the 2009 asme francis rhodes montgomery design competition
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THE 2009 ASME FRANCIS RHODES MONTGOMERY DESIGN COMPETITIONThe annual Francis Rhodes Montgomery
Design Competition was held May 13, 2009 inHIG 110 on the University of Hawaii at Manoacampus. Competing were 10 teams with 43 stu-dents from the Department of MechanicalEngineering (DME) Capstone ME 482 SeniorDesign Project course, competing for four mone-tary awards. This may have been the largest stu-dent participation to date. Design projects com-peting included an electric car, an electric bike, aBaja racecar, a sailing canoe, beach wheelchair,fishing equipment, and several components oflarger systems. Each team gave a PowerPointpresentation followed by a poster session andhardware demonstration. Three ASME Hawaiijudges on the basis of content, organization, pro-totype, and response to questions scored thedesign project presentations.
Since 1987, ASME Hawaii works with theDME, University of Hawaii, Manoa, to host theFrancis Rhodes Montgomery DesignCompetition for the Department’s ME 482 SeniorDesign Project Course. This is a two-sequencemechanical engineering design course startingwith ME 481 and sometimes funded by variousorganizations such as REHAB Hospital of thePacific, Office of Naval Research, Boeing Co.,Ltd., and the UH Department of MechanicalEngineering.
The design competition was established inmemory of Francis Rhodes Montgomery, afounder of the Hawaii Section, to further the fieldof Mechanical Engineering. It is aimed at the stu-dent of Mechanical Engineering with the goal ofrecognizing and rewarding innovative designefforts, the practicality of the design, and the abil-ity to present the design in a clear and under-standable manner. The Montgomery Fund pro-vides the awards and refreshments. This pastschool year under the guidance of ProfessorsMehrdad Ghesemi-Nejhad and Ronald Knapp,DME Chairman, students developed design pro-jects from concept to prototype.
This competition also provides an assessmentof how well the DME accomplishes its Mission ofachieving eleven program outcomes, three gen-eral academic objectives, and two Major DesignExperience components for their ABET accredi-tation. From the student presentations the judgescan more reasonably assess the DME’s Mission.They get a first-hand view of the curriculumachievements that most outsiders do not see.The judges’ assessment of the DME’s program isdocumented for presentation to ABET.
The following are synopsis of the design pro-ject abstracts. The full abstracts can be found atthe ASME Hawaii website at http://www.sec-tions.asme.org/hawaii/frmdc.html.
First Four Design Projects:Neo Trans (Electric Vehicle) – This project
received the $600 first place award. Team mem-bers included Michael Menendez, Felix Jaralba,Kelsey Shigemasa, Patrick Yen, and BrandonMaeda. Neo Trans is an electric vehicle aimed ata “run-around” vehicle with at least a 50 milerange and moderate storage capabilities usingalready developed alternative energy technolo-gies and maximizing their sustainability throughsolar, wind, and water. The recharging station willbe a simple structure with medium efficiencysolar panels on the roof surface trickle charging amedium efficiency battery pack during the day.The students used new technologies such ascomposite engineering and Finite ElementAnalysis to maximize safety and durability whileminimizing weight. The Neo-1 car uses manyparts from existing cars to enforce recycling andease of maintenance.
High Performance Electric (Mountain)Bike – This project received the $300 secondplace award. Contrary to the Capstone courseteam concept, Daniel Call was the sole memberof this project. The goal of this project was toconvert an all-terrain bicycle into a high-perfor-mance electric mountain bike with the key beinga multi-ratio, high-torque drive train that can han-dle steep off-road trails yet still be fast enough toride on city streets. Other goals included no irre-versible modifications to the original bicycle andonly bolt-on mods for ease of conversion. Callused SolidWorks for drive train design and 3-Dmodeling and Cosmos for complex parts finiteelement analysis.
