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VOL. 48 NO. 4 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JUNE, 2012

The first place “Neonatal PatientPositioner” team.

THE 2012 ASME FRANCIS RHODES MONTGOMERY DESIGN COMPETITIONThe annual Francis Rhodes Montgomery

Design Competition was held May 4, 2012 inKuykendall Hall Auditorium, Room 101,University of Hawaii at Manoa. Competing forfour monetary awards were nine teams with atotal of 49 students from the Department ofMechanical Engineering (DME) Capstone ME481/482 Senior Mechanics Design Projectcourses. Design projects entered included asatellite tracking station, a patient positioningdevice, a vertical axis wind turbine, a Tesla tur-bine for power generation, a lightweight aircraftcargo container, an ultra-light weight vehicle,two types of heavy lift aircrafts, and a Baja-off-road vehicle. Three of the projects were madefor Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)national competitions including the SAE AeroDesign Competition and the SAE BajaCompetition. Each team made aPowerPoint/oral presentation followed by aposter session and hardware demonstration.The design project presentations are judgedon the basis of content, organization, proto-type, and response to questions.

Since 1987, ASME Hawaii and DME haveworked together to host the Francis RhodesMontgomery Design Competition using thedesign projects of the DME’s ME 481/482Senior Design Project I and II courses. This is atwo-sequence mechanical engineering designcourse starting with ME 481 design project ini-tiation and finishing up with final designs andprototypes in the ME 482 course.

The design competition was established inmemory of Francis Rhodes Montgomery, afounder of the ASME Hawaii Section, to furtherthe field of Mechanical Engineering. It is aimedat the student of Mechanical Engineering withthe goal of recognizing and rewarding innova-tive design efforts, the practicality of thedesign, and the ability to present the design ina clear and understandable manner. TheMontgomery Fund provides the awards andrefreshments. This past school year under theguidance of Professor Mehrdad Ghesemi-Nejhad, DME Chairman, and ProfessorZachary Trimble, ASME Student Advisor, stu-dents developed design projects from conceptto prototype.

This competition also provides an assess-ment of how well the DME accomplishes itsMission of achieving eleven program out-comes, three general academic objectives,and two Major Design Experience componentsfor its ABET accreditation. From the studentpresentations the judges and spectators canmore reasonably assess the DME’s Mission.They get a first-hand view of the curriculumachievements that most outsiders do not see.

The judges’ assessment of the DME’s programis documented for presentation to ABET.

The following are synopsis of the design pro-ject abstracts presented to the judges. The fullabstracts can be found at the ASME Hawaiiwebsite at http://www.sections.asme.org/hawaii/frmdc.html. On the basis of the presen-tations, posters, demonstrations, and respons-es to questions, the judges awarded the firstfour places to the following projects and teams:

Neonatal Patient Positioner - This projectreceived the $400 first place award. Teammembers were Joel Hijirida, Miramar Lee Choy,Sonya Ling, Brandon Neill, and My Van Vo. Incollaboration with a Kapiolani Medical Centerpediatric surgeon, the project involved devel-oping a working prototype of a RemotelyControlled Patient Positioning Device used toinsert an Avalon Cannula through the neck ofgravely ill infants and children in order to per-form a procedure known as ExtracorporealMembrane Oxygenation. This procedure isdone as a last resort when all other means ofmaintaining proper blood and airflow havefailed. The team developed a remotely actuat-ed positioning device utilizing a slider crankassembly able to raise and lower patient’sshoulders to any level desired without compro-mising cleanliness standards or producing anyabrupt motions.

2011-2012 SAE Baja Team – This projectreceived the $300 second place award. Teammembers were Adam Akui, Jenn Arakawa,Susanna Fang, and Adrian Lab. SAE Baja is apremier collegiate design competition with theobjective to simulate real-world engineering inall of its aspects, including design, manufactur-ing, testing and evaluation applying mechani-cal engineering theory to design and manufac-ture an off-road vehicle. Each year, as many as151 colleges compete to see who has the bestdesign. This year the Baja team after imple-menting several innovations regard their Bajavehicle the best yet to be developed by a UHManoa BAJA team.

