VOL. 50 NO. 3 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS MAY, 2014

National Public Works Week (NPWW) is tra-ditionally sponsored and observed during thethird full week in May. During May 18-24,Hawaii Chapter will maintain an exhibit of vari-ous recent public works projects to energizeand educate the public on the importance ofthe contribution of public works to their dailylives. The annual exhibit will be on display forthe entire week in Kahala Mall near Macy’s.

This year’s theme, “Building for Today,Planning for Tomorrow”, represents the classicidea of stewardship embodied by the profes-sion of public works and the professionals thatpractice it. “Building” underscores the day-to-day aspect of public works that is quality of life,while “planning” references the sustainablepractices that ensure quality of life for futuregenerations.

Instituted as a public education campaignby APWA in 1960, NPWW calls attention to theimportance of public works in community life.Through the Week and other efforts, APWAseeks to raise the public’s awareness of publicworks issues and to increase confidence inpublic works employees and professionalswho are the often-unsung heroes of our society.

APWA encourages public works agenciesand professionals to take the opportunity tomake their stories known in their communities.Over the years the observances have takenmany forms, including parades, displays ofpublic works equipment, high school essaycontests, open houses, programs for civicorganizations and media events. The occasionis marked each year with scores of resolutionsand proclamations from mayors and gover-

National Public Works Week

nors, as well. Some special historical highlightsof NPWW include a United States Senate reso-lution affirming the first National Public WorksWeek in 1960, letters of acknowledgment fromPresidents Dwight Eisenhower and LyndonJohnson, and a Presidential Proclamationsigned by John F. Kennedy in 1962.

First Annual HawaiiResiliency ChallengeHRC 2014 - Water Warriors

The University of Hawaii Chi Epsilon Chapter(XE), together with the College of Engineering(CoE), Oceanit Laboratories Inc. (Oceanit),and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), host-ed the first annual Hawaii Resiliency Challenge(HRC 2014) on April 11-12, 2014. This inaugur-al challenge focused on “How Might We”design a solution to produce clean drinkingwater during a disaster that the everyday per-son might build from materials found at homeand the local hardware store, City Mill.

Students from diverse majors from theUniversity of Hawaii Manoa, CommunityColleges, and several industry people broughttheir enthusiasm, knowledge, and creativity tocreate a simple, effective, efficient yet inexpen-sive water filter system using everyday materi-als. The first day of the event was held at theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center,and the second day held at the College ofEngineering Holmes Hall.

The devastating effects of Typhoon Haiyan inthe Philippines in part, inspired this challengelast year. The ability to obtain clean water aftera natural disaster is essential for life. After acatastrophe, access to potable water will bedifficult. Having a filter readily available athome is beneficial to recover drinking watershould a disaster hit Hawaii.

Nearly 100 participants, volunteers, designcoaches, and judges supported the two-dayevent. Students of different disciplines such asbusiness, engineering, sciences, and educa-tion worked together in teams of five to sevenpeople. Design coaches from Design ThinkingHawaii, the State of Hawaii’s Department ofHealth, Hawaiian Tel, Island Insurance, andother organizations assisted the participantsthrough the Design Thinking process.

The Design Thinking process kicked offFriday night with open research about variousmethods to filter water but also analogousmediums like water, oil, air, blood, etc. and toshare those insights with the entire room.Teams were given a “How Might We” brain-storming statement to kickoff an ideation ses-sion to generate lots of ideas, and a way to filterdown hundreds of ideas to create multiple low-resolution prototypes of the most feasible,usable, and buildable ideas.

Teams were then given the opportunity onSaturday morning to test their low-resolution“paper cups and duct tape” prototypes usingcontaminated water made of Starbuck usedcoffee grounds and saw dust. The concept ofbuild to learn and fail fast to learn quickly even-tually led to final prototypes costing less than

$50 from items purchased at City Mill. Teams developed innovative ideas other

than sand filters and distillation systemsbecause almost 50% of the score was utilizingthe Design Thinking process and the other50% on the technical solution. To encouragethe process, teams were judged on numerouscategories including the diversity of the teammembers based on discipline, the number andvariety of ideas and prototypes, and lastly, theefficiency and effectiveness of their technicalsolution to process contaminated samplewater. The judges were Dean Peter E. Crouchand Assistant Dean Song K. Choi of CoE, Dr.Patrick Sullivan of Oceanit, Mr. Scott Seu ofHECO, Mr. Clifton Ching of ONR, and Mr. DavidOyadomari of Bank of Hawaii.

