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VOL. 45 NO. 7 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS SEPTEMBER, 2009 (continued on page 7) UH Manoa College of Engineering Update The University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering continues to forge ahead under the leadership of Dean Peter Crouch, who just com- pleted his third year at the helm. This year’s high- lights include a $1 million research grant compe- tition award, a number of prestigious awards received by faculty, strong representation in national student engineering competitions and an increase in enrollment for Fall 2009. $1 Million Research Grant Awarded Led by Anthony Kuh, professor and chair of the Electrical Engineering Department, a team of UH Manoa researchers was awarded a $1 million research grant on sus- tainability. The grant, funded by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, is designed to promote research to increase Hawaii’s self-sufficiency. Kuh’s multidisciplinary team is comprised of UH Manoa faculty from the Colleges of Engineering, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Their task will be to conduct cutting edge research and to address education problems in renewable energy and island sustainability. Plans call for a three-prong approach aimed at: 1) establishing a prominent national and interna- tional science and technology program in renew- able energy to achieve island sustainability, 2) providing local and national renewable energy industries with subject expertise and knowledge- able and well-trained workforce, and 3) helping move the United States toward energy indepen- dence. Funding covers the first two years and antici- pates the successful transition of the project to an externally funded program or center. Enrollment Increase At press time, the College of Engineering antic- ipates an increase in the enrollment of incoming freshmen and transfer students of 14.5 percent as compared to the previous year. According to preliminary reports, there were increases in all three disciplines: Civil and Environmental Engineering up 13.5 percent, Electrical Engineering up 8.2 percent, and Mechanical Engineering up 23.1 percent. Attracting Some of the Best In addition to the projected increase in new student enrollment this year, the College of Engineering has been selected as the school of choice by seven Regents Scholarship and one Presidential Scholarship awardees. Regents Scholarships are awarded to 20 out- standing freshmen each Fall. To qualify for this scholarship, awardees must earn a 3.5 cumula- tive high school GPA and achieve a combined score of at least 1950 on their SAT or a 29 on their ACT. They must also show remarkable extracurricular achievements. Scholars receive a full tuition waiver for four years of undergraduate study. Presidential Scholarships are awarded to 10 college juniors who have a minimum GPA of 3.7 for all college level work, a record of sustained progress in academic courses and display supe- rior academic achievement or creativity. Scholars receive a full tuition waiver for two years of under- graduate study. Both scholarships recipients receive $4,000 a year and a one-time travel grant of $2,000. Regent Scholars Discipline Kiu Chor Cheng ME Jonathan Dang CEE Kelson Lau ME Ashbea Rose Oyadomari ME Stephanie Soon CE Geoffrey Phi Tran EE Zachary Yamabe CEE Presidential Scholar Leon Santinizio ME Student News: Micromouse Sweep Thanks to a robot micromouse named “Alfalfa,” a pair of UH Manoa engineering stu- dents took first place in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Region 6 Central Area Spring Meeting and Micromouse Competition held on March 28, 2009 at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Team members Alex Zamora and Tyson Seto- Mook built the winning micromouse, which com- pleted the competition maze in 00:1:11.29, two minutes and 36 seconds ahead of another UH Manoa entry. Of nine mice entered in the con- test, UH Manoa teams swept the top seven places in the maze competition, the top three positions in the packaging (construction and design) competition and first place in the student paper competition. In the micromouse competition, student teams design and build an autonomous robot mouse that is controlled by a microprocessor and is no larger than 25 centimeters by 25 centimeters in size. Each mouse is given 10 minutes to learn the fastest route through the maze from the start- ing point to the center square. Steel Bridge to Success The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s steel bridge team placed first at the 2009 ASCE Pacific Southwest Regional Conference held this past April in Honolulu and qualified for the ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition for the third time in four years. By besting 16 other schools in the regional, the UH Manoa team earned a spot as one of the country’s top 47 bridge teams and the right to compete in the nationals held at UNLV in late May. Against fierce competition, the UH Manoa team placed 11th overall, while taking 4th place in both the lightness and display categories and 7th place in construction speed. Congratulations to team members Eric Tomishima, Lori Higashi, Joel Reyes, Ben Ng and Brent Ching. Faculty News NSF CAREER Awards Peter J. Berkelman, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Yingbin Liang, assistant professor of electrical engineering, have each received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award. The CAREER Award, one of NSF’s most prestigious and competitive awards for junior researchers, recognizes those who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar through out- standing research, excellent education and the integration of education and research. Berkelman received a five-year, $534,356 grant for his proposal titled, “CAREER: High Fidelity Haptic Interaction using Large Range of Motion Magnetic Levitation Systems for Medical Applications.” The research proposal aims to improve the fidelity and effectiveness of human- machine haptic interaction using magnetic levita- tion devices in specific applications such as hap- tic medical skills training or upper limb rehabilita- tion. Liang has been awarded a five-year, $399,998 award for her proposal titled, “CAREER: Secure Communication via Source and Channel Randomness.” The proposed research aims at providing a comprehensive framework to imple- ment the emerging physical layer security approaches to practical wireless networks, which complement the traditional cryptographic approaches for security. Regents’ Award of Excellence Vir Amarjit Singh, professor of civil and envi- ronmental engineering, has been named as a recipient of the 2009 University of Hawaii Board of Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Award. The award honors faculty members who have made significant contributions in teaching and student learning. Professor Singh will be recognized with other university recipients at a ceremony in September 2009. Northrop Grumman Teaching Award Weilin Qu, associate professor in mechanical

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VOL. 45 NO. 7 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS SEPTEMBER, 2009

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UH Manoa College of Engineering UpdateThe University of Hawaii at Manoa College of

Engineering continues to forge ahead under theleadership of Dean Peter Crouch, who just com-pleted his third year at the helm. This year’s high-lights include a $1 million research grant compe-tition award, a number of prestigious awardsreceived by faculty, strong representation innational student engineering competitions and anincrease in enrollment for Fall 2009.