2012 SAE Aero Design: Micro Class - Thisproject received the $200 third place award,and the team members were Sean Jones,Maxyne Salvador, Christopher Hsu, Brian Hur,Anthony Sylvester, Nathaniel Calio, and Rin.The SAE Aero Design competition gives stu-dents design problems faced in the real world,and this year the goal of the team was to builda portable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle includinga launching system within specified packagingrequirements to compete at the SAE AeroDesign East Competition in Marietta, Georgia,April 2012. The team followed the basic engi-neering design process to develop an aircraft

worthy to represent the EngineeringDepartment, UH at Manoa.

A Proof of Concept Project for a NovelVertical Axis Wind Turbine Design - $100was awarded to the fourth place team of ChrisDoeringer, Nelson Fernandez, Cameron Grant,Diamond Pedro, and Jarrett Young. The objec-tives of this project were to develop a new ver-tical axis wind turbine for use in urban environ-ments, to be mounted on roofs, and to providea competitive cost to power ratio when com-pared with current market turbines. For sizeand weight criteria the design was limited to asix feet square footprint and a maximum massof 150 kg. The design employs the use of outervanes to vector flow to impinge upon the innerblades in optimal locations.

The Other Design Projects:Satellite Tracking Ground Station - The

team of Paul Spriesterbach, Tyler Tanabe,Kaimiao Liu, Chaoming Liang, Tristan Martinez,and Mikhail Coloma developed a portableopen architecture Satellite Tracking Ground

Members of the second place “2011-2012SAE Baja” team flanked by Dr. Nejhad onthe left and Dan Call on the right.

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June 7, 2012 (Thursday)Time: 11:45amLocation: Honolulu Country ClubSpeaker: Mr. Chris Takashige, P.E. Deputy Director,

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2012 SAME Scholarship Program GolfTournament and Pacific Industry Forum

The SAME Honolulu Post is continuing ourtradition of combining its annual ScholarshipGolf Tournament with the Pacific IndustryForum. The two-day event kicks off on June 13,2012 with our Golf Tournament at the KaneoheKlipper Golf Course at Marine Corps BaseHawaii. The events continue the following day,June 14, 2012 with the Pacific Industry Forumat the Ala Moana Hotel. The forum (open onlyto Honolulu Post Sustaining Members, DoDCivil Service, and Uniformed ServiceMembers) will connect Sustaining Memberstogether with senior leaders from the servicesfor briefings on the strategic view of the theateras well as a luncheon. This is also the first yearthat the Post is accepting credit card purchas-es for the golf tournament and forum. For moreinformation, and to register, please visit ourwebsite at www.samehonolulu.org.

Col Mark Bednar, President of SAME Honolulu,and Wesley Wong, Vice President of EngineersWithout Borders, Honolulu ProfessionalChapter, pictured at our May 7 lunch meeting.

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On May 11 and 12, 2012, HSPE VicePresident Joelle Dubois attended the NSPEWestern and Pacific Region (WP&R) annualmeeting in Eugene, Oregon. The WP&R of theNational Society of Professional Engineersincludes the states of Hawaii, Oregon,Washington, California, Alaska, Nevada,Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Guam. TheWP&R meets once a year, and rotates themeeting locations to the different states in theorganization.

Items discussed at the meeting included:• Roll call- California, Montana, Utah & Guam

did not attend.• For NSPE Meeting in San Diego- W&PR

members will meet on Friday at 7:00 AM.Location TBD.

• Promoting 3 tier membership: discussionheld on the state only/ national/ 3-tier mem-bership options, and the repercussions onIowa dropping out of NSPE, etc.

• Legislative interests: other chapters are con-cerned that most legislative input and lobby-ing is performed by ACEC and not the pro-fessional engineering societies.

• STEM activities: Washington discussed theiroutreach to middle schools. Discussion alsoheld on interacting with engineering stu-dents, and the importance of making stu-dents aware of the benefits of NSPE andlicensure. Some believe that student interestin NSPE is not as high as it should be as edu-cators may not understand the importance oflicensure. Idaho noted it has a state lawrequiring all teachers of engineering designclasses to be licensed.

• Interaction with state licensing boards: thequestion was asked about on how muchinteraction each chapter had with its statelicensing board. Many felt it was important tobe involved and possibly having NSPE rep-resentatives attend licensing board meet-ings.