The event created a safe environment to becreative; to fail quickly but also learn quicker;

to build to learn; to collaborate across teams;to prototype multiple ideas in low resolution;and to test those prototypes or elements of

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CMAA Hawaii Chapterhttp://hawchapter.cmaanet.orgOfficersPresident Tim Bramsen 836-7787 president@cmaahawaii.orgVice Pres Neil Kaneshiro 562-308-8734 vicepresident@cmaahawaii.orgTreasurer Darla Guerrero 593-1116 treasurer@cmaahawaii.orgSecretary Dustin Timm 256-2020 secretary@cmaahawaii.orgPast Pres Mike Young 836-7787 admin@cmaahawaii.org

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2014-2015 OFFICERSChair: Dean Borges Chair-elect: Les KempersSecretary: Joanne HiramatsuTreasurer: Stephanie DoanSOC Representative AlternateAACE K. KastnerACECH K. HayashidaAPWA J. Lau ASCE D. Barsana R. BabcockASHRAE P. ScottASME D. Kam J. AhernCMAA C. LumEAH G. PatersonEWBH W. Wong N. WatersFALEA S. Agraan G. AlbanoHSPE J. Dubois K. KunimineIEEE G. Torigoe ITE W. YamamotoSAME B. ZachmeierSEAOH A. AgapaySFPE S. DannawaySWE C. JowUH(assoc) S.K. Choi

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

2012-2013 OfficersPresident: Wesley WongPresident-Elect: Alyssa SmithSecretary: Erin AllmannTreasurer: Chad LivingstonEvents Chair: Omar RazviFundraising Chair: Brett UpdykeMembership Chair: Sumon Kanpirom

P.O. Box 88840Honolulu, HI 96830Website: www.acechawaii.org

Officers for 2013-2014President Beverly Ishii-Nakayama 942-9100Pres-Elect William Bow 941-8853Treasurer Robin Lim 841-5064Secretary Corey Matsuoka 531-1308Nat Director Sheryl Nojima 521-0306Past Pres Terrance Arashiro 533-3646Director Jeff Kalani 942-0001Director Garret Masuda 521-3773Director Paul Morimoto 486-0787, ext. 105

ACEC HAWAII ELECTS 2014-2015 BOARDOF DIRECTORS

During its annual business meeting, held onApril 10, 2014, at the Honolulu Country Club,the membership of ACEC Hawaii voted toapprove the following as its 2014-2015 Boardof Directors:President - William Bow, Bow Engineering &

DevelopmentPresident-Elect - Robin Lim, GeolabsTreasurer - Corey Matsuoka, SSFM

InternationalSecretary – Jeff Kalani, Yogi Kwong EngineersNation Director - Sheryl Nojima, Gray Hong

Nojima & AssociatesPast President - Beverly Ishii-Nakayama,

Shigemura Lau Sakanashi Higuchi &Associates

Director - Garret Masuda, InsynergyEngineering, Inc.

Director - Ken Kawahara, Akinaka &Associates, Ltd.

Director - Sean Sugai, Ronald N.S. Ho &AssociatesACECH Hawaii would like to thank these indi-

viduals for volunteering and for accepting theresponsibility to serve our organization. Theirone year tenure begins July 1, 2014.

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTMay 8, 2014 (Thursday)Time: 11:45 a.m.Location: Honolulu Country ClubTopic: Ms. Jadine Urasaki from the State

Dept of Transportation will discusstheir upcoming capital improvementprojects

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTJune 5, 2014 (Thursday)Time: 11:45 a.m.Location: Honolulu Country ClubTopic: To be announced

Please email gwright@acechawaii.org to reg-ister or obtain more information.

50th anniversary Trivia Question of theMonth

To help celebrate our 50th anniversary in2014, an ACECH trivia question will appear ineach of this year’s issues of the Wiliki. Theanswers to the questions and backgroundinformation will appear in the subsequentissues.

This month’s question: Which ACECH firmwon EEA Grand Conceptor 3 years in a row?

Answer to the previous question: In 1994Don Austin, who served as President ofConsulting Engineers Council of Hawaii(CECH) from 1976-77, was the first person tobe honored as a Life Member of ACEC Hawaii(formerly CECH).

News:On April 22nd, The Chapter in partnership

with the City and County of Honolulu held astorm water workshop and mock EPA/DOHAudit. The workshop provided regulatorybackground and updates on revisions to theHawaii Administrative Rules. Training was pro-vided on construction BMP inspection consid-erations as well as preparing for an EPA/DOHaudit.

We were excited to find out that our ProgramCommittee Chair, Aaron Sundberg recentlypassed his CCM Exam. Way to go Aaron!

Upcoming events for May include:Save the Date! May 21st is the date of this

year’s CMAA Hawaii Chapter Mini-Conference. The conference will be at HaleIkena from 11:30am till 4:00pm followed by achapter sponsored (pupus) social hour. So far,Conference speakers include Mark Yonaminefrom the City and County of Honolulu, PaulBrussow from Rider Levett Bucknall, NormanTakeya from HCC and Nick Soto from CMAANational.• The Student Outreach Committee is planning

a site visit for CM Students to the new build-ing construction just underway at theKapiolani hospital for Women and Children.This should happen early in May.

