VOL. 50 NO. 4 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JUNE, 2014 continued on page 7 THE 2014 ASME FRANCIS RHODES MONTGOMERY DESIGN COMPETITION The ASME Hawaii Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design Competition was held May 9, 2014 in Hawaii Institute of Geophysics HIG 110 auditorium on the University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus. This annual event is cosponsored by the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME), University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the ASME Hawaii Francis R. Montgomery Foundation. This year, the design competition consisted of six project teams from the ME 482 Senior Design course. First place and $500 went to the SAE Micro Aero Design team, in second place and receiving $300 was the UH Formula Racing Vehicle (Rainbow Racing 1) team, and third place and $200 to the UH RoboBoat team. All competing 44 mechanical engineering students demonstrat- ed application of their cumulative engineering knowledge very well making final scores extremely competitive. Since 1987, ASME Hawaii has worked with the DME, to host the Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design Competition for the ME 481/482 Senior Design Courses. This is a two sequence mechanical engineering design course starting with ME 481 and completion through the ME 482 course with the students demonstrating not only their engineering knowledge, but the execution of project man- agement skills. The projects have and continue to be sup- ported and funded by various organizations such as the Office of Naval Research, Boeing Co., Ltd., Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory, and the UHM DME. The student project teams compete before a panel of practicing mechanical engineer judges in an oral project presentation and demonstration judged on the basis of technical content, originality of concept and resolution of design problems, and effectiveness of the pro- totype. Besides helping to recognize and reward innovative design efforts and the prac- ticality of the design, the competition encour- ages the students to practice communicational skills to develop the ability to present a design project in a clear and understandable manner later in their professional careers. As for accomplishing Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredita- tion requirements, the competition provides the DME third-party (practicing engineer judges) verification documents showing effectiveness of the DME program. The judges this year included Mechanical Engineers Stanford B.C. Yuen, Seibert L. Murphy, and Andrew Crossland. Stanford Yuen is the 2014 recipient of the HCES Lifetime Achievement Award. He is currently the princi- pal engineer of SLC Consulting and a new member of the UH Board of Regents. Seibert L. Murphy is the President of Guide Star Engineering, LLC. Guide Star is an engineering services company that specializes in engineer- ing design, research and development, testing and systems integration. Andrew Crossland is a mechanical engineer with WSP, Honolulu per- forming HVAC design and specification. The following are synopses of the design projects. The project abstracts can be found at the ASME Hawaii website at http://asme- hi.com/frmdc.html. FIRST PLACE TEAM – The SAE Micro Aero UH MICRO Warrior design team received the $500 first place award. Team members includ- ed Colin Chikamoto, Rob Grimmett, Yang Li, and Nicholas Mathern. Their goal was to devel- op a remotely controlled model plane that could achieve stable flight while carrying the maximum payload. The design and flight was extremely successful and in the 2014 SAE Aero Design competition held near Fort Worth, Texas, the weekend of March 27-31, achieved an overall ranking of 1st in the Nation and 5th in the world. SECOND PLACE TEAM – The UH Formula Racing Vehicle (Rainbow Racing 1) team received the $300 second place award. Team members included Albert Carter, Matthew Scarfone, Scott Sunada, Klayton Lou, Frankie Chan, Anadil Chowdhury, Katheryn Hu, Jeffery Oshiro, Cameron Yee, Rylen Kuboyama, Chester Lee Coloma, Jason Frifeldt, Mason Kawaguchi, Micah Kawaguchi, Yong Oh Yoon, Alex Macadamia, Russell Chang, Jr., Hienie Davis, George Vierra, and Aaron Dyogi. Their project goal was to design a single-rider, open wheel, rear-wheel drive vehicle capable of pro- ducing upwards of 100HP, accelerating from 0- 60 MPH in