• The next WP&R regional annual meeting:tentatively to be held in Arizona.Fliers for the HSPE 2012 Golf Tournament

have been sent out. This year’s tournament willbe held at the Hickam Mamala Bay Golf Courseon Friday, June 29 Friday – a 12:30 pm shotgunstart. Hopefully you have already signed up. Ifyou have not and are still interested, pleasecontact Kurt Kunimune at 479-0767 or [email protected]. HSPE is look-ing for players, donors, and volunteers.• Participants may check in as early as 10:30

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ing, followed by the Fiesta from mid-morning tolate afternoon at the latter. In past years, theFilipino Fiesta at the Park has attracted touristsand locals alike throughout the day to enjoyvarious aspects of Filipino culture throughregional cultural villages and displays, foodbooths, and day-long entertainment programfeaturing local and Philippine-based artists.Dozens of businesses, non-profit groups, andcommunity organizations showcase their prod-uct/services and activities to the thousands ofpeople who attend the festival. This year, forthe first time in FALEA’s history, the organiza-tion hosted a booth with display of our activi-ties, as well as fun games for our Keikis. Wealso participated along with other organiza-tions and marchers in the Parade thoughWaikiki. This year, FALEA had a group of uni-formly attired marchers, wearing hard hats, fol-lowed by a decorated float with a “BahayKubo” in the parade. Many kudos go to all ofour members and friends who spent countlesshours helping out in the design and prepara-tion of our float prior to the parade, and also incoming out to Waikiki to participate in themarch and staying on during the festive cele-bration at Kapiolani Park.

FALEA SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNA-MENT – The 5th Annual Scholarship GolfTournament will be held on Friday, May 25th,2012 at Kapolei Golf Course. Check In/Lunchis at 10:30 AM, and Shotgun Start at 12:30 PM.Awards Banquet will begin immediately follow-ing the tournament. Thanks to all of our spon-sors including JN Chevrolet which will providethe Hole-In-One vehicle prize. As of this writing,we already have confirmed our Title, Gold, andSilver sponsors.

FALEA INAUGURAL – Mark your calendars -this will be held at the FilCom Center onSeptember 22, 2012.

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KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

A BATTLE OF TITANSOne of my readers who wishes to remain

anonymous offered me a gentle reminder that,several months ago, I was tracing the majormeeting locations of the original HonoluluEngineering Association (now Engineers andArchitects of Hawaii) following their initial quar-ters in 1902 above the gymnasium of the firstYWCA building in Honolulu, but somehow gotsidetracked and veered toward other notableYMCA buildings. This led me to the YWCA con-nection with the Fernhurst residence propertythat was eventually sold to the Honolulu RapidTransit (HRT) company, an event of such rele-vance to our profession that I could not resistpursuing it a bit further.

As a preview of what’s to come after I wrapup the intriguing HRT adventure, let me justshare with you that, following its establishmentin 1902 at the YMCA, the EngineeringAssociation (EA) briefly occupied the EliteBuilding that (as I mentioned in February) hadcoincidentally the YWCA as another of its earlyoccupants. After some wandering about, EAsettled into the all-but-forgotten KapiolaniBuilding that had later served as the HonoluluCity Hall as well. It then arranged for the use ofthe facilities provided by a powerful businessentity known as the Commercial Club (that itselfoccupied a whole floor in the McCandlessBuilding downtown). It then renewed its tieswith the YWCA by having most of its regularmeetings over several decades held at theRichard Street YWCA building which, like theFernhurst residence, was designed by JuliaMorgan (along with other specialists, includingthe first professional landscape architect inHawaii, Catherine Jones Thompson, alsoknown for her landscaping of the PunchbowlNational Memorial grounds and many HonoluluBoard of Water Supply facilities). Engineersand Architects of Hawaii now meet in the TopaFinancial Center tower that replaced the oldHackfeld and Co. building I described inMarch.

Each of these waypoints offers a unique per-spective, in time and space, of the evolvingcivil infrastructure of Honolulu and deservesmore detailed coverage. But first, a briefaccount of the takeover of HRT by the City &County of Honolulu.