• The Honolulu Community CollegeArchitectural, Engineering and CAD (AEC)Technologies department will have an eventfor the public to review the portfolios of theirclass of 2014. The event is planned forWednesday, May 14, 2014 from 5:30 pm –7:30 pm at Honolulu Community College,Building 2, 2nd Floor.If you have any questions, would like to get

involved with the CMAA Hawaii Chapter or sim-ply be added to our email list, please contactone of our board members or email us atHawaii.cmaa@gmail.com.

Deadline for

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2014 OfficersPresident Ken Kawahara 836-1900 kck@akinaka.comVice-Pres Tyler Sugihara 768-3600 tsugihara@honolulu.govTreasurer Victor Valdez 356-1281 vvaldez@ssfm.comSecretary Mark Yonamine 768-8481 myonamine@honolulu.gov Past Pres Jeoffrey Cudiamat 488-5000 engineer@structuralhawaii.com

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

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

2013-2014 HAWAII CHAPTER OFFICERS, BOARD OF GOVERNORS ANDCOMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONSChapter OfficersPresident: Barry Jim On, P.E., LEED AP, CxAPresident-Elect: William “Bill” Lee, P.E., LEED APVice President: Donna Kishi Secretary: Dean Borges, P.E., LEED AP, CxATreasurer: Kevin Luoma, P.E.Chapter Board of GovernorsKevin Saito, P.E., LEED APRichard Beall, P.E.Dean OakleyRyan Chang, P.E.Scott La Beau

The AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

www.asme-hi.com

ASME-HI 2013-2014 OfficersChairperson Kory Ikeda 628-1231 kory.isamu@gmail.comVice-Chair Derick Kam 848-6966 kam@thermaleng.comSecretary Derek Sato 543-4108 Derek.sato@heco.comTreasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708 dangk001@hawaii.rr.comPast-Chair Derek Sato 543-4108 derek.sato@heco.comHCES Rep: Derick KamAlternate: John Ahern

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERAL/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGDate: June 18, 2014 TentativeTime: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: TBAAgenda: TBA

Members and guests are invited. There willbe free pizza and soft drinks, as usual. Pleasecontact Chairman Kory Ikeda or SecretaryDerek Sato for directions and for more informa-tion, such as parking.

ASME-HI 2014-2015 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Congratulations to our 2014-2015 Officers &Directors, Chairman Derek Sato, Vice-ChairDerick Kam, Treasurer Kevin Dang, SecretaryKory Ikeda, Directors 2-yr term: Ed Chang andRonald Flegal, and hold-over DirectorRaymond Liu. Our balloting ended April 30,2014.

CONGRATULATIONS STANFORD YUEN, UHBOARD OF REGENTS

Stanford B.C. Yuen, ASME-HI member andrecently the HCES 2014 Lifetime AchievementAward recipient, was confirmed by the StateSenate to serve on the UH Board of Regents.Yuen has a 5-year term effective July 1, 2014and ending June 30, 2019.

FRANCIS R. MONTGOMERY DESIGN COMPETITION

Dr. Zac Trimble reports that the annualFrancis Rhodes Montgomery DesignCompetition is planned for Friday, May 9, 2014at the University of Hawaii, Manoa campus inHIG 110 auditorium. The competition is sched-uled from 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. Presentationswill be from 12 noon to 4 p.m., followed by theposter and hardware session from 4 p.m. to 5p.m., and ending with the awards and pizzaand soft drinks from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Threemonetary prizes will be awarded.

Six teams are entered and they include SAEFormula Race Team, ALP Cooler team, SAERegular Aero design team, UH Micro Warriors(SAE Micro Aero design team), HSFL TorqueRods team, and the Marine Robotics at UHteam. – SAE Formula Race Team is competing in the

2014 SAE formula race design series. Theyare competing in the Lincoln, Nebraskaevent in June.

– ALP Cooler team is developing a solar pow-ered retrofit kit for mid-scale fishing coolers.The kit is intended to reduce the ice con-

sumption on short (12-14hr) deep sea fishingtrips.

– SAE Regular Aero design team is competingin the 2014 SAE regular aero design series.They are competing in the west competitionin Fort Worth, Texas at the end of March.

– UH Micro Warriors (SAE Micro Aero designteam) is competing in the 2014 SAE microaero design series. They are competing inthe west competition in Fort Worth, Texas atthe end of March.

– HSFL Torque Rods team is working with theHawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) hereat UH Manoa to develop a less expensivemagnetic torque rod for controlling the atti-tude of smaller satellites.

– Marine Robotics at UH is a multi-disciplinaryteam consisting of ME and EE students thatwill be competing in the 2014 AUVSIRoboboat competition in July.