$1 Million Research Grant AwardedLed by Anthony Kuh,

professor and chair ofthe Electrical EngineeringDepartment, a team ofUH Manoa researcherswas awarded a $1 millionresearch grant on sus-tainability. The grant,funded by the Office ofthe Vice Chancellor forResearch and GraduateEducation, is designed to promote research toincrease Hawaii’s self-sufficiency.

Kuh’s multidisciplinary team is comprised of UHManoa faculty from the Colleges of Engineering,Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and the Schoolof Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.Their task will be to conduct cutting edgeresearch and to address education problems inrenewable energy and island sustainability.

Plans call for a three-prong approach aimed at:1) establishing a prominent national and interna-tional science and technology program in renew-able energy to achieve island sustainability, 2)providing local and national renewable energyindustries with subject expertise and knowledge-able and well-trained workforce, and 3) helpingmove the United States toward energy indepen-dence.

Funding covers the first two years and antici-pates the successful transition of the project toan externally funded program or center.

Enrollment IncreaseAt press time, the College of Engineering antic-

ipates an increase in the enrollment of incomingfreshmen and transfer students of 14.5 percentas compared to the previous year. According topreliminary reports, there were increases in allthree disciplines: Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering up 13.5 percent, ElectricalEngineering up 8.2 percent, and MechanicalEngineering up 23.1 percent.

Attracting Some of the BestIn addition to the projected increase in new

student enrollment this year, the College ofEngineering has been selected as the school ofchoice by seven Regents Scholarship and onePresidential Scholarship awardees.

Regents Scholarships are awarded to 20 out-standing freshmen each Fall. To qualify for thisscholarship, awardees must earn a 3.5 cumula-tive high school GPA and achieve a combinedscore of at least 1950 on their SAT or a 29 ontheir ACT. They must also show remarkableextracurricular achievements. Scholars receive afull tuition waiver for four years of undergraduatestudy.

Presidential Scholarships are awarded to 10college juniors who have a minimum GPA of 3.7for all college level work, a record of sustainedprogress in academic courses and display supe-rior academic achievement or creativity. Scholarsreceive a full tuition waiver for two years of under-graduate study.

Both scholarships recipients receive $4,000 ayear and a one-time travel grant of $2,000.Regent Scholars DisciplineKiu Chor Cheng MEJonathan Dang CEEKelson Lau MEAshbea Rose Oyadomari MEStephanie Soon CEGeoffrey Phi Tran EEZachary Yamabe CEEPresidential ScholarLeon Santinizio ME

Student News: Micromouse SweepThanks to a robot micromouse named

“Alfalfa,” a pair of UH Manoa engineering stu-dents took first place in the Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers’ Region 6 Central AreaSpring Meeting and Micromouse Competitionheld on March 28, 2009 at the University ofCalifornia at Santa Cruz.

Team members Alex Zamora and Tyson Seto-Mook built the winning micromouse, which com-pleted the competition maze in 00:1:11.29, twominutes and 36 seconds ahead of another UHManoa entry. Of nine mice entered in the con-test, UH Manoa teams swept the top sevenplaces in the maze competition, the top threepositions in the packaging (construction anddesign) competition and first place in the studentpaper competition.

In the micromouse competition, student teamsdesign and build an autonomous robot mousethat is controlled by a microprocessor and is nolarger than 25 centimeters by 25 centimeters insize. Each mouse is given 10 minutes to learnthe fastest route through the maze from the start-ing point to the center square.

Steel Bridge to SuccessThe University of Hawaii at Manoa’s steel

bridge team placed first at the 2009 ASCE PacificSouthwest Regional Conference held this pastApril in Honolulu and qualified for the ASCE/AISC

National Student Steel Bridge Competition forthe third time in four years. By besting 16 otherschools in the regional, the UH Manoa teamearned a spot as one of the country’s top 47bridge teams and the right to compete in thenationals held at UNLV in late May.

Against fierce competition, the UH Manoateam placed 11th overall, while taking 4th placein both the lightness and display categories and7th place in construction speed.

Congratulations to team members EricTomishima, Lori Higashi, Joel Reyes, Ben Ng andBrent Ching.

Faculty NewsNSF CAREER Awards

Peter J. Berkelman, assistant professor ofmechanical engineering, and Yingbin Liang,assistant professor of electrical engineering, haveeach received the National Science Foundation’sCAREER Award. The CAREER Award, one ofNSF’s most prestigious and competitive awardsfor junior researchers, recognizes those whoexemplify the role of teacher-scholar through out-standing research, excellent education and theintegration of education and research.

Berkelman received a five-year, $534,356grant for his proposal titled, “CAREER: HighFidelity Haptic Interaction using Large Range ofMotion Magnetic Levitation Systems for MedicalApplications.” The research proposal aims toimprove the fidelity and effectiveness of human-machine haptic interaction using magnetic levita-tion devices in specific applications such as hap-tic medical skills training or upper limb rehabilita-tion.

Liang has been awarded a five-year, $399,998award for her proposal titled, “CAREER: SecureCommunication via Source and ChannelRandomness.” The proposed research aims atproviding a comprehensive framework to imple-ment the emerging physical layer securityapproaches to practical wireless networks, whichcomplement the traditional cryptographicapproaches for security.