Last month (May 2012) we learned that theHonolulu Rapid Transit & Land (HRT&L) com-pany was officially established in 1898 under afranchise approved by the legislature of theshort-lived Republic of Hawaii. It originallyoperated electric streetcars powered by a gen-erating station located makai of BeretaniaStreet and diamond-head of Alapai Street (seemap in April 2012 installment). Its “land” com-ponent, by the way, included investments intothe construction and operation of the HonoluluAquarium (now the Waikiki Aquarium), a popu-lar attraction at the end of the Waikiki streetcarline.

The confluence of several milestone devel-opments between 1898 and the mid-1960sbecame the precursors of an unfolding dramathat culminated in a battle of titanic proportionsthat led to the transfer of the company from pri-vate hands to public ownership by the City &County of Honolulu. Three of these milestonesmerit special attention.

First came the establishment of the PublicUtilities Commission (PUC) via Act 89, 1913Session Laws of the Territory of Hawaii. Unlike

other corporations that raised objections tobecoming regulated monopolies under thePUC, HRT was clearly subject to PUC jurisdic-tion. Once there, the company was no longerfree to modify services (for example, the extentof coverage and streetcar frequencies) or farestructures at will: It had to propose and justifysuch changes for approval, expecting to obtaina reasonable profit of 6% on its investments inreturn. This is the reason why, by the way, thecompany devised the plan of spinning off non-utility properties and operations to a subsidiary(Honolulu Ltd.) so as to remove these activitiesfrom PUC oversight. One of these non-utilityactivities was the construction and running of abowling center at the old Fernhurst site that Idiscussed last month (May 2012). After HarryWeinberg effectively took control of HRT inearly 1960, Honolulu Ltd. went on to continueinvesting in real estate and other corporations,including an almost 60% interest in ScrantonTransit by 1967. Weinberg employed a similarstrategy in Dallas via a non-utility subsidiaryknown as Dal-Tran Service Co.

The second special milestone came in April1937 when the U.S. Supreme Court validatedthe 1935 National Labor Relations Act (alsoknown as the Wagner Act) that strengthenedthe role of labor (or trade) unions and moderat-ed the powers of corporations vis-à-vis theirlabor forces. This brought into greater promi-nence union organizer Arthur Rutledge and hisTransit Workers Union of Hawaii which wonrecognition as the sole bargaining agent fortransit company employees in 1946.

The third special milestone also came fromthe U.S. Congress in the form of “The UrbanMass Transportation Act of 1964.” This Act pro-vided an infusion of funding for urban masstransit systems and established the UrbanMass Transportation Administration (UMTA),now known as the Federal TransitAdministration (FTA), to oversee its provisions.The eligible activities covered by this Actincluded significant subsidies to urban areaswishing to take over existing transit propertieswithin their jurisdictions. Through this provision,Frank F. Fasi, who was first elected mayor ofthe City & County of Honolulu in 1969 and whowas destined to become the longest-servingperson in that capacity initiated definite movestoward the ultimate take-over of HRT. BernardW. Stern states in his book on RutledgeUnionism, “as early as 1970 the FederalDepartment of Transportation, in response toan inquiry, advised Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasithat Honolulu was eligible to receive two-thirdsof the acquisition costs of HTR, WahiawaTransport, and Leeward Bus Company.” The“Wahiawa” and “Leeward” companies weresuburban lines, the first also being run undermajority ownership by Weinberg.

The inquiry by Fasi came after the longeststrike in HRT’s history that lasted for 67 days in1966-67, and in the midst of another bitter 60-day labor dispute that straddled the 1970-71years.

The battle of the three titans, Weinberg,Rutledge and Fasi, took many fascinatingtwists and turns, too numerous to recount here,and ended up with a new management compa-ny established by the City and known as MassTransit Lines (MTL) becoming the operator ofthe consolidated municipal bus system ofHonolulu (dubbed “TheBus”), owned by theCity & County of Honolulu as authorized by leg-islation authorizing the City’s ability to own thetransit system, with labor representation of thebus operators under Rutledge’s leadership;

Weinberg continued to control the remainingnon-utility financial assets of HRT and HonoluluLtd.