less than 4 seconds and attaining a potential total weight of less than 500 lbs. In order to achieve this level of performance, the components had to be designed and analyzed employing all aspects of mechanical engineer- ing. They will compete in the 2014 Formula SAE competition in Lincoln, Nebraska June 18-21. The team successfully fundraised $70,000 for the vehicle and shipping and travel expenses. First Place SAE Micro Aero team, L-R: Nicholas Mathern, Colin Chikamoto, Yang Li, Robert Grimmett Second Place UH Formula Racing Vehicle team, L-R: Back Row: Rylen Kuboyama, Mason Kawaguchi, George Vierra, Klayton Lou, Jeffery Oshiro, Albert Carter, Scott Sunada, Aaron Dyogi, Russell Chang, Alex Macadamia, Micah Kawaguchi, Frankie Chan Front Row: Kathryn Hu, Matthew Scarfone, Hienie Buck Davis, Chester Lee Coloma, Anadil Chowdhury, Cameron Yee. Not pictured: Yong Oh Yoon, Jason Frifeldt
THE 2014 ASME FRANCIS RHODES MONTGOMERY DESIGN COMPETITIONThe ASME Hawaii Francis Rhodes
Montgomery Design Competition was heldMay 9, 2014 in Hawaii Institute of GeophysicsHIG 110 auditorium on the University of Hawaiiat Manoa Campus. This annual event iscosponsored by the Department of MechanicalEngineering (DME), University of Hawaii atManoa, and the ASME Hawaii Francis R.Montgomery Foundation. This year, the designcompetition consisted of six project teams fromthe ME 482 Senior Design course. First placeand $500 went to the SAE Micro Aero Designteam, in second place and receiving $300 wasthe UH Formula Racing Vehicle (RainbowRacing 1) team, and third place and $200 tothe UH RoboBoat team. All competing 44mechanical engineering students demonstrat-ed application of their cumulative engineeringknowledge very well making final scoresextremely competitive.
Since 1987, ASME Hawaii has worked withthe DME, to host the Francis RhodesMontgomery Design Competition for the ME481/482 Senior Design Courses. This is a twosequence mechanical engineering designcourse starting with ME 481 and completionthrough the ME 482 course with the studentsdemonstrating not only their engineeringknowledge, but the execution of project man-agement skills.
The projects have and continue to be sup-ported and funded by various organizationssuch as the Office of Naval Research, BoeingCo., Ltd., Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory, andthe UHM DME.
The student project teams compete before apanel of practicing mechanical engineerjudges in an oral project presentation anddemonstration judged on the basis of technicalcontent, originality of concept and resolution ofdesign problems, and effectiveness of the pro-totype. Besides helping to recognize andreward innovative design efforts and the prac-ticality of the design, the competition encour-ages the students to practice communicationalskills to develop the ability to present a designproject in a clear and understandable mannerlater in their professional careers.
As for accomplishing Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) accredita-tion requirements, the competition provides theDME third-party (practicing engineer judges)verification documents showing effectivenessof the DME program.
The judges this year included MechanicalEngineers Stanford B.C. Yuen, Seibert L.Murphy, and Andrew Crossland. Stanford Yuenis the 2014 recipient of the HCES LifetimeAchievement Award. He is currently the princi-
pal engineer of SLC Consulting and a newmember of the UH Board of Regents. SeibertL. Murphy is the President of Guide StarEngineering, LLC. Guide Star is an engineeringservices company that specializes in engineer-ing design, research and development, testingand systems integration. Andrew Crossland isa mechanical engineer with WSP, Honolulu per-forming HVAC design and specification.
The following are synopses of the designprojects. The project abstracts can be found atthe ASME Hawaii website at http://asme-hi.com/frmdc.html.
FIRST PLACE TEAM – The SAE Micro AeroUH MICRO Warrior design team received the$500 first place award. Team members includ-ed Colin Chikamoto, Rob Grimmett, Yang Li,
and Nicholas Mathern. Their goal was to devel-op a remotely controlled model plane thatcould achieve stable flight while carrying themaximum payload. The design and flight wasextremely successful and in the 2014 SAE AeroDesign competition held near Fort Worth,Texas, the weekend of March 27-31, achievedan overall ranking of 1st in the Nation and 5thin the world.