Regents’ Award of Excellence Vir Amarjit Singh, professor of civil and envi-

ronmental engineering, has been named as arecipient of the 2009 University of Hawaii Boardof Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Award. Theaward honors faculty members who have madesignificant contributions in teaching and studentlearning. Professor Singh will be recognized withother university recipients at a ceremony inSeptember 2009.

Northrop Grumman Teaching AwardWeilin Qu, associate professor in mechanical

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Officers For 2008 – 2009President Norman KawachikaPres.-Elect John KatahiraTreasurer Sheryl NojimaSecretary Douglas LeeDirector Terrance ArashiroDirector Beverly Ishii-NakayamaDirector Joel YuenPast Pres. Jon NishimuraNat. Dir. Janice MarstersPAC Champion David Bills

General Membership Meeting: Straight Talkwith Congressman Neil Abercrombie

On August 6, 2009, Congressman NeilAbercrombie addressed a crowd of 40 membersand engaged all in a lively discussion on keyissues facing Hawaii’s economy. He spoke ofengineering opportunities for our industry asrelated to the federal stimulus package andmilitary construction projects in Hawaii.Congressman Abercrombie also shared hisvision for Hawaii’s future as a gubernatorial can-didate for the 2010 election.

ACEC Hawaii Declares Tort Reform Victorywith Act 179

On July 16, 2009 HB1316–Relating to Tortswas passed into law as Act 179. Act 179 limitsthe liability for design professionals on highwayprojects in instances where a design profession-al is determined to be liable along with one ormore other parties; the degree of the design pro-fessional’s negligence is 10 percent or less; andthe contract value is $1 million or less.

ACEC Hawaii vigorously supported the legisla-tion because the tort climate in Hawaii hadbecome so onerous that some member firmselected not to participate in highway designwork.

To add sweetness to victory Janice Marsters,co-chair of the Legislative Committee and past-president of ACEC Hawaii, submitted a requestto ACEC for Minuteman Fund assistance. (TheMinuteman Fund is a powerful resource to helpACEC Member Organizations pursue legislativeand legal initiatives of national importance.) Toour surprise, ACEC delivered with a check for$7,907. The money will be used to offset ACECHlegislative expenditures incurred during the 2009session.

Engineering Excellence AwardsThe annual Engineering Excellence Awards

banquet is schedule for Saturday, November21st. This means projects nominations are nowbeing accepted. Please visit www.acechawaii.orgfor more information.

September 6th General MembershipMeeting

Be sure to watch for upcoming announce-ments for the September 6th GeneralMembership lunch meeting. Laurie Foster(Business Consulting Resources) will speak on avery important topic to all consulting firms:Succession Planning. You can also register on-line at www.acechawaii.org.

Construction Deflation Slowing: A PositiveSign on the Road to Recovery

A quarterly publication from global propertyand construction consultant Rider Levett Bucknallhighlights the continuing deflationary trend innational construction costs as evidenced by thethird consecutive quarter of price decline. Thisdecline, however, is less dramatic than the near5.1% drop of the previous quarter.

Rider Levett Bucknall’s research suggests thatbetween April 2009 and July 2009 the nationalaverage decrease in construction cost was 1.3%.Honolulu, HI, Las Vegas, NV and Phoenix, AZexperienced the greatest quarterly drops, report-ing deflation for the period greater than 3.0%. InHonolulu, while the decrease in this quarter wasstill in the order of 3.51%, this reduction was notas significant as the previous quarter, which post-ed a decrease of over 4%. Clients continue to seefavorable bid results in what is a very competitivemarket, with most companies in the industry cut-ting fees to maintain an active workforce.Though most locations posted negative changein prices, New York, NY and Seattle, WA figuresmoderately increased at a rate just below 0.5%.Honolulu has typically trailed behind the trends ofthe mainland, therefore while we still expect tosee further decreases in the upcoming quarter,these decreases are not expected to be as highas the previous two quarters.

The drop experienced by most markets in thecurrent quarter can largely be attributed toincreasingly competitive bids among contractorsas commodities have taken a lesser role in drivingconstruction costs.

While this is far from being a clear cut sign thatthe construction industry is on the road to recov-ery, improvement in the health of the overall econ-omy and a thawing of the credit markets are indi-cators that the construction industry could antici-pate an upturn in future construction volumes.

“We anticipate that contractors will continue toput forward aggressive bids as long as thereremains a concern about the amount of con-struction work available,” forecasts PeterKnowles, Executive Vice President at Rider LevettBucknall. “Uncertainty related to when construc-tion volumes may regain a stable footing will like-ly continue to keep the cost of construction com-petitive in the coming quarters.”

Quarterly Construction Cost ReportAfter recently adding two cities—Cincinnati,

OH and Nashville, TN—Rider Levett Bucknall nowreports on the comparative cost of construction in13 U.S. cities, indexing them to show how costsare changing in each city in particular, and againstthe costs in the other 12 locations. Together withadditional international and national cost com-pendia, the cost research is meant to equipclients with proficient and relevant information toassist in key business decisions.

To download the latest version of theConstruction Cost Report, or to view pastissues, visit http://www.americas.rlb.com/cost-research_quarterly.html.

About Rider Levett BucknallEditor’s Note: this article was provided by Rider

Levett Bucknall, an international firm providingproperty and construction consultancy advice atall stages of the construction cycle.

Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION

2009 OFFICERSPresident Stephen JacobsonVice Pres Kevin MitchellSecretary Emile le RouxTreasurer Sloka Colon

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HIGHLIGHTS – AUGUST ACTIVITIES August 7, 2009 - BOARD of DIRECTORS’MONTHLY MEETING:

Announcements: 1.) One of FALEA’sDirectors has tendered his resignation; the Boardwas asked to assist in selecting a replacement 2.)FALEA had been tasked again with the selectionof the Young Engineer of the Year Award for2010.