ME STUDENT SECTION HAWAIIAN ELEC-TRIC POWER PLANT TOUR

The tour held March 26, 2014 had elevenstudent members participating. See theirgroup photo with Kahe 3, 4, 5 and 6 in thebackground.

Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION

Hawaii Section 2013-2014 OFFICERSwww.aacehawaii.org President Kristy Kastner, PSPVice President TBDSecretary Kevin MitchellTreasurer Guia LasqueteDirector Amarjit SinghDirector Maelyn UyeharaDir. Of Membership James Mulhearn, PMPPast President Stephen Jacobson, CCP

The AACE Hawaii Section hosted aCertification Program Overview Webinar. Thepresentation outlined the AACE certificationprogram. It also covered AACE’s portfolio ofcertifications, eligibility requirements andexamination objectives. This live webinar waswell attended and generated certification inter-est among our membership.

Upcoming events include local elections forthe 2014-15 AACE Hawaii Section Board ofDirectors (May 2014) and CMAA HawaiiChapter extending an invitation to AACE totheir Happy Hour Event (May 1, 2014, 4:30 PM,Bar 35). We look forward to your continuedinterest and support.

For more information, please visit our web-site www.aacehawaii.org.

Annual Education Fund Golf TournamentThe 21st Annual Education Fund Golf

Tournament was held Friday, April 11, at the AlaWai Golf Course. Golf Committee Chair RouenLiu extends a big mahalo to all participants andvolunteers for yet another successful event.Proceeds will sustain the Chapter’s educationfund which provides annual monetary awardsat the State Science and Engineering Fair andannual partial scholarships towards highereducation tuition to eligible students who majorin a public works-related field.  IncomingChapter officers for 2014 were also introducedand installed at the conclusion of the tourna-ment.

Left to right, President Ken Kawahara withScott Kunioka, Garrett Muraoka, LanceWatanabe, and Tony Gaston enjoying theafternoon on the busiest golf course in theworld according to the Guinness Book ofWorld Records.

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

2013-2014 YMF OfficersPresident Jason Sugibayashi, P.E. 537-9971jsugibayashi@ascehawaiiymf.org Vice-President Puna Kaneakua, P.E. pkaneakua@ascehawaiiymf.org Secretary Amanda Tanaka, P.E. atanaka@ascehawaiiymf.org Treasurer Norman Leong, P.E.nleong@ascehawaiiymf.org Past President Kurt Nagamine, P.E.knagamine@ascehawaiiymf.org Student Chapter President Michelle Chinen, asce@hawaii.edu

MAY DINNER MEETINGTopic: Overview of the Hawaii

Environmental Policy ActSpeaker: Leslie Segundo – Environmental

Health Specialist, State of Hawaii,Department of Health

Program: This presentation will addressthe fundamentals of the HawaiiEnvironmental Policy Act, with information on basic terms,process flow charts and document preparation.

Date: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014Location: Dave and BustersTime: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time

6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:00 p.m. - Program

Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $30.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section

members$35.00 for Non-ASCE HawaiiSection members and Guests$20.00 for University of HawaiiStudent Chapter members

Reservations:Please make checks payable to ASCE-

Hawaii Section and mail to Lara Karamatsu,ASCE Hawaii Section Treasurer, ParsonsBrinckerhoff, American Savings Bank Tower,1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2400, Honolulu,Hawaii 96813. Please send reservations for thedinner meeting to Lara Karamatsu by Monday,May 12th, 2014, by phone at 566-2227 or emailat karamatsu@pbworld.com. No shows will bebilled. For sponsorship opportunities, pleasecontact Ben Rasa at 497-6209 or ben@tapes-trypartners.net.

2014 ASCE WALTER LUM SCHOLARSHIPRECIPIENTS

The ASCE Hawaii Section has awarded two$3,000 Walter Lum Scholarships to deservingCollege of Civil and Environmental

Engineering students at the University ofHawaii at Manoa. This year’s recipients areMichelle Chinen and Jefferson Young. Ms.Chinen is currently a Senior with a 3.32 GPA.Ms. Chinen is also the President of the UHStudent Chapter of ASCE and a member of theChi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society.Mr. Young is currently a Junior. Mr. Youngmaintains a 3.99 GPA and is an active memberof the UH Student Chapter of ASCE. ASCEcongratulates Ms. Chinen and Mr. Young fortheir academic accomplishments and for their