SECOND PLACE TEAM – The UH FormulaRacing Vehicle (Rainbow Racing 1) teamreceived the $300 second place award. Teammembers included Albert Carter, MatthewScarfone, Scott Sunada, Klayton Lou, FrankieChan, Anadil Chowdhury, Katheryn Hu, JefferyOshiro, Cameron Yee, Rylen Kuboyama,Chester Lee Coloma, Jason Frifeldt, MasonKawaguchi, Micah Kawaguchi, Yong Oh Yoon,Alex Macadamia, Russell Chang, Jr., HienieDavis, George Vierra, and Aaron Dyogi. Theirproject goal was to design a single-rider, openwheel, rear-wheel drive vehicle capable of pro-ducing upwards of 100HP, accelerating from 0-60 MPH in less than 4 seconds and attaining apotential total weight of less than 500 lbs. Inorder to achieve this level of performance, thecomponents had to be designed and analyzedemploying all aspects of mechanical engineer-ing. They will compete in the 2014 Formula SAEcompetition in Lincoln, Nebraska June 18-21.The team successfully fundraised $70,000 forthe vehicle and shipping and travel expenses.First Place SAE Micro Aero team, L-R:
Nicholas Mathern, Colin Chikamoto, YangLi, Robert Grimmett
Second Place UH Formula Racing Vehicle team, L-R: Back Row: Rylen Kuboyama, MasonKawaguchi, George Vierra, Klayton Lou, Jeffery Oshiro, Albert Carter, Scott Sunada, AaronDyogi, Russell Chang, Alex Macadamia, Micah Kawaguchi, Frankie Chan Front Row:Kathryn Hu, Matthew Scarfone, Hienie Buck Davis, Chester Lee Coloma, Anadil Chowdhury,Cameron Yee. Not pictured: Yong Oh Yoon, Jason Frifeldt
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ACEC SPRINGCONVENTION
The ACEC Spring Convention was held inWashington, D.C. on April 26-30. ACEC report-ed a record turnout of over 1,300 registrants.Six states (including Hawaii) were recognizedfor meeting their ACEC/PAC goals for 2014.Representing ACECH at the convention wereDavid Bills (PAC Champion), Bill Bow(President-Elect), Beverly Ishii-Nakayama(President), John Katahira, NormanKawachika, Janice Marsters, June Nakamura,Jon Nishimura, Lennox Nishimura, and SherylNojima (National Director). The SpringConvention also provided an opportune timefor ACEC and ACECH to promote the upcom-ing Fall Convention in Waikoloa on October 22- 25. Many of our mainland colleagues havealready made their hotel and flight reserva-tions!
Each year a key component of the SpringConvention involves our participation inACEC’s “citizen lobbyist” effort on Capitol Hill.This year we were very fortunate to meet per-sonally with each of Hawaii’s Congressionalmembers. One of the two major issues we pro-moted was the Water Resources DevelopmentAct (WRDA). WRDA will authorize new ArmyCorps of Engineers water projects with reformsthat will move projects forward more efficiently.Thus, ACECH urged our Congressional mem-bers’ support of the upcoming WRDA reautho-rization report.
Our second major concern is the expirationof MAP-21 which authorizes funding of federalsurface transportation programs throughSeptember 2014. Some states could encountershutdown of projects as early as July 2014.With major funding cuts projected for FY 15,highway and transit funding continue to dimin-ish. Thus, ACEC is pushing for long-term fiscalstability of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)through predictable user fees to support trans-portation infrastructure investments. Optionsinclude sales tax on fuel and mileage-basedfees.
WORKSHOP & FORUM ANNOUNCEMENTSJune 5, 2014 (Thursday)Design Claims Conciliation PanelWorkshop
Please check our website(www.acechawaii.org) or send an email [email protected] for more information.
July 1, 2014 (Tuesday)2014 Hawaii Congressional Race ForumTime: 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.Location: Japanese Cultural Center, Manoa
Grand BallroomCost: $45.00
Hawaii Congressional candidates confirmedfor this event include: Ikaika Anderson, StanleyChang, Charles Djou, Will Espero, DonnaMercado Kim and K. Mark Takai.
Please email [email protected] toregister 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: What was the mostrecent year that ACECH played host to theACEC National Convention (held that particularyear on Maui)?
Answer to last month’s question: ParsonsBrinckerhoff won ACECH’s EngineeringExcellence Competition’s Grand ConceptorAward 3 years in a row (1997, 1998 and 1999).
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 (enterfrom Nimitz). The WEB site has been updatedto provide directions and a Map. If you havequestions please call Sam Gillie (543-4739).