FALEA Summer Fun 2009: Since lastMonth’s meeting, Ramon and his Committee hasresearched and looked into several possiblelocations for our membership and family outing. Itwas recommended and decided to have a picnicat Secret Island. Its amenities, and the varioustypes of activities, including kayaking and otheroutdoors sports made it an attractive place tospend the day at. It’s on Kaneohe Bay, and partof Kualoa Ranch’s specialofferings which is availableto members of the public.To get there, it’s most con-veniently accessible by boatas part of the activity.FALEA flyers had alreadygone out or been distrib-uted, and several of ourBoard members also hadbeen calling other Faleans,family members andfriends. Suzie presently isleading everyone with thelongest list of confirmedinvitees to date. Joey alsohas posted this event in ourWebsite. Eugene, ourGame Master has alreadycome up with several sug-gestions for outdoorssports that will keep usbusy and entertained at theouting. Great teamwork!See you all on Secret Islandon August 22nd.

Christmas Party 2009:Suzie and Elvi had beenbusy also finalizing the dateof our X’mas Party. Markyour calendars now forDecember 12 at the PacificBeach Hotel. This will beour final formal activity forthis year, and also will behighlighted with awardingscholarships to severaldeserving seniors. Eugene,again chairs theScholarship Committee thisyear.

Christmas Caroling:Our X’Mas Caroling queenSuzie promised a very joy-

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Become an FBI Special Agent.We are currently seeking Special Agent candidates in the following critical skill areas: Intelligence experience • Computer Science or IT • Engineering • Physical Science • Accounting/Finance • Law • Law Enforcement or other Investigative experience • Military experience • or Foreign Language (Arabic, Chinese – all dialects, Korean, Urdu, Farsi, Dari, Russian, Albanian, Indonesian, Hebrew, Swahili, Spanish, Punjabi, Tamil, Pashto, Hindi, and Turkish) • and many other disciplines.

To qualify for the position of FBI Special Agent, you must possess a four-year college degree plus three years of professional work experience; be available for assignment anywhere in the FBI’s jurisdiction; be between the ages of 23 and 36; and be in excellent physical condition with the ability to pass a rigorous physical fitness test.

Professional Staff opportunities exist in the following areas:• IT/Computer Science • Intelligence • Engineering • Budget/Finance • Management • Human Resources • Trade & Maintenance • and many more.

To apply, visit: www.FBIjobs.govThe FBI is an equal opportunity employer.

P.O. Box 4135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812Website: http://www.falea.org

2008-2010 Officers and BoDirectors President: John C. RamosVice Pres/Pres Elect: Elvi B. PinedaSecretary: Zosima S. AgraanTreasurer: Marisol TaconAsst. Treasurer: Nicolo A. OrenseAuditor: William A. RapisuraBusiness Manager: Angelie L. LegaspiPublic Relations Officer: Joey G. ResurreccionPast President: Napoleon Q. Agraan

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2009-2010 Officers and DirectorsPresident Florence Ching, P.E.

[email protected] Pres. Elect Majella Stevenson, P.E.

[email protected] Vice Pres. Kurt Kunimune

[email protected] Secretary Marc Botticelli, P.E.

[email protected] Treasurer Nathan Yuen, P.E.

[email protected] Pres. Manny Lanuevo, P.E.

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Chapter DirectorsHonolulu Enrique Che, P.E.

[email protected] Darren Okimoto, P.E.

[email protected] Island Galen Kuba, P.E.

[email protected] Nancy Burns, P.E.

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2009 HSPE Educational Foundation GolfTournament

Mahalo to our Generous Sponsors andSupporters!

Platinum SponsorsHawaiian Electric CompanySandwich Isles CommunicationUniversity Health AllianceSilver SponsorsAmeron InternationalBowers + Kubota ConsultingControl Point SurveyingGoodfellow Bros. ConstructionJayar ConstructionThe Limtiaco Consulting GroupParEn (Park Engineering)R.M. Towill Company

Team SponsorsCement & Concrete Products Industry of HawaiiHawaiian TelcomHDR EngineeringMerrimack EnergyCommunity Planning and EngineeringGrace PacificKAI HawaiiCH2M HillMid-State ConsultantsPB AmericasAECOMSopogyEngineering ConceptsNui LoaMerrimack EnergyShaw GroupHawaii Electric Light Co.Kamehameha Schools

Tee Sponsors: Planning Solutions, NAHSecurity Services, Nancy Burns, ECS, Inc., MauiElectric Company, Hawthorne Pacific, Akinaka &Associates, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifle

Donors: Pepsi, Roy’s Restaurants, Jas W.Glover, Hilo Hattie, Black & Veatch, Waikele GolfCourse, The Blueprint Company, Environet

ous season with the FALEA Singers alreadybooked for some Christmas Caroling gigs inDecember. This activity is one of our organiza-tion’s fundraising venues in addition to our annu-al Spring Golf Tournament.

Adjournment: Next meeting: September 4,2009, same place same time.

engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

po box 4353, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813An association for Hawaii’s Engineers and ArchitectsWEB address: http://eahawaii.googlepages.com/home

2008 – 2009 OfficersPresident Michael Albright 848-07511st VP Tina Sprague 531-30172nd VP C. S. Papacostas 956-6538Treasurer Tit Mun Chun Secretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777

EAH Special AnnouncementAfter 65 years of meeting at the Richard Street

YWCA, the Engineers and Architects of Hawaiiwill be changing the location of the weekly EAHFriday Meetings. The new location is at the FortStreet Grill in the Tapa Tower in the AMFACCenter (this is the Ewa tower on Fort Street). $2validated parking will be available in the AMFACparking (enter from Nimitz). The WEB site hasbeen updated to provide directions and a Map. Ifyou have questions please call Sam Gillie (543-4739).