2013-2014 ASCE HAWAII SECTION OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident: Brian Enomoto, P.E. 388-5559 email: benomoto@ascehawaii.comPres-Elect: Glenn Miyasato, P.E. 488-7579 email: glenn@mkellc.comVice Pres: Benjamin Rasa, P.E. 497-6209 email: ben@tapestrypartners.netSecretary: Timothy Goshi, P.E. 791-3966 email: tgoshi@kaihawaii.comTreasurer: Lara Karamatsu, P.E. 566-2227 email: karamatsu@pbworld.comImmediate Past Pres: Ian Arakaki, P.E. 596-7790 email: ian@tlcghawaii.comYMF President: Jason Sugibayashi, P.E. 237-3218 email: jsugibayashi@ascehawaiiymf.org

contributions to the UH ASCE Student Chapter.Their awards were presented at the April 16thASCE Dinner Meeting at Dave and Busters.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERSSCIENCE FAIR AWARDS

The 57th Annual Hawaii State Science andEngineering Fair was held from April 1-2 at theHawaii Convention Center, and by all accountswas a resounding success. Each year, morethan 2,000 students from public and privateschools from throughout the islands partici-pate, of which 300 students advance to theHawaii State Science and Engineering Fair,held here in Honolulu. Projects and presenta-tions were organized into three categories:Senior Research; Junior Research; and JuniorDisplay. ASCE Hawaii Section once again par-ticipated in the State Science Fair by judgingprojects and presented three awards: Two (2)$200 student project awards and one (1) $100teacher/mentor award. This year, one of the$200 student project awards was presented toMarissa Kwon from Hawaii Baptist Academy,with her senior research project entitled: “A sur-vey of the microbial community in the molassesspill”. The second winner was Jacob Heberlefrom Niu Valley Middle School with his projectentitled: “London Bridge is Falling Down! TheEffect of Beam Bridge Design on MassTolerance”. The teacher award went to KathyLin of Highlands Intermediate School for heroutstanding encouragement and guidance.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: April 8th, 2014 Next meeting: May 6th, 2014

CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 semi-

nars and computer workshops each year on awide variety of technical, management, andregulatory topics. These seminars are held inmore than 45 cities across the U.S. In addition,ASCE offers customized on-site training andmany distance learning programs, includinglive interactive web/teleconference seminars,online courses and courses on CD, videotape,and audiotape. Please visithttp://ascehawaii.org for complete details.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENTSCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deserv-ing students. We continue to accept tax-deductible donations with the goal of increas-ing the annual scholarships. Make your checkpayable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to:ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions,please contact Ian Arakaki at 596-7790, orian@tlcghawaii.com.

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-

ed on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:• Civil Engineer VI – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer IV – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer V – City and County of

Honolulu• Mechanical Engineer IV – City and County of

Honolulu• Senior Geotechnical Engineer/Manager –

Parsons Brinckerhoff• Senior Civil Engineer – Oceanit Laboratories,

Inc. • Civil Engineer – Coffman Engineers• Civil Engineer(Jr. Civil Engineer) – Belt

Collins

• Civil Engineer – Group 70• Civil Designer – Group 70

For further information on these job listings orto find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.

YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

for Wednesday, May 7, 6:00 p.m., at Ryan’sGrill. If you are interested in attending to findout what the YMF is all about, contact YMF atymf.hawaii@gmail.com.

ASCE YMF Softball Game & BBQ SocialBy Austin Wong & Emily Dong, Social ChairsOn Monday, March 31, 2014, ASCE YMF

Hawaii hosted their Third Annual BBQ Social atKamamalu Park against Community Planning &Engineering. Over 30 people joined in cheeringon both teams. Pushing through a friendly rival-ry, the ASCE YMF team prevailed for the win!Afterwards everyone gathered for the polishdogs, fresh veggies, chips, dip and great com-pany until the weather turned. Thanks for allwho came out!

The YMF team enjoying themselves at thefood table.

See ASCE Historyon page 6

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2014 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Ethan Okuna 945-0198 x103 eokuna@cshengineers.comVice Pres. Fernando Frontera 781-2802 ffrontera@baseengr.comSecretary Evan Mizue 387-2346 emizue@gmail.comTreasurer Jimmy Lam 223-3638 Jimmy.Q.Lam@usace.army.milDir. (Yr 2) Paul Kane III 537-2811 alohamarketing@hawaii.rr.comDir. (Yr 2) Tim Waite 479-1216 twaite@strongtie.comDir. (Yr 1) Rodney Haraga 782-8661 rharaga.mih@gmail.comDir. (Yr 1) Michael Kasamoto 589-1170 MKSE@hawaiiantel.netPast Pres. Brian Kung 488-7579 brian@mkellc.com

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

Officers/BoDirectors for 2012-2014President: Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, PEVP/Pres-Elect: Francisco T. Cruzata, AIASecretary: Krizelle Jane C. MabutiTreasurer: Riza Marie R. GatdulaAss’t Treas.: Maritez A. MarquezAuditor: Nicolo Orense, PEBus. Manager: Lei Racel P. JaramillaPress Rel. Off: John C. Ramos, PEPast President: Elvira SutherlandHCES Rep: Suzie S. AgraanAlternate: Gene Albano