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2013-2014 ASCE HAWAII SECTION OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident: Brian Enomoto, P.E. 388-5559 email: [email protected]: Glenn Miyasato, P.E. 488-7579 email: [email protected] Pres: Benjamin Rasa, P.E. 497-6209 email: [email protected]: Timothy Goshi, P.E. 791-3966 email: [email protected]: Lara Karamatsu, P.E. 566-2227 email: [email protected] Past Pres: Ian Arakaki, P.E. 596-7790 email: [email protected] President: Jason Sugibayashi, P.E. 237-3218 email: [email protected]
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JUNE DINNER MEETINGTopic: Hawaii Airports Modernization
ProgramSpeaker: Guy Ichinotsubo – Design
Engineer, State of Hawaii,Airports Division
Program: This presentation will addressthe $2.3 billion dollar HawaiiAirports Modernization Programwhich was developed to enhancethe environmental, social andcultural elements of Hawaii’s air-ports.
Date: Thursday, June 19th, 2014Place: Location: 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 payableto ASCE-Hawaii Section and mail to LaraKaramatsu, ASCE Hawaii Section Treasurer,Parsons Brinckerhoff, American Savings BankTower, 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2400,Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Please send reserva-tions for the dinner meeting to Lara Karamatsuby Monday, June 9th, 2014, by phone at 566-2227 or email at [email protected]. Noshows will be billed. For sponsorship opportu-nities, please contact Ben Rasa at 497-6209 [email protected].
12th ANNUAL ASCE HAWAII GOLF TOURNAMENT
The 12th annual ASCE Hawaii GolfTournament in honor of Steve Fong will be heldon Friday, August 8th 2014 at the Pearl CountryClub. Please visit our website for more detailshttp://ascehawaii.org.
ASCE HAWAII SECTION PROJECTAWARDS AND OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGI-NEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (OCEA)NOMINEES NEEDED!
ASCE Hawaii Section will be having ourannual awards banquet on September 27th,2014 (location TBD). In addition to honoring thetraditional OCEA Award Winning project, theASCE Hawaii Section would like to honor andprovide accolades to numerous other projects
YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, June 4, 6:00 p.m. atUnderdogs Sports Bar & Grill. If you are interested in attending to find out what the YMFis all about, contact YMF at [email protected].
Koko Head Trail HikeBy Austin Wong and Emily Dong,Social Chairs
On Saturday, April 19, 2014, ASCE YMFHawaii hosted a social hike at Koko Head Trail.Five brave YMF members decided to take thechallenge on. Water and trail mix bars wereprovided. The trail is a straight hike to the topof Koko Head Crater. The steps are made fromwooden slats and old railroad tracks. As weascended, the incline of the trail increasesmaking his hike a real workout. At the top,beautiful views of Hawaii Kai, the easternshore, Hanauma Bay, Diamond Head, Kahala,and parts of Waikiki were enjoyed along withthe Koolau Mountain Range. The winds actedas welcomed natural AC after summiting to thetop. After the descent down the members wereable to refresh and regroup. Thanks for all whocame out!
Though small, the driven group was able tocross the bridge, dodge other hikers andmake it to the top to enjoy the breeze.
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KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. PapacostasCyclomere Lake
After he read one of my recent articles, GoroSulijoadikusumo wrote “Just read your greatarticle on bikes as I’ve been away inPatagonia,” and he referred me to a book byDavid Herlihy titled “The Lost Cyclist: The EpicTale of an American Adventurer and HisMysterious Disappearance” about German-American Frank Lenz who rode his bicyclearound the globe. While in Honolulu in 1892,“Lenz called on George Paris, a former resi-dent of San Francisco and the local agent ofColumbia wheels. The two wheeled upPunchbowl Hill, taking in a magnificentpanoramic view of the surrounding islands. Inthe distance, Lenz spotted his vessel, bobbinglike a toy in a tub. In the city center, Lenz pho-tographed himself and his bicycle before theIolani Palace.”
Four months ago, in February 2014, I haddiscovered and reported that the PacificWheelmen, who organized in 1891, had plansto complete a bicycle track, “level as a billiardtable,” in Pearl City, but I was unable to deter-mine whether the facility was ever completed.At that time, bicycle racing was organizedalong King Street. The “silent steed” alsoinvaded the horse racing track at KapiolaniPark, “the beautiful suburban resort,” as theDaily Bulletin [DB 12/16/1894] put it. By 1897,“cycling [had] taken the lead of all othersports” in Honolulu [Hawaiian Star, HS,2/16/1897].
