the students to thecompetition judges. Having the experience inthese elements from participating in HURCmade a difference to the Hawaii teams at the
San Diego regional, according to Waipahuteacher and advisor Bill Speed.
Waipahu and Moanalua finished first andsecond overall, beating all the California teamsat San Diego, and earning the invitation to theNational.
At the Nationals, 23 teams from high schoolsacross North America met at UC SantaBarbara for three days of competition. One ofthe first few teams to compete, Waipahu had astrong performance in the water, completingsix of the seven tasks, but running out of timebefore finding the submarine’s bell. This result-ed in a fifth place finish in the pool and sixthplace overall. The Moanalua team had someROV problems in the pool, but with goodscores for report, poster and presentation, fin-ished with 14th place overall. The judges werealso impressed with Moanalua’s safety con-sciousness, giving them the “Hard Hat” SafetyAward. First place went to Cambridge Rindgeand Latin School, a public school inCambridge, Massachusetts, a few blocks awayfrom MIT and Harvard; the team from AvalonEast School Board and O’Donel High School inNewfoundland, Canada finished second.
The Moanalua team was made up of stu-dents Aren Choy, Warren Garperio, GeorgeHuang, Kawika Kaukukukui, Kenneth Shum,and Lisa Tadeo together with teachers DavidIshii and Randy Sakauye. Waipahu studentsSheryll Baptista, Bryce Nagareda, AngeloSubia, Katrina Tolentino and GibbsonTumaneng, together with teacher Bill Speedand mentor Mark Rognstad, made up theWaipahu team.
While this was the second time Waipahu hassent a team to the MATE nationals, the studentswho made up last year’s team have all gradu-ated.
So, for both the Waipahu and Moanalua stu-dents, this was their first experience withnational competition. (It really should be calledinternational, with teams from both the USAand Canada!) An excellent job for these rookieteams – hope to see you back even better nextyear!
Waipahu team captain Gibbson Tumanengadds rock scoop to ROV manipulator.
Waipahu students Cheryl Baptista, Bryce Nagareda, Katrina Tolentino, and Angelo Subiatest their ROV before the competition.
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Gibbson Tumaneng, Bryce Nagareda, and Cheryl Baptista at the controls as ROV enters the“Mystery Reef”.
Angelo Subia and Gibbson Tumaneng handle ROV tether during competition.
July Meeting HighlightsThe July luncheon meeting was held on July
20, 2004 at office of Belt Collins in Honolulu.President Cathy Leong announced that theHawaii Section Annual Meeting would be heldon August 17th at Wisteria Restaurant and thefeatured speaker would be Abe Wong fromFHWA. She also announced that at the District6 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, the HawaiiSection won a Membership Award for the high-est percentage gain in members, as well as theFur-Lined Pot Award for its submissions to theWesternite.
The featured speaker was Thomas Quinn,Director of the Hawaii Center for AdvancedTransportation Technologies (HCATT), whospoke about his organization and their past,current, and future projects. HCATT, estab-lished in 1993 as the Hawaii Electric VehicleDemonstration Program, is currently federallyfunded through a partnership with theAdvanced Alternative Power TechnologyTransformation Office (AAPTTO). Their objec-tives are to develop zero or low emission trans-portation technology along with the infrastruc-ture to support it, create new business oppor-tunities to attract new technology to Hawaii,and secure new sources of funding for theirresearch. They are currently located in a facil-ity on Cooke Street that is leased from HECOwhere they conduct environmental and lifecycle testing, as well as, perform vehicle con-versions. In 2001, Hyundai provided them witha number of electric vehicles with rapid charg-ing capabilities for them to test. These vehicleswere utilized by HECO, City and County ofHonolulu, State of Hawaii, and on Hickam AirForce Base and recharged utilizing rapidcharging stations located around Oahu thatreduced a 6-8 hour charging time to approxi-mately 10 minutes. Currently, many of thesevehicles have been returned to Hyundaialthough a few are still in use for additional test-ing. Other past projects include an electricWaikiki trolley which is currently not in use andan electric bus which HECO still uses to trans-port its employees from their parking area totheir office downtown. Current projects includethe use of hybrid buses at the airport to supportthe WikiWiki system and in the City and Countyof Honolulu’s bus fleet that may be used as partof the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. In addi-tion, they have been developing a 30’ fuel cellbus that will be used at the Hickam Air ForceBase. Future projects include a hydrogen refu-eling station for fuel cell vehicles, multi-vehiclecharging stations, and a lithium batterypowered van. More information regardingHCATT can be found at their website,www.htdc.org/hcatt.
September Meeting AnnouncementThe September Section meeting date, loca-
tion, and guest speaker will be announced at alater date. Meeting notices are forthcoming.