The following excerpt from the Star Bulletin ofFebruary 3, 1971 illustrates a few of the twistsand turns of this story:

“Harry Weinberg and staff are being evictedby Mayor Frank F. Fasi. The City yesterday justsent the Honolulu Rapid Transit Co. a letternotifying the bus company that it must vacateits Alapai Street office building by March 31 for

HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGMay 2, 2012

Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical

Seminars/Events:– ACI 318 Code Seminar will be scheduled at

the end of the year– AISC Handbook Seminar is scheduled for

September 2012

2012 SEAOH Annual Convention Update:This year’s Annual Convention will be a Joint

SEAOH/CCPI event and is tentatively sched-uled for October 19 & 20, 2012 at Turtle BayResort. The theme will be “Restoring OurInfrastructure”.

New Member Applications:New member application from Alex

Kikuyama for the grade of Allied Member wasreceived and is open for comments from themembership. His application will be voted onat the June 2012 board meeting. Please notifyany SEAOH officer prior to the June 2012board meeting if you wish to comment on thisprospective member.

Missing Members:Please contact Membership Chairperson,

Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or [email protected]), or any of the SEAOHOfficers if you have a new mailing and/or emailaddress.

The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,June 6, 2012. Contact SEAOH President WesSegawa (965-4677, [email protected]) for moreinformation.

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JUNE DINNER MEETINGTopic: Waikiki Beach Nourishment ProjectSpeakers: David Smith, Sea Engineering, Inc.

Ivan Lee, Healy Tibbitts Builders,Inc.

Program: The recently completed WaikikiBeach Nourishment Project placed24,000 cy of dredged offshore sandon the beach at Waikiki betweenKuhio Beach and the RoyalHawaiian Hotel, effectively wideningthe beach by 40 ft. Engineers fromthe design team and constructionteam will review the project fromboth the design and constructionviewpoints, including design crite-ria, construction approach, andlessons learned on both sides.

Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012Location: Treetops at Paradise Park, Manoa

ValleyTime: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time

6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:00 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - Adjourn

Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $25.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section

members$28.00 for Non-ASCE HawaiiSection members and Guests$11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter members

Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii Section and mail to Ben Rasa, ASCEHawaii Section Treasurer, Belt Collins HawaiiLtd., 2153 North King Street, Suite 200,Honolulu, Hawaii 96819, postmarked by Friday,June 15, 2012. Reservations for the dinnermeeting to Ben Rasa by Monday, June 18,2012, by phone at 521-5361 or email [email protected].

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: May 10, 2012Next meeting: June 14, 2012

ASCE HAWAII SECTION PROJECTAWARDS AND OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGI-NEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (OCEA)NOMINEES NEEDED!

ASCE Hawaii Section will be having ourannual awards banquet on Friday, October 5th,at the Pacific Aviation Museum. In addition tohonoring the traditional OCEA Award Winningproject, the ASCE Hawaii Section would like tohonor and provide accolades to numerousother projects that would be selected for thefollowing categories: • Large Project (>$10M) • Medium Project (<$10 M but > $2 M)

• Small Project (< $2 M) • Green Building • Transportation • Water/Wastewater/Environmental • Building/Structural Systems • Studies and Research • Special Projects • Humanitarian Project• International Project

Nominations will be due Friday, July 13th,2012. Please visit our website www.asce-hawaii.org to download an application formand for further details or contact GlennMiyasato at 488-7579 ext. 3 [email protected].

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently posted

on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:• Experienced Heavy or Civil Estimators –

Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company,Inc.

• Architects, Civil Engineers, StructuralEngineers, Mechanical Engineers, andElectrical Engineers – Mitsunaga &Associates

• Managing Professional Engineer – C.S.H.May Consultant

• Project Managers, Senior Civil Engineer -URS Corporation

• Transportation Engineers – CH2MHILL• Director of Operations – SMG/Hawaii

Convention Center• Project Manager/Project Engineer – Global

Business Solutions Inc.• Deputy Program Manager – HDR• Civil Engineer V – HDR• Senior NEPA Project Manager – HDR• Civil Engineer IV – HDR• Area Controller, Alaska, Hawaii and Pacific

Dept. - HDR• Project Manager, Remediation &

Infrastructure - Cape EnvironmentalManagement Inc.