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Hawaii SectionThe AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

Website: www.sections.asme.org/hawaii

2009-2010 OfficersChairperson Edmund Chang 543-4227

[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966

[email protected] Derek Sato 543-4108

[email protected] Treasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708

[email protected]

Monthly Meeting at Dave & BustersThursday, September 10, 2009

Hawaii Chapter proudly presents an environ-mental consultant, Ms. Marlene Linders, thePresident & CEO of Philders Group InternationalInc, who will speak on the subject of “InfectiousDisease and Risk Management”. She has 22 com-bined years of extensive expertise in developmentand understanding of construction and design forbuilding systems related to health care, epidemiol-ogy and Infectious Diseases. She has worked ondesigning high-risk environments such as surgicalsuites, transplant, teaching and urban hospitals forseveral Level I trauma centers costing in excess of$4 billion dollars. She is a national speaker and hasprovided Expert Witness for the defense for someof the largest law firms in the country. She is an RNand provides additional insight and knowledge asa medical resource and IAQ expert.

REGISTRATION: RSVP Bill Lee [email protected] prior to September 6, 2009. Otherwise,send your remittance to ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter,P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu HI 96812-3916. Or, sim-ply remit your payment via “PayPal” by clicking

2009-10 OFFICERS President Albert Hahn, P.E.Pres.-Elect Dicson AggabaoVice Pres. Michael ChangSecretary Barry Jim On, P.E.Treasurer vacant

ASHRAEAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-ConditioningEngineers, Inc. Hawaii Chapter

P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu, HI 96812-3916

http://hawaii.ashraechapters.org.Pre-registration: All pre-registrants should

remit payment as indicated. No refunds will be pro-vided (show or no show).

ASHRAE Members: $40 per personNon-Member of the above organizations: $45

per personOn-site Registration (if available):Regardless of

Members or Non-Members: $50 per person

Hawaii Chapter Builds Lester NakataMemorial Fund

The Hawaii Chapter recently completed its goalof raising $60,000 for the Lester Nakata MemorialFund. The Chapter has raised $60,416 for thefund, established in 2006-07, which will be fullyinvested in the ASHRAE Foundation as anendowed research project with a focus on refriger-ation. During the Region X CRC, the HawaiiChapter presented President-Elect GordonHolness with a check for $25,175.45, the latestamount to complete the chapter’s goal. Thosefunds were collected through a technical seminarand product show held in February

The technical seminar, Maintain to Sustain:Owning and Maintaining from Grassroots Up, wasattended by more than 100 people. The two-trackseminar featured nine outstanding speakers fromHawaii as well as from mainland USA. Of which,three of them spoke on the subject of sustainabili-ty thru commissioning and retro-commissioning,while the remaining four touched on the subjectmatter about owning & maintaining from grass-roots up to sustain equipment’s efficiency.

The chapter launched its second product showfeaturing more than 30 exhibitors featuringHVAC&R products & services. This product showwas well-attended about 150 people.

Our new state-of-the-art plant maintains Tileco’s position as the State’s leading concrete block manufacturer.

www.tilecoinc.com ph. 682-5737 TILECO INC.

State-of-the-Art ManufacturingState-of-the-Art Manufacturing

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEETINGDate: September 8, 2009Time: 5:30 pm to 7:15 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue Cafeteria

Agenda: Derek Sato, P.E. will give a generaloverview of HECO’s fuel infrastructure system.This includes fuel oil storage tanks at CampbellIndustrial Park (CIP), at each power plant, and atIwilei; pipelines between CIP and Kahe andWaiau Power plants, and Iwilei and HonoluluPower Plant; and loading facilities at Iwilei andHonolulu Power Plant. Responsibilities includeoverseeing maintenance, condition assessment,and ensuring that Federal regulations are com-plied with.

Members and guests are invited. There will befree pizza and soft drinks as usual. Please con-tact Ed Chang for directions and for more infor-mation, such as parking.

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR DEPARTMENT OFMECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Congratulation to Dr. Mehrdad N. GhasemiNejhad as he took over as Chairman of theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering from Dr.Ronald H. Knapp. Dr. Nejhad, an ASME Fellow, isa leading researcher and authority onNanotechnology. He is one of the inventors of thenanobrush, (the “World’s smallest Brush”), certifi-cated by the Guinness Book of World Record in2007. Dr. Nejhad is a faculty advisor for the stu-dent sections of the ASME and SAMPE, as wellas the ASME Human Powered Vehicle seniordesign project. He is also the Graduate Chair andthe ABET Chair of the Department of MechanicalEngineering, University of Hawaii Manoa. He hasover 140 publications in composites, smartstructures, and nanotechnology, including publi-cations in Nature Materials and Science.

Dr. Nejhad has been a staunch supporter ofASME-HI for years and participates in sectionactivities. He has helped perpetuate the FrancisR. Montgomery Design Competition coordinatingthe annual competition with ASME-HI officers.

2009 ASME-HI P.E. REFRESHER COURSERaymond Liu reports that this year’s course

has six students. They have been meeting in theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) AgriculturalScience - Engineering Library. They will have 13class sessions, plus practice sessions, and willbe meeting all the way up to the October 23Exam date.

This course is organized and coordinated byRaymond Liu, who has spent countless hoursputting on this course for years to help his fellowmechanical engineer obtain ProfessionalEngineering licensing. Instructors include ASMEmember volunteers Charly Kinoshita, PhD, andStephen Masutani, PhD, of the UHM Departmentof Mechanical Engineering. They also havedonated countless hours teaching the course.You won’t find very many professional engineer-ing organizations and volunteers providing P.E.