Considering the explosion in the use of thesafety bicycle, it was inevitable that attempts toconstruct a bicycle track in accordance withscientific principles (e.g., superelevatedcurves) would follow, as it had been the case inother cities. This must have been the talk of thetown for in a short span between the end ofMarch and the middle of September, 1896, notone but three proposals were advanced.
On March 25, 1896 the HS described a pro-posal advanced by Tommy King of theHawaiian Hardware Co. (importer of theTribune bicycle) to modify the then existingMakiki baseball grounds by adding a half-milerace track and a quarter-mile bicycle track,with a baseball ground in the center.
According to many sources, an earlier base-ball diamond at the Makiki Recreation Grounds(also referred to as the Parade Grounds) wasthe first in Hawai`i. It was laid out in 1852 byAlexander Joy Cartwright, the “father of mod-ern baseball” who came to Hawai`i a year ear-lier. This field, bounded by Ke`eaumoku,Lunalilo, Makiki and Kinau Streets, became thevenue for baseball, cricket, football, associa-tion football (soccer), field games, militaryexercises and other events such as “balloonascention by skilled aeronauts [DB11/23/1888].” The athletic event participantsincluded local teams and teams from civilianand naval ships visiting the harbor. In 1938 the2.96 acre place was given its modern name,Cartwright Field, in recognition of AlexanderJoy’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Tommy King’s 1896 proposed plan wouldhave modified the area west of the CartwrightField and “bounded by Lunalilo Street on theNorth, Keamaku [Ke`eaumoku] on the East,Kinau on the South and Piikoi on the West.” The1897 Map of Honolulu by M. D. Monsarrat des-ignates this area as “Baseball Field” and theCartwright Field as “Parade Grounds.” With anentrance at Piikoi Street, the private baseballfield was built by a “Base Ball League” and hadits inaugural game on Nov. 17, 1890, when a
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2014 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Ethan Okuna 945-0198 x103Vice Pres. Fernando Frontera 781-2802Secretary Evan Mizue 387-2346Treasurer Jimmy Lam 223-3638Dir. (Yr 2) Paul Kane III 537-2811Dir. (Yr 2) Tim Waite 479-1216Dir. (Yr 1) Rodney Haraga 782-8661Dir. (Yr 1) Michael Kasamoto 589-1170Past Pres. Brian Kung 488-7579
NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE MEETINGDate: June 18, 2014 TentativeTime: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: HECO Ward Ave Cafeteria
Conference RoomAgenda: Discuss Executive Committee and
Support Committee Chairs and theSchedule of Annual Events.
Although this is an Executive Committeemeeting, members are invited. There will befree pizza and soft drinks, as usual. Pleasecontact Chairman Kory Ikeda or SecretaryDerek Sato for directions and for more informa-tion, such as parking.
APRIL 23 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
Meeting was held in the Hawaiian ElectricCompany Ward Avenue cafeteria conferenceroom. Attending were 17 including ASME-HIofficers; Student Section officers; Dr. A.Zachary Trimble, UHM Department ofMechanical Engineering (DME); BrennanYamamoto, UHM Graduate Assistant; PerryNakaoka, NAVFAC; and Andrew Crossland,WSP Honolulu. • Student Section report: Completed a Podium
Raceway event on April 27. TheirProfessional Networking Dinner is plannedfor May 3 in the UHM Campus CenterExecutive Dining Room. Local engineerswere invited to meet the students and sharetheir professional experiences.
• UHM DME report: Currently DME is thelargest engineering discipline. This hasresulted in labs and courses taught byTeaching Assistants. Castle Northrup retiredfrom the machine shop after 41 years. Areplacement has not been found. HolmesHall renovation design funds to be voted onby the State Legislature on April 25. TheIndustry Advisory Board (IAB) meeting isscheduled for May 3. Several ASME-HImembers are on the board providing feed-back as needed for ABET requirements.
• 2014 ASME-HI Ballot & Survey:SurveyMonkey.com ballot deadline was April30. All candidates listed received 100% ofthe votes casted. The 2014-2015 Officers &Directors are Chairman Derek Sato, Vice-Chair Derick Kam, Treasurer Kevin Dang,Secretary Kory Ikeda, and Directors EdChang, Ronald Flegal, and Raymond Liu.