Project Pure Light-Adaptive (Outrigger)Canoe – This project received the $200 thirdplace award, and the team members wereMatthew Beach, Jon Mita, Katie Sandwell, andAnna Tomalik. The team chose to design andbuild an adaptive seat and a hard shell cover to
enable a group of physically disabled (such asparalyzed from the waist down) persons theopportunity to paddle in traditional Hawaiian out-rigger canoe races. Within these two designs,four main challenges were identified. The adap-tive seat was subsequently analyzed under twoscenarios-paddler hoisting himself out of thewater by grabbing on to the top of the seat andthe paddler applying force to the seat restraint bypaddling. The hard shell cover design was ana-lyzed under the scenario that a paddler would siton the cover. The team used SolidWorks COS-MOS 2008 for analyses. Prototype testing deter-mined that both items met the desired design cri-teria.
Design of a Deployable Solar Panel Arrayfor a Cube satellite – $100 was awarded to thefourth place team of Windell Jones and DavidHummer. Knowing that cube satellites enablescientific experiments to be performed at drasti-cally reduced costs compared to larger satellitesand knowing that a disadvantage of body-mounted solar panels is that most of the poweris consumed by the satellite bus leaving little forthe payload, the team sought to provide a solu-tion to this power constraint. The team selectedand designed a deployable solar panel arrayusing a heat activated Shape Memory Alloy,Nitinol, for actuation. They used finite elementanalysis, thermal analysis and vibration analysisto ensure their design would meet all theirrequirements.
The above placement of projects was deter-mined solely on the opinions of the three judgesfrom ASME Hawaii based on the technical pre-sentations.
The Other Design Projects:2008-2009 Baja SAE Series – Design and
build a “Baja” type vehicle in a team design effort
L-R: First Place Neo Trans Electric Vehicle team: Patrick Yen, Brandon Maeda, MichaelMenendez, Raymond Liu (ASME Past-Chair), Kelsey Shigemasa, and Felix Jaralba.
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2009 FUN Evening at The WillowsThe fiscal year went by swiftly. It seemed like
yesterday when this administration has just start-ed to move ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter activities.With a blink of our eyes, the time has come for usto close all activities (technical as well as social).On 6/12/09, the chapter members and theirfriends witnessed the installation of new officersas officiated by the Society Region X DRC JackZarour when the gavel has passed-on fromJoseph Ting to Albert Hahn. When the annual rit-ual was completed, the FUN part of the evening“Just Like Vegas” took place. It was jovial andeuphoric. The food was sumptuous and the casi-no games were awesome & terrific. All attendeeswere given 500 dollars worth of “mickey mouse”moneys to play. They either exchanged them for5 raffle tickets to win prizes or gambled theirways through the evening by doubling their mon-eys in order to enhance their chances by 200percent. Some lost all while others gained most.The bottom line was that everyone had a great“FUN” time.
The newly sworn-in Officers and members ofthe Board of Governors are listed above.
As the outgoing Chapter President JosephTing completed his term, he wrote this article toshare his thoughts with the ASHRAE HawaiiChapter constituencies as well as with the mem-bers of the other organizations that are HCESmembers.
It Takes Dedicated Volunteers In Making AChapter SustainableBy Joseph K. Ting, P.E., P.Eng.
Hawaii Chapter spans from the Kauai Island tothe Big Island. More than ninety (90%) percent ofour members resides in the Island of Oahu, theCity & County of Honolulu (a.k.a. Meeting Placein Hawaiian language). Since its inception in1969, Hawaii Chapter, being the 108th chapter ofthe Society, has played an important role in thedevelopment of ASHRAE Region X. The chapterhas achieved the Presidential Award ofExcellence (PAOE) in the past decades since theinception of the PAOE award in 1970.
Hawaii Chapter was built on respect, commit-ment and excellence. The success of this chap-ter is due to the personal commitment of our vol-unteers and their excellent performance in com-pleting their assigned tasks. As a result, manyvolunteers have gained respect in their business-es & social encounters. Hawaii Chapter can beproud of the quality of service, the “Aloha” spiritto serve and the pragmatic leadership to care forthe entire Chapter membership just like their“Ohana” (family) members.
“Volunteering through active participationcan be as easy as 1-2-3 and it’s FUN.” I takethis opportunity to say ‘Mahalo’ to all my prede-cessors, who served this great chapter in thepast years. I do appreciate the foundation estab-
lished by the past 39 leaders, their respectiveBoard of Governors and Committee Chairs. Ittakes dedicated volunteers like them in makingthis Chapter sustainable.