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SEPTEMBER DINNER MEETINGProgram: Environmental Technical Committee;HWEA/AWWA Joint Meeting

Tim Steinberger, Director, Department ofEnvironmental Services (ENV), City and County ofHonolulu and Dean Nakano, Deputy Managerand Chief Engineer, Honolulu Board of WaterSupply, will each make a presentation on“Challenges and Opportunities” at their agencies.Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009

Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,Manoa Valley

Time: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:00 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - Adjourn

Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $22.00 for ASCEHawaii Section members$25.00 for Non-ASCEHawaii Sectionmembers and Guests$11.00 for UH ManoaStudent Chapter members

Please make checkspayable to ASCE-HawaiiSection and mail to IanArakaki, ASCE Treasurer,The Limtiaco ConsultingGroup, 650 Iwilei Road,Suite 208, Honolulu, Hawaii96817 postmarked byFriday, September 11, 2009.Reservations for the dinnermeeting to Ian Arakaki byMonday, September 14,2009, by phone at 596-7790, fax at 596-7361 oremail [email protected].

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEETINGLast held: Aug 12, 2009Next meeting: TBD

ASCE HAWAII SECTIONACCOLADES

Congratulations go out tothe following Hawaii Sectionmembers for gettingappointed to ASCE NationalCommittees:• RON IWAMOTO has been

appointed to theCommittee onGeographic Units for athree year term.

• FLORENCE CHING hasbeen appointed to the

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2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Myles Shimokawa 593-0933

[email protected] Pres. Ron Iwamoto 486-5202

[email protected] Jeffrey Hanyu 536-2108

[email protected] Jason Emoto 942-9100

[email protected] Phil Gerwien 531-4627

[email protected] Tim Waite 479-1216

[email protected] John Cheung 848-2032

[email protected] Stephanie Doan 531-7094

[email protected] Pres Ian Robertson 956-6536

[email protected]

2008-2009 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Michael Hunnemann 791-3980

email: [email protected] Jeff Kalani 596-2928

email: [email protected] Roger Babcock 956-7298

email: [email protected] Dawn Barsana 943-1133

email: [email protected] Ian Arakaki 596-7790

email: [email protected] President Ron Iwamoto 486-5202

email: [email protected] 8 Chair Westley Chun 943-1133

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HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGAugust 4, 2009

Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical

Seminars/Events:The upcoming seminars and events are antici-

pated to be presented later this year:• Simpson Workshops will be held August 18th

and 19th at the University of Hawaii• A Fire Safety Seminar will be held at the

University of Hawaii department of Architecturefrom August 13th through October 1st.

• The NCSEA Annual Conference will be held inScottsdale, Arizona from October 15th to 17th.

• S.K. Ghosh will present a seminar on October20th regarding an update of ACI 318.

• Final 2006 IBC State Building Code – HawaiiState Amendments briefing will be presentedby Gary Chock.

• Seminars regarding masonry and structuralsteel will be coming up in November.

Disaster Response Committee:The final draft of SEAOH’s internal guidelines

for response to disasters has been completedand has been posted on the SEAOH website forreview and comment by the membership.Members are requested to visit the website,review the guidelines, and send their feedback.Convention Committee:

This year’s SEAOH Convention will be heldjointly with the CCPI’s Annual Meeting onOctober 16 and 17 at the Sheraton MoanaSurfrider Hotel. Registration forms have beenemailed to all members and are also available atthe SEAOH website at http://www.seaoh.org/content.htm. The Convention will be precededby the CCPI’s Pink Ball Golf Tournament onOctober 15.New Member Applications:

New member application for Membership forJohn Ritchey was received and is open for com-ments from the membership. His application willbe voted on at the October 2009 board meeting.Please notify any SEAOH Officer prior to theOctober 2009 board meeting if you wish to com-ment on this prospective member.

The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Tuesday,September 1, 2009, at the University of Hawaii,Holmes Hall. Contact SEAOH President MylesShimokawa (593-0933, [email protected]) formore information.

Committee on Diversity and Women in CivilEngineering for a two year term.

• TONY LAU has been appointed to theMembership Committee for a two year term.

• WESTLEY CHUN has been appointed to theProgram Committee for a one year term.

• ROGER BABCOCK has been appointed to theASCE/Engineers Without Borders-USA JointCommittee for a one year term. Best wishes to these five appointees as they

continue to proudly represent Region 8 and theHawaii Section at the National level!

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

ASCE Hawaii Section is pleased to announcethe re-vamping of its annual awards banquet. Inaddition to honoring the traditional OCEA AwardWinning project, the ASCE Hawaii Section wouldlike to honor and provide accolades to numerousother projects that would be selected for the fol-lowing categories: • Large Project (>$10M) • Medium Project (<$10 M but > $2 M)• Small Project (< $2 M) • International • Green Building • Transportation • Water/Wastewater/Environmental • Building/Technology/Structural Systems • Studies and Research • Special Projects

Projects selected for awards best illustratessuperior civil engineering and research skills andwould represent a significant contribution to civilengineering progress and to society, by way oftheir category.

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Engineers Without Borders - Honoluluhttp://www.ewbaloha.org

2008-2009 OfficersPresident Shannon Holman 593-1116

[email protected] Pres Alexi Remnek 586-4343

[email protected] Bryce Toyama 521-8408

[email protected] Brannon Pang 521-3051

[email protected]

Hawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html

2008-2009 YMF OfficersPhone

President: Aaron Erickson [email protected]

Vice-President: Eric Arakawa 258-5770 [email protected]

Secretary: Karen Chongue [email protected]

Treasurer: Troy Ching [email protected]

Past President: Lisa Takushi [email protected] ext14

Awards will be distributed at the 2009 AwardsDinner, to be held at Cupola Theater, at theHawaii Design Center on Friday, October 2,2009.