SWE – Hawaiian Island SectionP.O. box 61728Honolulu, HI 96839Swe.hisection@gmail.com

Executive Committee:President: Alyssa “Sunshine” Smith CH2M HILLVice Pres.: Chancy Hopper ArdentMCSecretary: Amy Weintraub Women in TechnologyTreasurer: Kristen Au Belt CollinsCharter Sec. Rep.: Rena Chock HECO

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APRIL BOARD MEETING:FALEA GOLF TOURNAMENT – Angie’s

update: The final confirmed date of our annualscholarship fundraiser is AUGUST 1, 2014,Friday at the Ewa Beach Golf Club. The$300.00 check deposit will be made as soon

HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGApril 2, 2014

Committee ReportsGeneral Membership Meetings/Technical

Seminars/Events– SEAOH Annual Convention 2014: Tentatively

set for August 22-23 at Aulani. Features ahalf-day technical session on Friday, Fridaynight dinner, and a Saturday golf event.Announcement to be issued soon.

– June 26: PT Design Seminar by the PostTensioning Institute. Pagoda Hotel, 8:00am-5:00pm. More info to come soon.

New MemberApplication from Damien Enright for the

grade of affiliate Member has been receivedand is open for comment from the member-ship.

Missing MembersPlease contact Membership Chairperson,

Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or emailjchen@kaihawaii.com), or any of the SEAOH

as possible. There will be a brand new car forthe hole-in-one prize arranged through one ofthe local dealerships. We will have a minimumof 72 players, up to a maximum of 144. Angieis now trying to get a Title Sponsor, and is work-ing on a couple of possible candidates for thisimportant part of the golf tournament. The all-inclusive lunch is still being discussed, withseveral options to minimize the cost.

BOWLING – Gene discussed the “research”that was done as a result of the Board’s deci-sion to try this type of venue for a fundraiserduring a previous meeting. This sport eventallows for a much broader participation andhopefully a larger event for not only the A/Ecommunity but for family members as well. Themost economical location determined is at PaliLanes in Kailua. June openings are the 21st &28th. Option 1: Use entire facility of 24 lanes, 4persons minimum per lane for a total of 96.Cost per person is $10 and includes ball,shoes, & games. Full deposit of $960.00 col-lected at application signing, & outsidefood/drinks are allowed. Option 2: Use 12lanes, 4 persons minimum per lane at $10.00per person, for a total of $480.00 collected atapplication signing. No outside food or drinks.These are pre-ordered with Pali Lanes conces-sion. Gene is looking at having 5-person teamsat $150.00 per team. With 24 teams , we canhave a gross profit of $2,640.00 just from thebowlers. To fund the prizes, Gold & Silver spon-sors will be solicited. The plan is to providecash prizes for highest game, highest series,“random” game score, & “random” seriesscore. Also, there will be a separate “cashprize” tournament fee for those who are inter-ested in competition. D’Plan will be discussedand finalized at our next meeting.

Officers if you have a new mailing and/or emailaddress.

Next MeetingThe next SEAOH Board of Directors and

Officers meeting will be held on Wednesday,May 7, 2014. Contact SEAOH President EthanOkuna (945-0198 x103, eokuna@cshengi-neers.com) for more information.

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po box 4353, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813An association for Hawaii’s Engineers and ArchitectsWEB address: www.eahawaii.org

EAH 2013- 2014 OfficersPresident Joseph Feind 543-47811st VP Bill Brizee 523-9636Treasurer Aaron Erickson 591-2728Secretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777Past Pres Howard Wiig 587-3811Director Dave Martin 543-4504Director Michael Albright Director Andy Keane 531-3017

engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

Bicycle Club GrowthIn the March 2014 issue, I concluded my arti-

cle with a prediction by the Hawaiian Gazette(HG) of July 18, 1893 that, given the fact that aladies’ bicycle club had been organized inHonolulu, the use of bicycles would show anupturn.

Around the same time, marketing their indi-vidual brands, several agents of bicycle manu-facturers started membership clubs thatoffered those who joined special deals towardpurchasing their bicycles. The ClevelandBicycle Club, for example, announced that “itwill cost you $10 a month to be in line with other‘Cleveland’ riders” and that a drawing was tobe held on April 1, 1894. Later in 1894, theRambler bicycle agency started its own cluboffering “a good wheel by paying $2.50 aweek,” and a drawing every other week for oneof its light-weight bicycles. Other brands withtheir own clubs were the Union, the Meteor, theRemington and the Reliance Clubs. Amongother brands mentioned in the newspaperswere Barnes Whiteflyer, Eldredge, Victor,Crawford, Elfine, Waverly, Monarch, World andHawaii, the last one being locally made by theHawaiian Cycle and Manufacturing Company!