• Director, Capital Program Management –Kamehameha Schools

• Civil Engineer, Technical Sales – JensenPrecast

• Civil Engineer VI – City and County ofHonolulu

• Structural Engineer II – City and County ofHonolulu

• Civil Engineer IV – City and County ofHonolulu

• Civil Engineer V – City and County ofHonolulu

• Mechanical Engineer IV – City and County ofHonolulu

• Senior Resident Engineer, Highway/UtilitiesPE – HNTB

• Senior Resident Engineer, Structural - HNTBFor further information on these job listings or

to find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.

Next YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meetings are sched-

uled for Wednesday, June 6, 6:30 p.m. at Ige’sRestaurant & 19th Puka, 486-3500; andTuesday, July 3, 6:00 p.m. at Ryan’s, 591-9132.If you are interested in attending to find outwhat the YMF is all about, contact the YMF [email protected].

Sacred Hearts Academy STEM Talk“Although women make up the greater share

of postsecondary students, they represent just24 percent of the nation’s science and engi-neering workforce” ~Women In Government.On May 2nd, in an effort to improve this statis-tic, Dawn Szewczyk (ASCE Hawaii SectionPresident) and Lara Karamatsu (ASCE HawaiiSection YMF President) reached out and spoketo two Sacred Hearts Academy classes toencourage female students to go into STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) fields, specifically civil engineer-ing. They talked to both the Robotics and Introto Engineering classes about the STEM pro-gram and how it provides life skills that will cre-ate a solid foundation for a career in engineer-ing as well as just various aspects of everydaylife. Dawn and Lara also shared their own jour-neys on becoming civil engineers, from school-ing to the past projects they’ve worked on, andthe challenges and benefits they’ve encoun-tered as civil engineers.

Thank you to Sacred Hearts teacher ChelseaHarder for coordinating this event with the YMFand to the Sacred Hearts girls for participatingin the event and asking some great questionsthat show an interest in STEM fields.

later, the mayor relented “to let the HonoluluRapid Transit Co. stay in their Alapai Streetoffices until April 30.”

Among the snarled knots needing to beuntied were questions about valuations proce-dures, ownership of air rights, and valuation of“intangible assets.” The process passedthrough the PUC and ended up in court.Interestingly, a 1973 decision “in the matter ofthe application of the City & County of Honolulufor valuation of HRT physical property” includ-ed Tax Map Key (T.M.K.) “2-1-42-4 (FernhurstProperty) between King and Hotel Streets;98,294 sq. ft.: $360,660.00.”

As a consequence of court decisions, theMarch 22, 1973 issue of the HonoluluAdvertiser declared that finally “Weinberg, Cityagree to quick takeover of site.”

Do you know of a civil engineering accomplishment or event that your fellow ASCEmembers might find interesting? Please senda brief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, 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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ASME-HI 2010-2011 OfficersChairperson Derek Sato 543-4108 [email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966 [email protected] Kory Ikeda [email protected] Kevin Dang 737-1708 [email protected] Edmund Chang 543-4227 [email protected] Rep: Derick KamAlternate: John Ahern

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NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTIONGENERAL/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGDate: June 19, 2012Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue

CafeteriaAgenda: Review of the Francis R.

Montgomery Design Competitionheld May 4, 2012.

Speaker: Derek Sato on the 14th AnnualInternational Aboveground StorageTank Conference & Trade Show onMarch 28-30, 2012 in Orlando,Florida.

Members and guests are invited. There willbe free pizza and soft drinks as usual. Pleasecontact Derek Sato or Kory Ikeda for directionsand for more information, such as parking.

TOUR PLANNED:Hawaiian Electric Power Plant in Campbell

Industrial Park (100MW Siemens CombustionTurbine that runs on 100% Bio-Diesel) onSaturday, June 23, 2012 at 0900 hrs. The dura-tion of the tour would be approximately 1 to 1-1/2 hours. The plant is located off Hanua Streetbetween H-Power and HECO’s Barbers PointTank Farm. It is a Simple-Cycle, Peaking Unitconsisting of one combustion turbine genera-tor and auxiliary systems, and it was connect-ed the HECO’s grid in 2009. Besides the com-bustion turbine generator, the generation sta-tion has a 210 feet high exhaust stack, a three-story control building, a water treatment sys-tem housed in an enclosed building approxi-mately 40 feet high, two 60-foot high fuel tanks,and four 60-foot high water tanks. It was built ata cost of about $193 million, including theassociated transmission and substationimprovements.