Nominations for the 2009 ASCE HawaiiSection Awards may be submitted by the individ-ual design firms, contractor, or agencies involvedin the project. The project must be located in theState of Hawaii or in a location that is not underthe jurisdiction of another ASCE Section.Nominations will be due Friday, September4, 2009. Please visit our website www.asce-hawaii.org for further details. For any questionsor concerns you may have, please contactAwards Committee Chair Benjamin Rasa atBelt Collins Hawaii Ltd. at (808) 521-5361, Fax(808) 538-7819 or by e-mail at [email protected].

CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 seminars

and computer workshops each year on a widevariety of technical, management, and regulatorytopics. These seminars are held in more than 45cities across the U.S. In addition, ASCE offerscustomized on-site training and many distancelearning programs, including live interactiveweb/teleconference seminars, online coursesand courses on CD, videotape, and audiotape.Please visit www.asce.org/conted/ for completedetails.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENTSCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deservingstudents. We continue to accept tax-deductibledonations with the goal of increasing the annual

ASCE, from page 5

Next YMF General MeetingThe next two YMF general meetings are

scheduled for Wednesday, September 2, 6:00p.m. at Sam Choy’s, 545-7979 and Wednesday,October 7, 6:00 p.m. at Kakaako Kitchen, 596-7490. If you are interested in attending to find outwhat the YMF is all about, please contact AaronErickson at (808)591-2728 or [email protected].

Mathcounts Oahu Chapter CompetitionBy Lara Karamatsu, Community Service Chair

On Saturday, February 7, 2009, 15 YMF mem-bers and the UH College of Engineering studentshelped score completed math problems of upand coming mathematicians and engineers. Itwas amazing to see how well these 6th-8thgrade students from all over Oahu scored onproblems even the scorers couldn’t solve. Thankyou to all the volunteers for coming out to helpwith this event and to Ed Chang for coordinatingthis event with the YMF.

EWB-Honolulu is currently fundraising for theconstruction of a bridge in La Pita, Nicaragua.After completion of the bridge, the village of LaPita will be given a significantly shorter path toresources needed to sustain the community.Because the goal of EWB is to provide a basiceducation through a project by working directlywith the communities, the community of La Pitawill be investing time and labor, while partneringwith EWB, to educate themselves through anapplicable experience. This will enable the com-munity to further solve basic public health condi-tions without the assistance of outside influence.To date, we have received generous donations tosupport our bridge and Public Health projectfrom Nan Inc., Pipeline Micro, Brown & Caldwell,Engineering Solutions, AED Institute of America,and the College of Engineering.

Being a new organization in Honolulu withambitious goals, we are looking for volunteers,engineers, innovative minds, and non-engineersalike to be involved with fundraising, event plan-ning, mentoring, site assessment trips, and cul-tural education. Please join us in our efforts inmaking different.

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P.O. Box 31218, Honolulu, HI 96817Web page: http://posts.same.org/honolulu/

Honolulu 2009 Post OfficersPresident CAPT Bret Muilenburg, USN1st VP (Programs) Bryan Zachmeier2nd VP (Sustaining Members) Will Boudra3rd VP (Membership) Jerry MatsudaSecretary LTC Jorge CuadrosTreasurer MAJ Gail Cathelineaud

On July 14th, the new executive board mem-bers for SAME Honolulu were sworn in during aceremony at the Hale Ikena onboard Fort Shafter.Todd Barnes relinquished his duties as presidentto Captain Bret Muilenburg from Naval FacilitiesCommand Hawaii (NAVFAC HI). BryanZachmeier, Will Boudra, and Jerry Matsudastayed on as Vice Presidents for Program,Sustaining Membership and General

scholarships. Make your check payable to‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to: ASCEScholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917, Honolulu,HI 96808. If you have any questions, please con-tact Ron Iwamoto at 486-5202, or [email protected].

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following employers have openings they

would like to fill:• Fukunaga & Associates (Civil &

Environmental/Sanitary Engineers - Honolulu)• Moffatt & Nichol, Hawaii (Civil Engineers –

Honolulu)• Kamehameha Schools (Environmental Project

Manager – Honolulu)For more information on these job listings,

please visit the ASCE Hawaii Section website athttp://jobs.ascehawaii.org/jobs/jobs.html.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION’S WEBMAIL LIST –SIGN-UP AND/OR UPDATE

If you would like to receive e-mail notices ofupcoming meetings or activities, please sign-upfor the ASCE Hawaii Section’s webmail list athttp://www.ascehawaii.org/emailform.html. Youmay also update your email address on thatsame webpage. Please consider helping theHawaii Section reduce operating costs by receiv-ing your monthly issue of Wiliki via email. If youhave any questions, please contact WebmasterJoanna Seto at 586-4309 or [email protected].

Membership, respectively. LieutenantCommander Jorge Cuadros came on asSecretary and Major Gail Cathelineaud took overas Treasurer.

Additionally, on July 14th, Samuel Dannaway,from S.S. Dannaway Associates gave a presen-tation on the comparison of military and com-mercial fire protection requirements.

The next meeting will be an update on Hawaii’sLight Rail Project given by Jim Van Epps fromParsons Brinkerhof. Please check the SAMEHonolulu website for the date...www.same-honolulu.org.

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ASME, from page 4

refresher courses at little or at no charge.