The Pacific Wheelmen club that was estab-lished in 1891 continued to organize “drills”and other events. On December 9, 1892, theyaccompanied a “far-famed wheelman” namedMaltby who rode his device only on its largewheel through town [Daily Bulletin, DB,12/8/1892] for the enjoyment of large crowds[DB 12/10/1892]. Another notable event tookplace on August 19, 1894 that consisted of a35-mile ride from the Opera House in down-town Honolulu to Moanalua and back to town,continuing to San Souci in Waikiki. “After hav-ing a dip in the brine and polishing six water-melons,” they returned to town where they hada group photograph taken [DB 8/20/1984].

A new unaffiliated bicycle club called TheHonolulu Cycle Race Meet Association wasannounced on Oct. 6, 1894 in the newspaperHawaii Holomua [HH]. This club planned ameet at the Kapiolani Park horse racing trackfor Thanksgiving Day but postponed it toChristmas Day later in the year. This time as amember of the “Ramblers,” Prince Kuhio par-ticipated and placed second in a half-mileopen race [DB 12/16/1894].

Between the establishment of this associa-tion and its first meet, a milestone eventoccurred that spurred local interest in bicyclingfurther: Two renowned racers, G. A. Griffithsand H. F. Terrill, arrived in Honolulu from SanFrancisco by the bark Albert in the morning ofOctober 27, 1894. On the occasion of theirarrival, the HG of Nov. 2, 1894 noted that “lessthan ten years ago a bicycle was a curiocity.Now the safety is a part of every day life.”

EAH’s new meeting location is at the MangoGrill in the Topa Tower (Ewa tower on FortStreet ) in the Topa Financial Center (OldAMFAC Bldg). Parking is available (enter fromNimitz). The WEB site has been updated toprovide directions and a Map. If you havequestions please call Sam Gillie (543-4739).

Meetings are held every Friday (exceptHolidays).

Outstanding Success: InventiveEngineer Poster Contest 2014

Hundreds of student entries affirmed thevalue of the inaugural Engineers Week postercontest initiated by Hawaii CyberSpace.Middle and High School students throughoutthe state were asked to create a visually pleas-ing presentation of an existing invention or animagined one. Leonardo Da Vinci’s style andskill was offered as guidance. Philip Blackman,the designer and sponsor of the contest, stat-ed: “The ingredients of Science, Technology,Engineering, Mathematics plus Art, mixedtogether is essential to the multidisciplinarynature of engineering. The acronym for thismix is STEAM”. Early in his own engineeringcareer, Mr. Blackman was called to integrateengineering with the arts when at MIT artistOtto Piene asked him to create a computer pro-gram defining an arrangement yielding nearuniform distribution of light bulbs for the sculp-ture “The Sun.” This sculpture illuminates theHouse Chambers at the Hawaii State Capitol.

All the posters were on public display atPearlridge Shopping Center 15-17 February aspart of Engineers Week celebration. HawaiiCyberSpace was one of the exhibitors invitedby the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societiesto help promote interest in engineering by thepublic and students. Several pages of com-ments from mall goers checking out the HawaiiCyberSpace exhibit illustrated the publicshared excitement in the work of the young stu-dents and their engineering ideas. The exhibitwas more than just a static display.

Entries were invited from all islands and allschool choice categories. Respective schoolchoice representative organizations joined inan unprecedented coordinated invitation out-reach and deserve a big Mahalo. Studententhusiasm was creatively mobilized by theirteachers and the hands on nature of the chal-lenge. One eleventh grade student wrote: “I aman art student working to be an architect. Thiscontest provided a unique challenge combin-ing science and art that is rarely practiced inschool. I really enjoyed it.” Another wrote: “Ithink that working on this project has taught memore about how STEM can relate to the realworld. I think that working as an engineerwould be a good experience because I couldlearn more about creating and fixing products.”

Awards were given not as place awards, butdesignated with a title description of a salientfeature that caught the eye of the judges andpublic. All the posters demonstrated commit-ment by students to do a good job, and all canbe considered to share in these awards!Judging took place at The Hawaii StateFoundation on Culture and the Arts.

The awards included: Careful Observation: The Acoustic Guitar,

Erin Hayashida, 8th grade;Convincing Imagination: Flying Furnace,

Gian Umermoto, 11th grade;Whow! I wish I thought of this: Increasable

Power Strip, Andrew Choi, 8th grade;Engineering Process of thinking: Paddle

Oscillation, Antoine Pages, 7th grade;Concept Marketing: Changing Shoe Design

Remote, Shanet Yang 6th grade;Take it Apart: Ceiling Fan, Victoria Nguyen,

8th grade;Succinct Title: Resistance, Renz Balbas,

10th grade;Appealing Composition: Color Scan’R,

Hyeum Kim, 8th grade;Dare to Dream: iWatch, Dean Carillo, 8th

grade.

Special teacher honorarium go to StevensonMiddle School teachers Denise Spencer andTrish Morgan for their creative use of the con-test in their unique STEM based elective class-es.