• Tour planned for June 7: The tour is of theKiewit Precast facility in Campbell IndustrialPark. It is scheduled from 0800 to 0900hours. There is a specific dress code forsafety requirements.
• 2014 Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design
Competition is scheduled for May 9 from1200 to 1800 hours in Hawaii Institute ofGeophysics (HIG) Room 110 (auditorium).Judges are Andrew Crossland, WSP,Honolulu; Seibert L. Murphy, Guide StarEngineering, LLC; and Stanford B.C. Yuen,2014 HCES Lifetime Achievement Awardrecipient and UH Board of Regent.
• ASME-HI PE Refresher Course feedback:Raymond Liu asked Andrew Crossland toshare his course and exam experiences.Crossland mentioned that a big benefit wasthat the class allowed problems to be dis-cussed with other students as compared toan online course. He appreciated the classbeing done at no cost to the participants.
HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGMay 8, 2014Committee Reports
General Membership Meetings/TechnicalSeminars/Events– June 5: 2nd General Membership Meeting.
BrueBar, 5:30pm-7:30pm. ContactFernando Frontera for more info, 748-7028.
– June 26: PT Design Seminar by the PostTensioning Institute. Pagoda Hotel, 7:30am-4:00pm.
– August 22-23: SEAOH Annual Convention atAulani. Features a half-day technical ses-sion on Friday, Friday night dinner, and aSaturday golf event. Registration forms andadditional information available on theSEAOH website.
SEAOH Scholarship Opportunities:Look out! SEAOH will be announcing schol-
arship opportunities soon.
New Member– Philip Boultinghouse (Coffman Engineers)
and Mark Hirschi (Baldridge and Associates)have been accepted for the grade ofMember.
– Jillian Sumitomo (MKE Associates) has beenaccepted for the grade of Allied Member.
Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or [email protected]), or any of the SEAOHOfficers if you have a new mailing and/or emailaddress.
Next MeetingThe next SEAOH Board of Directors and
Officers meeting will be held on Wednesday,June 4, 2014. Contact SEAOH President EthanOkuna (945-0198 x103, [email protected]) for more information.
Section Meeting SummaryOn Wednesday, April 30, 2014, two distin-
guished members were honored with the ITELife Member Award. Wes Frysztacki andWarren Yamamoto were presented a certificateand lifetime membership for being an ITEmember for over 25 years and reaching theage of 65 years old. The Hawaii Section is hon-ored to have these two dedicated engineers asnew lifetime members. Congratulations to Wesand Warren on their achievements!
Western District Secretary-Treasurer CathyLeong announced that District Elections arecoming up, and ballots will be emailed to mem-bers. Vice-President Gibson introducedspeakers Brian Lock (Engineer, WilsonOkamoto), Eric Matsumoto (StructuralEngineer, KSF, Inc.), and Laura Mau (Planner,Wilson Okamoto), to speak about this bridgehe saw and wondered, why does it lookupside-down?
Brian Lock spoke about the HonoapiilaniHighway Realignment, Phase 1A as being aDesign-Build project intending to alleviate traf-fic congestion along the Highway associatedwith the Lahainaluna school complex.
Lauren talked about the unexpected archae-ological sites that were discovered just prior toconstruction, and shared the lessons learnedfrom the community consultation. She foundthat the consultation process drove the projectdirection, that transparency of the DOT/FHWAparticipation was important, and even thoughshe was reluctant at first, she found personalperspective in human equity from the passionof the community for stewarding.
Eric explained the design of the 360-footKahoma Bridge, a post-tension, inverted archdesign structure that is under the travel-wayand therefore does not obstruct the views. Thisdesign utilized friction pendulum into founda-tion bearings, and enabled the spanning of thestream with minimal impact, and included a1200’ radius curve.
President Mike Packard presents WesFrysztacki and Warren Yamamoto with theITE Life Member Award.