I am deeply honored to serve this chapter and“soon to be” part of the 40 years history. It wascertainly fulfilling for me to be involved this pastthree years. The urge to unify the HVAC&R com-munity within the eight (8) Hawaiian islands iseven more critical TODAY as was yesteryears.We have started to achieve this unification bysetting-up a new website http://hawaii.ashraechapters.org complete with PayPal but-tons for ease of payment, offering a “DO &DON’T technical session in addition to the mainprogram at each monthly meeting, providing theTechnical Seminar and Product Show at EastWest Center, re-activating the University ofHawaii Student Branch, establishing theHonolulu Community College Student Branch,creating the Big Island Section and setting-up the$60,000 Lester Nakata Memorial Funds throughthe ASHRAE Foundation to award scholarshipsfor students interested in the field ofRefrigeration. To further deliver this effort, weneed your ‘Daring Goals for a CaringCommunity Spirit’.
Hawaii Chapter has continued to urge morevolunteers to participate, as active participationcan be obtained only by setting a clear and mea-surable goal of giving and volunteering. It waspointed out that “voluntary service is the rentwe pay for living”, thus, each chapter memberis requested to donate ‘quality’ time and servicesin a voluntary way. Members are solicited to con-tribute ONE (1) percent of one month net incomeor $100 for ASHRAE Research (Foundation) andvolunteer TWO (2) to THREE (3) hours per weekto the HVAC&R community at the chapter,regional or society level. Towards that end, mem-bers who give at least 1% of their net income or$100 to the ASHRAE community and 2 to 3hours per week to voluntary services are modelsfor a caring community, and for a healthier &more comfortable world because what ASHRAEmembers ultimately provide to the society is sim-ply “COMFORT”.
This 1-2-3 formula for a caring communitywithin the Chapter, Region & Society has neverbeen legislated nor coerced, but, has been andwill be voluntarily implemented. Many individualmembers are willing to pay up personally withtheir time, energy and money. Members are alsobringing in the generations of volunteers, har-nessing the unused talent of our elderly (Life)members and the unfocused energy of ouryoung (YEA) members. Not only leadership fromthe chapter is passed from one generation to theothers, so is stewardship. Volunteers’ time andtalent as well as their turf and treasure areshared.
Voluntarism connotes freedom of commit-ment; it suggests a will to serve and help. This isdone freely for the sake of serving and helping,and not for consideration of financial gains. Byhelping out, many of us have chosen to embracethe path towards that goal. Towards that end, Iwant to thank you again for your help. I urge allmy successors to continue recruiting volunteersfor their respective years as Chapter President &to provide continuous support to our Chapter.
As Hawaii Chapter closes this Society Year2008-09 with great success from the concertedeffort of the Chapter Officers, Committee Chairs& other volunteers, it is apparent that it takesdedicated volunteers to have a sustainable chap-ter. Likewise, it takes chapters to have a region;and, it is also true that it takes regions to have aSociety. Without members from the grassroots,the Society wouldn’t be at the stage where it isright now.
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2009-10 OFFICERSPresident Albert Hahn, P.E.President-Elect Dicson AggabaoVice President Michael ChangSecretary Barry Jim On, P.E.Treasurer Rick Schnarr
2009-10 BOARD OF GOVERNORSPast President Joseph K. Ting, P.E.Member Kevin Saito, P.E.Member Wiliam Lee, P.E.Member Paul Scott
SEN. KAUFMAN INTRODUCESRESOLUTION HONORING ASME CODESAND STANDARDS
Earlier this week, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE),the only engineer in the U.S. Senate (BSME fromDuke University), took to the floor to introduceSenate Resolution 179 recognizing ASME for125 years of excellence in codes and standardsdevelopment.