Hawaii CyberSpace is the primary sponsorand provides cash and certificate awards, plusin-classroom grant supported activities. Mr.Blackman has received commitments from twoexcellent east coast engineering schools,Massachusetts Institute of Technology andWorcester Polytechnic Institute, the Hawaii MITClub, The Engineers and Architects of Hawaii,and others for additional gifts. The Grand Caféat the State Art Museum has a display of someof the notable posters thru April.

Many posters and details archived about thecontest may be discovered by going towww.HawaiiCyberSpace.com, and theFacebook page: www.Facebook.com/HawaiiCyberSpace2014. Think Tech Hawaii has post-ed an interview with Mr. Blackman that pro-vides insight into the vision and structure of thecontest. Please share your interest and ques-tions to assure the next contest is even better!

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$10.00 Members, $12.00 Guest (AllWelcome), Students Free, Bring Your OwnLunches Welcome, Drink Refreshments arecomplimentary. A $2.00 donation is very grate-fully appreciated!!

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Welcomed by the Pacific Wheelmen, the visit-ing aces entered a 10-mile race from PalaceSquare (renamed to Union Square after theoverthrow of the Kingdom) to Waikiki, aroundKapiolani Park and back. Griffiths was clockedat 26 min and 35 sec., Terrill at 26:37, and thefirst local finisher, Jack Atkinson, at 27:57.Prince Kuhio was among those who wereunable to finish the race because “his seatturned over near the park and so threw him out[HS 11/26/1894].”

Subsequently, “the interest aroused by theroad race given while the San Francisco flyerswere in town, has not by any means abated[HS 12/24/1894].” With it came the need for rid-ing schools and repair shops, reports ofmishaps and collisions with horse-drawn car-riages and between bicycles, and incidentssuch as “shortly after noon today DetectiveKaapa arrested Kahana, a native boy who stoleYoung Min’s wheel [Evening Bulletin, EB8/5/1898].”

A report that 282 bicycles were importedduring 1895 reinforced the fact that “the ‘bike’is not a luxury but a necessity [HG 4/21/1896].”A concern that “the Japanese are making bicy-cles far cheaper than anyone else in the world”was expressed by the same source, “but thenit does not suit us to buy Japanese bicycles.”

The year 1896 saw the formation of morebicycle clubs.

The first of these was an “organization of pro-gressive bicyclists” named The Honolulu RoadClub boasting 25 members on Sept. 29, 1896.As I mentioned last month, this club called forthe construction of good roads after the fashionof its U.S. mainland counterparts. On the nextday, the intent of noted bicyclist George Angusto form a second club was announced [HS9/30/1896] and by the end of the next month, alocal racer named John Sylva, dubbed theManoa Wonder, was reported as “organizing acosmopolitan bicycle club” with specialencouragement offered to “native riders [HS10/26/1896].” In the meantime, the pre-existingHonolulu Amateur Athletic Club (HAAC) hadopened its annual field day to bicycle racingby members of the various clubs after address-ing internal disagreements between “athleticand bicycle club members [Hawaiian Star, HS,1/21/1897].”

At this point I realized that, besides the com-petition between manufacturers, the prolifera-tion of bicycle clubs had to do with the socialconditions prevailing in Hawai`i at that time.Thus, the Pacific Wheelmen I discussed lastmonth were sympathetic to the ChristianTemperance Movement, the members of theHonolulu Road Club were reportedly adherentsof the Progressive Movement, women groupswere connected to the Suffrage Movement,whereas the latest club admitted many nativeHawaiians to its ranks. Japanese and Chineseresidents were reported to own and use bicy-cles, but the first mention of a JapaneseBicycle Club or Association I discovered wasmuch later [HS 12/31/1903] and no such refer-ence to a Chinese club was found.

The racial distinctions of those times are alsounderlined by a statement from an apparentlyinformed “prominent wheelman” whoexpressed his frustration about a failure to raisefunds to build a bicycle race track in town:“There are 2074 Americans in the city, theBritish number 1308, the Germans 578, thePortuguese 3833. Taking Europeans of allraces, and Americans together there are in thecity of Honolulu 8397 whites. Out of this num-ber there surely is one thousand sport lovingpeople who can afford and ought to pledgethemselves” to contribute [HS 3/13/1897]!

The events leading to this statement willappear in the next installment.

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And, the inaugural HRC winner is the “WaterWarriors”. Their team consisted of twomechanical engineers, an education student, acommunity college business student, and afull-time teacher.

[This article was written by Traci Rivera, a XEmember and CEE student, and edited by SongK. Choi. If you have any questions, requireadditional information, or want to participate infuture Hawaii Resiliency Challenges, please donot hesitate to contact Song K. Choi atschoi@hawaii.edu. Thank you.]

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