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On Saturday, April 26, 2014, eight YMF mem-bers enjoyed a round of golf at the Pali GolfCourse, a picturesque and challenging hillsidecourse. Everyone participated in a friendlygame of closest to the pin which added excite-ment and competition to the day. Following theround, pupus were provided at the Fatboy’sFairway Bistro located at the clubhouse. Overall,everyone had a great time playing golf, socializ-ing, and networking with other engineers.
that would be selected for the following cate-gories:
– Large Project (>$10M)– Medium Project (<$10 M but >$2M)– Small Project (<$2M)– Green Building– Transportation– Water/Wastewater/Environmental– Building/Structural/ Systems– Studies and Research – Special Projects– Humanitarian Project– International ProjectNominations will be due Friday, August
1st 2014. Please visit our website www.asce-hawaii.org to download an application formand for further details or contact Ben Rasa at497-6209 or [email protected].
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: May 6th, 2014 Next meeting: June 3rd, 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 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
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,
ASCE, from page 3
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
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2013-2014 Officers and DirectorsPresident: Joelle Bubois, P.E. [email protected]. Elect: Darren Okimoto, P.E. [email protected] Pres.: Curtis Beck, P.E. [email protected]: Soo Choi, P.E. [email protected]: Nathan Yuen, P.E. [email protected] Pres.: Manny Lanuevo, P.E. [email protected] House ofDelegates Majella Stevenson, P.E.Representative: majella.stevenson @ navy.milEducational Foundation Barry Nakamoto, P.ELiaison: barry.nakamoto @ helcohi.comChapter Directors:Maui: Mandy Saito, P.E. [email protected] Island: Curt Beck, P.E.Kona-Kohala: Marc Botticelli, P.E. [email protected]
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MAY BOARD MEETING: FALEA BOWL-ING TOURNAMENT – Gene’s “final” update:This FALEA FOUNDATION scholarshipfundraising event will be held on July 21, 2014.As had been previously discussed, this newvenue could serve as a harbinger for greaterparticipation by members, their families andothers. As you read this article, flyers for thisevent will have been sent out. All officers andmembers of the Board of Directors as well asother members are expected to help out inlooking for donations for prizes, foods(pupus)and drinks to serve the 24 5-personteams. As an incentive, the Officer/BOD whosecures the most teams will be awarded dinnerand drink of their choice by the rest of theOfficers/BODs. Jeoff, our President has guar-anteed he’ll have AT LEAST one team. By theway, if you see Kris Namoca, give this newMember a pat in the back for his help in secur-ing the venue for our upcoming tournament.
“HAPPY FATHER’S DAY” folks! Have a great& safe Month!
News:On May 1st, The CMAA Hawaii Chapter wel-
comed the Hawaii Chapter of AmericanAssociation of Cost Engineering (AACE) to joinus at our quarterly happy hour at Bar 35. Theevent was well attended and new friends/con-tacts were made. We look forward to partner-ing with AACE on more events.
On May 21st, The Chapter held its 3rd annu-al mini conference at Hale Ikena. Over 60 par-ticipants took in presentations about the CCMapplication, trends in the construction industry,Sketch up, Safety Liability for CM Firms, andupcoming City and County of Honolulu DDC
Sample of CMAA drifit polo shirt logo.
projects. We’d like to thank Mark Yonamine,Kevin Mitchell, Norman Takeya, Tracy Lawson,and Nick Soto for speaking at the conference.The chapter hosted pupus for the social hourafter the conference.
Upcoming events for May include:• Order your 2014 CMAA Hawaii Chapter Drifit
Polo Shirt. If you don’t receive the order formand are interested, please contact the chap-ter at the email below.
• The Professional Construction ManagementClass is coming to Honolulu again the fall onAugust 11-13.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 [email protected].
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• 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.
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local team lost to a California team 12-1. Unlikeprevious free games at the public recreationalgrounds, the league charged admission of 50cents with a 25-cent extra fee for a reservedseat in the 1200-seat grand stand [DB11/28/1890].
A second proposal for a bicycle track wasannounced on Sept. 10, 1896: “Bruce Waring &Co. will present to the H.A.A.C. [HonoluluAmateur Athletic Club] a proposal to make abicycle track and sporting ground on the tractat Kewalo.” As I mentioned in Dec. 2013, thiswas a real estate company that employedentrepreneur Charles S. Desky, the developerof the Model/Progress Building, among otherventures. The reclamation and subdivision ofthe Kewalo tract was one of the company’s pro-jects that included the construction of a pondto receive the area’s drainage. Targeting the$200 lots for “people of moderate means[Hawaiian Gazette, HG, 1/5/1897]” the compa-ny had solicited first-come, first-serve “applica-tions for lots in the Kewalo tract just back of theKawaiahao church [HS 9/8/1896].”