In his floor statement, Sen. Kaufman stated, “Itis impossible to ignore the effect ASME’s codesand standards have had on global development.During the period of rising industrialization, asmachines were expanding in use and complexityon farms and in factories, ASME standardshelped to ensure the safety of engineers andworkers using these machines. Today, in ourglobal economy, these codes and standards arecontinually revised and updated to reflectchanges in technology. As a result, ASME’scodes and standards are accepted across theglobe and help to advance international com-merce. The American Society of MechanicalEngineers (ASME) has adapted to meet thechanges and challenges in the engineering pro-fession. I commend their accomplishments andcontributions to the health, safety, and economicwell-being of our nation.”
MONTHLY “MEMBER SAVVY” EMAILSHave you been receiving these emails from
Michael Kreisberg, Director, ASME MembershipDevelopment. His attempt has been to create adialogue with you about the benefits that providevalue for your ASME Membership dues. Over thepast few months, he’s discussed the amazingonline e-Library, shared some of the many net-working opportunities, and informed you aboutthe helpful resources ASME has for every stageof your career. All great rea-sons to be an ASMEMember!
Now he brings up a dif-ferent type of Membershipbenefit, which may notdirectly enhance your tech-nical knowledge or immedi-ately save you money onproducts, but may be themost important benefit tothe engineering profession(and therefore to yourcareer). For June 2009 heshares how ASME repre-sents you and your fellowmechanical engineers withadvocacy and policy effortsin Washington DC, andhow you can get involvedas an ASME Member.
Government relations isthe primary way that ASMEprovides effective represen-tation and advocacy for theengineering profession.Objectives are achievedthrough a number of efforts.ASME publishes “CapitolUpdate,” a weekly electron-ic newsletter focused onlegislative and regulatorynews of interest to the engi-neering community. It’s freeand it provides valuableinsight on the latest publicpolicy developments fromCapitol Hill. Sign up for“Capitol Update” on yourMembers Only Web site athttps://my.asme.org.
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NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEETINGDate: July 14, 2009Time: 5:30 pm to 7:15 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue
CafeteriaAgenda: Dr. Mehrdad Ghasemi-Nejhad presen-
tation on Nanotechnology. Dr. Nejhad of the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, UHM, and ASME Fellow is a leadingresearcher and authority on Nanotechnology. Heis one of the inventors of the nanobrush, (the“World’s smallest Brush”), certificated by theGuinness Book of World Record in 2007. Dr.Ghasemi-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.
Members and guests are invited. There will belots of free pizza and soft drinks as usual. Pleasecontact Ed Chang for directions and for moreinformation, such as parking.
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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
FUTURE MEETING PROGRAMS September 8, 2009: Derek Sato, P.E. will give
a general overview of HECO’s fuel infrastructuresystem.
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.
Fire Sprinkler Seminar August 12-14 onMaui
The National Fire Sprinkler Association, in part-nership with the Maui Fire Department, is holdingtwo separate seminars this August 12-14, 2009at the Maui Beach Hotel. It is an opportunity toget good training without having to go to themainland.
See May issue for details.Please go to http://www.nfsa.org/ and see the
event schedule. The application must be sent tothe National Fire Sprinkler Association for signup. Please feel free to contact Captain Val Martinof the Maui Fire Department at 244-9161 if thereare any questions.
Section Dinner MeetingTuesday, July 21, 2009.
Speaker Evelyn Hirt, IEEE-USA PresidentElect, on IEEE-USA initiatives on employmentduring this continuing recession. She will bejoined by other officers and staff of IEEE. CharlesRubenstein, Region I (US East Coast), PaulKostik, Chris McManes. RSVP to Al [email protected].
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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]
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
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Next YMF General MeetingThe next two YMF general meetings are
scheduled for Wednesday, July 1, 6:00 p.m. atGordon Biersch, 599-4877 and Wednesday,August 5, 6:00 p.m. at Ige’s Restaurant & 19thPuka, 486-3500. If you are interested in attend-ing to find out what the YMF is all about, pleasecontact Aaron Erickson at (808)591-2728 [email protected].