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ASCE, (continued from page 4)bers, who have not paid their 2003 dues, will nolonger be included in our membership countsor on our membership data. This will greatlyaffect the standing of our Section, since stand-ings are based on total membership. The totalmembership consists of new and retainedmembers. If you have let your ASCE member-ship lapse and have not renewed, you mayhave been affected by this. Please contact ourmembership chair, Lori Nishida, at 533-3646 [email protected] for further information.
CONVERTING TO ELECTRONIC VERSIONOF WILIKI
If you would like to help the ASCE HawaiiSection reduce operating costs by receivingyour monthly issue of the Wiliki via e-mail,please contact Joanna Seto at 522-7426 ore-mail her at [email protected].
Hawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html
2003-2004 YMF OFFICERSPhone
President Jamie Hikiji [email protected]
Vice-Pres Paulette Chang [email protected]
Secretary Scott Jennings [email protected]
Treasurer Geoff Ries [email protected]
Stud Chap Ronald Malalis 956-5808President [email protected]
KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas
A 1900 order by the territorial Board ofHealth to control inter-island commerce inresponse to a plague epidemic on O`ahu that,because of carelessness, resulted in the GreatChinatown fire restricted the shipment of manycommodities but permitted items “not liable toinfection” from the port of Honolulu. Amongthem were lime, machinery, coal, bricks andportland cement, all vital to the economichealth of the islands.
As I described last month, with only twominor exceptions prior to 1946, Hawai`i wastotally dependent on imported portlandcement. Following the closure of a temporaryplant in Waianae in 1946 by Hawaiian GasProducts (Gaspro), industrialist Henry Kaiser’sPermanente Cement Co. in California remainedthe chief supplier of the material to Hawai`i.
Responding to the effective monopoly,according to local papers, the President ofHawaiian Gas Products, Allan Renton,announced plans in May, 1951 to construct aplant at the old site using a $4 million loan fromthe federal Reconstruction Finance Corp.obtained on the basis of national defenseneeds. The location was selected, the Star-Bulletin (S-B) said, “because of the pure calci-um limestone and trachyte deposits there.”Trachyte pumice has a very high content of sil-ica.
It is interesting that the officers of the sonamed Hawaiian Cement Co. were all residentsof Honolulu. In addition to Renton, they includ-ed E. I. Parker, E.E. Black, P.K. McLean, H.W.BWhite and L.H. Bingham.
In what appears to be a drawn-out process,this initiative failed to obtain the necessaryrezoning. A 1956 S-B story, for instance, indi-cates that the request by Gaspro Limited torezone land from “rural protective” to “noxiousindustrial” was vehemently opposed byWaianae and Nanakuli residents. In February1957, the Honolulu Advertiser (HA) ran a storyhaving Reston promising that the plant wouldbe “almost dust-free,” but to no avail.
Amid statehood celebrations in 1959, a newHawaiian Cement Corp. consortium consistingof Alexander & Baldwin, several Dillinghaminterests, Gaspro, Cyprus Mines Corp. of LosAngeles, and American Cement Corp., a lead-ing producer of portland cement, announcedplans for the construction, by 1961, of acement manufacturing plant at, as the S-B putit, “Campbell Estate’s fast growing industrial
(continued on page 9)
Next YMF General MeetingThe next two YMF general meetings are
scheduled for Tuesday, September 7, 6:00p.m., at Murphy’s Bar & Grill at 2 MerchantStreet, 531-0422; and October 5, 6:00 p.m., atRyan’s Grill at Ward Center, 591-9132. If youare interested in attending to find out what theYMF is all about and how much fun we have,please call Jamie Hikiji at 521-3051.
YMF Hikes the Mau’umae Ridge TrailBy Morgan R. Branch
To those who attended the Mau’umae RidgeTrail hike sponsored by the Hawaii SectionYounger Member Forum (YMF) on Saturday,July 11th – congratulations! You accomplishedquite a feat! Our group of twelve youngermembers, Student Chapter members andfriends met at the trail head at 7:30 AM andafter Jeff Kalani handed out our survival kits ofbento box lunches, we all began the 7 and _hour journey single file through the woods…
As advertised, the scenery was, indeed,spectacular. As its namesake implies, the trailled right along the edge and along the way wehad unimpeded views of Diamond Head,downtown and the Pacific beyond. About anhour into the hike we were rewarded with aview of Ka’au Crater and the waterfall in theupper Palolo Valley. The weather had been wetin the upper elevations, so the waterfall wasstrong and full. We stopped several timesalong the way to regroup, particularly as weclimbed because the rainfall was quickly dis-
solving the trail into mud puddles and goo.