ASME-HI WEBSITE DEACTIVATEDThe Hawaii Section website and other ASME

engineering, was selected as a recipient of the2009 Northrop Grumman Teaching Award. Theaward, which was established 29 years ago, hasrecognized over 160 faculty from ten schoolsincluding UCLA, Cal Poly, SDSU, CSULB, USC,UCSB, UCI, UCSD, Cal Poly Pomona and UHManoa.

New Department ChairsThe arrival of the new school year is also bring-

ing new faces to the College of Engineering’sdepartmental leadership. Professors Clark C.K.Liu and Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad have beennamed chairs of the Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering and the Mechanical Engineeringdepartments, respectively. Liu takes over for RonRiggs, who served as chair for six years andNejhad replaces Ron Knapp, who served asinterim chair for two years.

Annual Engineering BanquetThe Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom was

filled with 800 alumni and friends to help cele-brate the 2009 College of Engineering Banquetheld on April 16th. Guests were treated to anentertaining question and answer segment withcurrent students, a humbling presentation of vol-unteer work by students from Engineers WithoutBorders, and a glimpse at Hawaii’s electric carfuture by guest speaker Pete Cooper of BetterPlace.

The evening was highlighted with the presen-tation of two special awards:• Distinguished Alumni Award: Brenda

McCaffrey (EE, ’85), president and founder ofKolea Technology. A successful entrepreneurand business leader, McCaffrey founded White

Mountain Labs in 1999, which grew to a $3million a year company in her eight years ofownership. Her current company, KoleaTechnology, assists high tech start ups.

• Distinguished Service Award: RussellFigueiroa, president and CEO of R.M. TowillCorporation, for spearheading a successfulcorporate sponsorship drive for the College’sCentennial Celebration held last October. Inaddition, R.M. Towill currently employees 30UH Manoa engineering graduates and throughthe company’s philanthropic foundation,employee donation program and personal giv-ing, Figueiroa has and continues to make valu-able contributions to the university and thecommunity.Over $128,000 was raised from banquet pro-

ceeds and will go to benefit the College ofEngineering.

Make sure to mark your calendar for nextyear’s banquet scheduled for April 21, 2010.

Homecoming 2009The culinary creations of Chef D.K. Kodama

will again highlight the College of Engineering’shomecoming celebration on Wednesday,November 4, 2009. The event, being crafted bythe Engineering Alumni Association of theUniversity of Hawaii, will be held at the StanSheriff Center. The food and festivities, which willbegin at 5:30 p.m., will be preceded by a specialpresentation on sustainability at 3:30 p.m.Please be on the lookout for further details.

Strengthening Strategic PartnershipsOn April 7, 2009, over 40 representatives from

the local tech industry, university, state govern-ment and military attended the CIMES IndustryDay at UH Manoa. The event, held at the EastWest Center’s Hawaii Imin InternationalConference Center, was organized to buildunderstanding, relationships and collaborationamong industry stakeholders in CIMES or theNational Center for Island, Maritime & ExtremeEnvironment Security. Led by a partnershipbetween UH Manoa’s College of Engineering andthe School of Ocean and Earth Science andTechnology (SOEST), CIMES is one of 13 U.S.Department of Homeland Security Centers ofExcellence created to conduct basic research toprotect the country from terrorist threats andnational disasters.

UHCOE, from page 1

UHM College of EngineeringDeans and ChairsDean Peter E. CrouchInterim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Bruce LiebertAssistant Dean Song K. ChoiCEE Chair Clark C.K. LiuEE Chair Anthony KuhME Chair Mehrdad N. Ghasemi NejhadHCAC Director Magdy IskanderHSFL Co-Director Wayne Shiroma

2540 Dole Street, Holmes HallHonolulu, Hawaii 96822

section and student section sites were deactivat-ed as of August 5, 2009 for several days. Thevolunteer section webmasters have not beenable to update their sites themselves since June10. Any update had to be made throughASME.ORG, and this may have taken weeks toaccomplish. It was previously noted that theHawaii Section website was not being updateddue to an occurrence of Gumblar malware on theASME sections web server. The malware pro-gram that was identified may havebeen uploaded - most likely, unknowingly - to theweb server via a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) pro-gram.

ASME.ORG has been in the process of figuringout what to do and has decided to move the sec-tion and student section server to a new locationwithin their hosting environment. They will berevising FTP methods for ASME volunteer web-masters. Instructions will be provided when thenew methods are ready for implementation.Hopefully this is all completed by time theOctober Wiliki is issued.

ASME MEMBERSHIP IS MORE IMPORTANTTO YOUR CAREER THAN EVER!

As Mechanical Engineers, you always want themost up-to-date information on a variety of top-ics affecting your daily lives and jobs. As part ofyour Membership dues, ASME gives you accessto many sources of technical information, two ofwhich are highlighted following.

Mechanical Engineering is an amazing maga-zine! It’s the award-winning flagship publication ofASME, and according to a recent Member sur-vey, it’s one of the most recognized and appreci-ated Member benefits. ME is an incredibly wellwritten technical magazine, containing the latestindustry news and valuable articles that willenrich your mind and provide the knowledge tohelp you get ahead in your career.

ASMEnews, the popular online news resource,has been completely revamped and is nowemailed to you twice a month. Here’s the link forthe latest issue http://www.asmenews.org. Thereis a monthly column by the ASME President andanother by the executive director, as well as a linkto the breaking industry news of the day. Plus, ifyou want to learn more about ASME, it coversnews of the Society, including appointments,events, ceremonies and special accomplish-ments by members. ASMEnews is a terrific com-plement to ME Magazine.

FUTURE MEETING PROGRAMS

November 10, 2009: Derick Kam reporting onthe District D Leadership Training Conferenceheld in Portland, OR May 8, 9.

December 12, 2009: ASME-HI ChristmasParty. Chinese buffet lunch.

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