2009 Younger Member EmployerRecognition AwardBy Florence Ching, Awards Chair
The ASCE Hawaii Section YMF is requestingnominations for the 2009 Younger MemberEmployer Recognition Award. Nominations arestrongly encouraged to recognize those employ-ers who support their Young Engineers to getinvolved within ASCE, the engineering communi-ty, and their organization. This award was creat-ed to recognize those employers who acknowl-edge that Young Engineers are today’s leaders inthe profession and encourage their personaldevelopment. CYM will review nominations at itsFall meeting and a winning list of organizationswill be submitted for publication in the CivilEngineering magazine or ASCE News in additionto the Younger Member Newsletter. Winningorganizations will also be recognized in their localcommunity. CYM will also award SuperiorEmployer Recognition to a public and privatenominee that shows exemplary support of theirYoung Engineers in their organization.
If you are interested in submitting a nomina-tion, please contact YMF Awards CommitteeChair Florence Ching at [email protected] at 808-473-4137 x233. Nominations are dueto Florence no later than July 20, 2009. For moreinformation on award criterion and award nomi-nation forms visit the CYM website athttp://www.asce.org/pressroom/honors/cym_awrds.cfm or contact Florence.
JULY DINNER MEETINGProgram: Structural Technical Committee;SEAOH Joint MeetingIan Robertson, Ph.D., S.E., professor at theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa, will make a pre-sentation on the “Design of Coastal Structuresfor Tsunami Loading“. This presentation will dis-cuss Performance Based Tsunami Engineering(PBTE) and the development of design guidelinesand computational tools that can be used byengineers to design coastal structures to resisttsunami loads. Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,
Manoa ValleyTime: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time
6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:00 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - Adjourn
Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $22.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section
members$25.00 for Non-ASCE Hawaii Sectionmembers and Guests$11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter members
Please make checks payable to ASCE-HawaiiSection and mail to Ian Arakaki, ASCE Treasurer,The Limtiaco Consulting Group, 650 Iwilei Road,Suite 208, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 postmarkedby Friday, July 10, 2009. Reservations for thedinner meeting to Ian Arakaki by Monday, July13, 2009, by phone at 596-7790, fax at 596-7361 or email at [email protected].
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: June 8, 2009Next meeting: July 8, 2009
STUDENT CHAPTER NEWSThe University of Hawaii Student Chapter has
elected new officers for the 2009-2010 year asfollows: President – Lori Higashi, Vice-President –Jessica Agsalda, Treasurer – Kendra Hanagami,Corresponding Secretary – Kari Ann Kumashiro,Recording Secretary – Alicia Nakano. The HawaiiSection congratulates the new officers and wish-es them a productive and enjoyable year. TheStudent Chapter competed in the 2009ASCE/AISC National Student Steel BridgeCompetition (NSSCB) at UNLV on May 22nd and23rd in Las Vegas. The steel bridge team, con-sisting of Eric Tomishima (captain), Lori Higashi,Joel Reyes, Ben Ng, and Brent Ching qualifiedfor the NSSBC by placing first at the PacificSouthwest Regional Conference April 2-3-4. Atthis year’s 18th annual NSSBC, the top 47 bridgeteams from across the nation (out of an estimat-ed 300 bridges in the regional conferences) com-peted in 6 categories including constructionspeed, lightness, display, stiffness, economy, and
efficiency. In the face of fierce competition, theUHM team did very well by placing 11th overall inthe event, with 4th place in both lightness anddisplay categories as well as 7th in constructionspeed. The students also enjoyed the whole-some Las Vegas strip and a tour of nearbyHoover Dam. The UHM team also competed atthe NSSBCs in 2006 (18th place) and 2008 (27thplace) and is planning to qualify for next year’sNSSBC to be held at Purdue University. TheStudent Chapter wishes to acknowledge andthank the many individual and corporate spon-sors as well as the Hawaii Section for their gen-erous financial support which allowed the stu-dents to participate and excel at the PSWRC andthe NSSBC in 2009.
PAULETTE UJIMORI SELECTED AS 2009ASCE NATIONAL YOUNG GOVERNMENTCIVIL ENGINEER
The ASCE National Committee on YoungerMembers has written to inform us of its selectionof our very own PAULETTE UJIMORI, MarineCorps Base Hawaii, Public Works Division, as2009 ASCE Young Government Civil Engineer.She will be presented with the award at theYounger Member Leadership Symposium(YMLS) on October 31, 2009, in Kansas City andher selection will be announced in future issues ofASCE News and Younger Member Newsletter.Congratulations to Paulette for achieving thisprestigious honor.