Station to track and collect data from varioussatellites using two stepper motors that drivethe azimuth and elevation angles to point theantenna at a satellite using a Yagi type antenna.

TESLA Turbine Power Generating UnitDesign, Build and Testing – Team membersincluded Jumar Holston, Daniel Kahoonei,Dana Johnson, and Elizabeth Viernes. Thisresearch project explored more efficient waysto produce electricity by altering the design ofa turbine in a gas generator with the outcometo design, build and test a compact, prototypepower generating unit that uses a “TeslaTurbine” as the prime mover in a Brayton cycle.Their final conclusion validates the TeslaTurbine proof of concept and is capable ofgenerating 100 Watts of electrical power frombutane.

Unit Load Device, All-Composite UniqueLite Design – Team members includedChristian Daoud, Elizabeth Gregg, ChrisCarlson, Leon Santinizio, Lap Kan Lui, andHuilin Xie. The team designed an aircraft all-composite cargo container weighing 43% lessthan most existing containers while meetingapplicable Federal Aviation regulations andapplicable National Aerospace Standards. Itwas the winner of the 2012 UH Manoa PACEBusiness Plan Competition.

2012 SAE Supermileage – Team membersincluded Darryl Delgado, Arvid Holmberg,Casey Kikuyama, Dane Matsukawa, andMelvyn Sumer. The Supermileage® designproject’s objective is to increase public aware-ness on diminishing fuel reserves by designingand building a fuel efficient vehicle capable ofachieving a fuel efficiency of 425 km per liter.

2012 SAE Aero Design – Regular Class –Fly HI - Team members included Kevin Kim,Joli Umetsu, Kekoa Roback, Phillip Lee, RyanDaugherty, Felix Ko, and Trevor Johnson. TheSAE Aero Design competition challengesteams to design and manufacture a heavy liftaircraft while conforming to given require-ments. Dimensions may not exceed 225 inchesand the gross weight is restricted to 55pounds. The team’s design consists of con-stant-chord and tapered hybrid wings, a regu-lar fuselage, an H-tail supported by a trussstructure, and a tricycle landing gear.

AcknowledgementsProfessors Mehrdad Ghasemi-Nejhad and

Zachary Trimble, and the ME 482 studentshave made this another successful FrancisRhodes Montgomery Design Competition. Thestudents displayed outstanding design and

Competition, continued from page 1 problem solving abilities, and most workedsuccessfully in teams showing that they willhave no problems transitioning to their profes-sional careers. ASME Hawaii and theMontgomery Foundation are very appreciativeto the students and professors for their assis-tance to help perpetuate the Francis RhodesMontgomery Design Competition. SectionChairman Derek Sato coordinated the compe-tition between ASME Hawaii and DME. Thejudges this year were John Ahern of AppliedResearch Associates, Kevin Dang of PearlHarbor Naval Shipyard, James Grogan, andRaymond Liu of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.Spokesperson for ASME-HI and theMontgomery Fund was Daniel Call of HawaiianElectric Company. Competition photos wereprovided by Kevin Dang.

Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION

OFFICERS President – Kurt BendlerVice President – Paul BrussowDirector – Amarjit SinghDirector – Maelyn UyeharaPast President – Stephen JacobsonTreasurer – Guia LasqueteSecretary – Kevin Mitchell

SWE - Hawaiian Islands SectionP.O. Box 61728 • Honolulu, HI [email protected]

Executive Committee:President: Pearl Yamaguchi of MedtronicVice Pres.: Carrie Leonard of BAE SystemsSecretary: Rena Chock of HECOTreasurer: Alyssa “Sunshine” Smith of CH2M HILLCharter Sec. Rep.: Amy Weintraub of Women in

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NAGAMINE OKAWA ENGINEERS INC.CONSULTING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

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Phone: (808) 536-2626 • FAX: (808) 536-3926

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Hirata & Associates, Inc.Geotechnical Engineering

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GEOLABS, INC.Geotechnical Engineering and Drilling Services

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ENVIRONMENTAL • GEOTECHNICAL • HYDROGEOLOGICALCONSULTANTS

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Engineering Concepts, Inc. Civil /Environmental /Sanitary Engineers

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