Notice of the third bicycle track proposalcame in the Evening Bulletin [EB 9/14/1896]:“A proposition is afoot to the establishment of aquarter mile bicycle track around the ballgrounds, for which there is plenty of room.Messrs. Fisher, Allen, Spencer and others arelooking up the matter.”
To advance his company’s plans, Desky“was met at the Hawaiian Hotel Wednesdayevening by about two dozen members of theH.A.A.C. and members of the new HonoluluRoad Club [that I discussed in March 2014], towhom he submitted his proposal regarding themuch talked of bicycle track at Kewalo near theold head of Kawaiahao Lane. The propositionin a nutshell was: To lease the seven acres forfifty years at a rental of $1, the cyclists to keep
Third Place UH RoboBoat team, L-R: goingcounterclockwise, Yenmy Truong, Kiu Chor(Francis) Cheng, Sam Lewis, Zachary Main,Scott Miyashiro, Joshua Shigemitsu, KevinShin, Sheryl Matsuo
THIRD PLACE TEAM – UH RoboBoat teamreceived the $200 third place award, Teammembers included Francis Cheng, Sam Lewis,Zackary Main, Sheryl Matsuo, Scott Miyashiro,Kevin Shin, Josh Shigemitsu, and YenmyTruong. Their project goal was to design a fullyautonomous surface vehicle that could identifytarget goals and successfully maneuverthrough a series of gates. This project incorpo-rated both mechanical and electrical engineer-ing disciplines to design and build the watercraft. They plan to compete in the 2014Association for Unmanned Vehicle SystemsInternational (AUVSI) RoboBoat competition inVirginia Beach, Virginia.
Design Competition, from page 1
The other projects included the following:SAE Regular Aero (Manoa Aero). Manoa
Aero team members included Evan Akuna,Sehun Nakama, Yingsen Tang, Jonathan Lam,Jacob Koo, and Chang-Hoon Noh.
Electromagnetic Torque Rods to Control aSmall Satellite for Hawaii Space Flight Lab.Team members included Devin Kamita,Morgan Roman, and Cody Smith.
ALP Cooler. Team members included TappyAndrews, Karen Lee, and Jasten Pascual.
AcknowledgementsThe Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design
Competition was established in 1987 in memo-ry of Francis Rhodes Montgomery, retiredHawaiian Electric Company, Inc. Vice-President of Engineering, to further the field of
Mechanical Engineering. The Hawaii Section isgrateful to the DME for helping to perpetuatethis competition. Coordinating this event for theDME were Dr. Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad, DMEChair and UHM DME ABET Chair, and Dr. A.Zachary Trimble, ASME Faculty Advisor. Bothprofessors shared in instructing the ME 482classes, and in a way were competing witheach other through their teams.
up the property, pay the taxes, etc.; or to sellthe property in fee simple for one-third the costof constructing the drain pond and reclaiminga plot of twenty acres. The latter proposalwould contemplate an outlay of about $2,000before actual work on the track begins. Thenthere will be a track or tracks to lay out andgrand stand and fence to be built, which willbring the cost to several more thousands. Thedrain pond will be five acres and oval shaped.This will leave a space fifty feet all round for thetracks and will afford a fourth mile wheel course[HS Thursday 10/1/1896].”
A committee of five was appointed to followup and “plans of raising the money had beensuggested.”
In a letter to the HG on the next day, Lorrin A,Thurston, leader of the Hawaiian Kingdom’soverthrow and annexationist, proposed toorganize a stock company to raise the fundsfor the procurement of the land, track andbuildings.
About the same time, the real estate compa-ny’s marketing campaign declared a contest“to the person who selects the most appropri-ate name for the lake now in constructioninside of the bicycle track at Kewalo willreceive a deed to one of the [50x100] buildinglots.” Whereas I was not able to discover thewinner’s name, perhaps because of a desiredanonymity, the name of the artificial lakeappeared in the Hawaiian Gazetter of Feb. 23,1897: Cyclomere Lake (see attached mapexcerpt).
Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem-bers might find interesting? Please send abrief description to C.S. Papacostas (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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