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 Nominations will be due August 13th,
2009. Please visit our website www.asce-hawaii.org for further details.
ASCE NATIONAL ELECTIONSAPPROACHING
The annual ASCE National Elections are fastapproaching and the voting period will last fromJune through August. Your vote is important, soplease take the time to vote. Listed below arePresident-Elect Candidates, as well as ourRegion 8 nominees.
President-Elect Nominees:• Kathy J. Caldwell, P.E., M.ASCE, Gainesville,
Fla. Former ASCE Florida Section President,Region 5 Board of Governors Chair, andStrategic Planning Committee Chair.
• Moustafa A. Gouda, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE,Manalapan, N.J. Former Chair of Finance,Program and Audit Committees, SocietyTreasurer, District 1 Director, Governor of theGeo-Institute, and Diplomate of TheAcadamey of Geo-Professionals
The Hawaii Section endorses Moustafa A.Gouda for President. President-Elect nomineebiographies, vision statements, and special pod-casts containing interviews with each of the two
nominees are accessible on-line at http://con-tent.asce.org/Board%20Elections/2010/PresElectPodcasts.html)
Region 8 Director Nominee: K.N. Gunalan,Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Former ASCE Utah SectionPresident-Elect and President.
Region 8 Governor Nominees: • Tony C.G. Lau, P.E., F.ASCE, Former ASCE
Hawaii Section Past President• Michael E. Mathieu, P.E., F.ASCE, Former
ASCE Arizona Section President and ASCESouthern Arizona Branch President
• Raymond Walton, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE,M.ASCE, Former ASCE Seattle SectionDirector and President
The Hawaii Section endorses Tony Lau forRegion 8 Governor. Complete documentation ofeach candidate’s vision statement and biography
CFSEI National Convention Jeoffrey Cudiamat attended the 2009 CFSEI
National Annual Conference that was held onMay 20-21 in Anaheim, California, in conjunctionwith the 2009 California Steel Framing Forum.Jeoffrey reported that there were several techni-cal sessions that were very informative and thatthose speakers would be among those consid-ered to be invited to speak at our technical sem-inar scheduled for April 2010.
TechNotesTech Note “Changes from the 1997 Uniform
Building Code to the 2006International Building Codefor Lateral Design with Cold-Formed Steel Framing” hasbeen completed and willsoon be published togetherwith a handful of Tech Notesand the quarterly nationalCFSEI newsletter.
Future Chapter ActivitiesA tour of the Dietrich
Metal Framing plant inKapolei is scheduled for10:00 am September 16,2009. After touring the plantwe plan on having lunch atthe Kapolei Golf CourseClubhouse restaurant andhave a demonstration on theuse of Dietrich’s cold-formed steel design soft-ware. A technical seminar isbeing planned for April2010. Among the seminartopics being considered aremid-rise structures com-bined with non cold-formedsteel (CFS) lateral systems,truss presentation and prod-uct standards and spantables in conjunction withthe SSMA’s new catalog. Ifyou have any suggestionson future program topics,please contact Jason Emotoor Jeoffrey Cudiamat.
AD-HOC COMMITTEEThe next meeting of the
ad-hoc committee tasked
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HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGJune 2, 2009
Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical
Seminars/Events:On May 14th, 19th, and 21st, structural
masonry webinars were held. A seminar was pre-sented at the UH East-West Center by LTAPregarding Pavement Preservation on May 27th.The upcoming seminars and events are antici-pated to be presented later this year:– On June 9th, the CCPI and SEAOH will jointly
host a seminar featuring Kevin Folliard andMichael Thomas regarding “The Durability ofConcrete in Hawaii’s Marine Environment”.
– On June 23rd, SEAOH, CCPI, and GPRM willhost a seminar regarding precast prestressedpiles. The anticipated speaker is Sri Sritharan.