From time to time Molokai native Silas Collierand Hilo native Aaron Erickson, pointed outand shared their knowledge of the various floraalong the trail. Some of us tasted strawberryguava (locally known as waiwi) for the first time.Someone must have picked the special OhiaLehua flower on the way up the mountain thatdespite warnings that is would cause the rainsfall, because the skies unleashed a heavyshower upon us as we were still hours from thesummit. All of us decided it was no longerworthwhile to try and stay out of the mud andhappily sloshed through the trail behind ourfriends.
Eventually, ah – the summit! Never mind thatwe couldn’t actually see that we had made it tothe summit because the views were socked inby rain clouds. Jeff promised the views wereincredible. We all laughed that we should havetaken group photos with the Windward side(white clouds) behind us and then withHonolulu behind us (white clouds) with our“ASCE Hawaii Section YMF!” sign proudly dis-played. At this point we all pulled out our bentolunches, enjoyed lunch, felt really proud of our-selves for sticking with it to the top, and thenbegan our descent back home.
Student Chapter Member Aaron Ericksonintroduced us to the art of “trail surfing” downthe steep and muddy descents – a sport inwhich he demonstrated that he is a fearlesschamp. Even more impressive was how calmand cool Laura Smolinski remained after shesuddenly slipped off the trail and discoveredherself hanging on for dear life in the busheson the cliff! Not to worry – Laura’s alive andwith us today. Phew! Congratulations to rook-ie hikers Kelie and Fei Fei Feng who, althoughnever hiked ever before, completed this ardu-ous 7.5-hour hike with a smile from beginningto end.
Thank you to all the determined hikers forparticipating in this, fun and beautiful YMFadventure!
ASCE Job ClassifiedLooking for work? Visit the ASCE’s job listing
page at http://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs/jobsin-fo.html.
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dents, faculty, and staff; and the heightenedvisibility of the College’s successes.
The plan includes, among others, the imple-mentation of an enrollment management sys-tem for the College; a proposed biomedicalengineering program in the Department ofMechanical Engineering; the establishment ofan accredited computer engineering programin the Department of Electrical Engineering; thedevelopment of distance learning courses inthe Hawaii Center for AdvancedCommunications; and the development of aCivil Engineering Research Park for the Stateand the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering.
As you can see, it has been an exciting yearat the College of Engineering. With theincreases in enrollment, addition of new facul-ty, continued efforts of the faculty to bring innew research projects, and the development ofnew student programs and research facilities,the College looks to continue its success.
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area at Barbers Point.” According to an April1959 S-B article, local raw materials werealready successfully tested in the U.S. and inEurope. The president of the new company,Robert Fisher, was quoted to promise that thecompany would produce “the five standardtypes [of cement] recognized in the trade” ascompared to the two (standard and high-early)imported by Kaiser. In addition, he announcedthat the company would provide needed edu-cation and training to local engineers, contrac-tors and architects about the various uses ofcement.
As an aside, I find the involvement of CyprusMines Corp., the multinational mining, timber,oil & gas, and freight company, of particularinterest as I was born on the island of Cypruswhere this company owned several coppermines.
Only two months later (June, 1959), the HAreported that Kaiser had acquired a “$1.5 mil-lion Lualualei cement site...from Clarence C. T.Loo” and that he planned quarry operationsand also production of cement by August 1,1961, before Hawaiian Cement’s plannedopening at the near-by location. Another storyin the same issue of the paper explained thatthe Honolulu supervisors (i.e., the city council)“went over the head” of the stalemated CityPlanning Commission and approved Kaiser’srezoning application from “rural” to “noxious.”
Ironically, Hawaiian Cement’s contractors(Hawaiian Dredging and Bechtel) used thecompetitor’s imported cement for constructionof their plant! At opening, the dry-processplant was rated at either 1.0 or 1.4 million bar-rels/day (depending on which report oneaccepts). Initially, the raw materials usedincluded limestone, basalt and trachyte fromOahu, silica from Vietnam and gypsum fromMexico.
Kaiser himself attended the dedication cere-mony of the Hawaiian Cement plant in mid-August 1960, as did Governor Quinn whoechoed hopes heard for several years that theplant would contribute to self-sufficiency forHawai`i. Truck driver Gilbert Matua was report-ed hauling the plant’s first load of cement toanother Hawaiian Dredging construction site.
Boasting cleanliness, good landscaping anddust control by electrostatic precipitators, thewet-process, 1.7 million barrel/yearPermanente Cement plant opened a few dayslater (on August 20, 1960), ready to supply“Hawai`i, Guam and other Pacific areas.”
Thus, market forces resulted in not one, buttwo major cement factories within a stone’sthrow away from each other, one at BarbersPoint and the other in the Waianae district ofthe island of O’ahu! According to “TheMinerals Yearbook” for 1960, only three othernew cement plants opened that year in the U.S.
Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem-bers might find interesting? Please send abrief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax956-5014, email [email protected]).Previous articles in the series may be found atthe Section’s web site. Just point your browserto http://www.ascehawaii.org.
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