– On June 24th, the MCAH Scholarship GolfTournament will be at the Pearl Country Club.
– A joint dinner meeting with ASCE is scheduledfor July 16th, 2009. Ian Robertson will be thefeatured speaker.
– 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.
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:The Board approved that this year’s SEAOH
Convention will be held jointly with the CCPI onOctober 16 and 17 at the Sheraton MoanaSurfrider Hotel. Be on the lookout for emails withmore information.
The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 7,
2009 EAAUH Golf Tournament: This year’s scholarship golf tournament will be
held at the Pearl Country Club on Friday, July 10,2009. The tournament objective is to raisemoney for six $2,000 scholarships, while provid-ing a venue for COE alumni to socialize.Volunteers are also needed for this event. If youwould like to help, please contact Matt Fujioka([email protected])for more information.
Congratulations to the spring 2009College of Engineering graduates!
HIGHLIGHTS-MAY/JUN ACTIVITIES June 5, 2009: BOARD of DIRECTORS’
MONTHLY MEETING – because of the manyactivities associated with the ending of theschool year and graduation activities, our JuneBoard Meeting was cancelled. Congratulations toall our graduates! Also, congratulations & bestwishes to Eugene who is on his “final” trip to thePhilippines to renew his wedding vows with hiswife Minnie. Have a great Summer, Faleans!
Next Meeting: July 3, 2009. We’ll be dis-cussing our summer activities, FALEA’s upcom-ing Christmas Party on December 5, andMembership Committee update.
2009, at the University of Hawaii, Holmes Hall.Contact SEAOH President Myles Shimokawa(593-0933, [email protected]) for more informa-tion.
with developing general notes and specificationsfor cold-formed steel will be held at noon on June19, 2009 at the office of Wilson Okamoto &Associates. Anyone interested in participating inthe development of these general notes andspecifications is encouraged to attend this meet-ing. Bento lunch will be provided. If you wish toparticipate, please contact Akira Usami.
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ASCE SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENTIN HONOR OF STEVE FONG
The second annual ASCE Hawaii ScholarshipGolf Tournament in Honor of Steve Fong will takeplace on August 14, 2009 at the Pearl CountryClub (11:00am registration and 12:30pm shot-gun start). A registration form is available on theSection web site (www.ascehawaii.org). Youmay sign up a team or as an individual and vari-ous sponsorship opportunities are available. Foradditional information, please call Lori Fong (955-4441) or Ron Iwamoto (486-5202). Please joinus for the camaraderie of friends and associatesout on the links in August.
ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following employers have openings they
would like to fill:
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[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.
HSPE held its State installation banquet onSaturday, June 20, 2009, in Hilo at the EncoreRestaurant. The HSPE Maui Chapter installationluncheon was held on Friday, June 19, 2009, atthe Kahili Restaurant in Waikapu. NSPE VicePresident Michael Hardy attended both ban-quets.
The newly elected State officers for the HawaiiSociety of Professional Engineers for 2009 and2010 are listed above.
Just a friendly reminder to please save the dateof August 7, 2009, for the Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers Educational FoundationGolf Tournament - a Fundraiser for MATH-COUNTS and Scholarships. The golf tournamentwill be held at the Waikele Golf Course, with aNoon Shotgun Start. For more information or toreserve your space and sponsorship – pleasecontact Scott Seu, HSPEEF President [email protected].
KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas
KAIMUKI BOWL AND PALI IWIAs I promised some time ago, I will devote a
few more installments of my history vignettes totopics about which I received reactions or ques-tions from my readers.
Quite a few of you I understand have seen astory entitled “Bowled Over” in the Sunday April5, 2009 Star-Bulletin’s (SB) “Kokua Line” serieswritten by June Watanabe. The story answered aquestion from a SB reader who wondered aboutthe stone structure ruins seen on Crater Road inKaimuki. Having discovered that the structurehad been a water reservoir, Ms Watanabe con-tacted me because one of her references was myFebruary 2006 article where I mentioned a 1913“History of the Honolulu Water Works” byThomas S. Sedgwick. As she put it, “at ourrequest, Papacostas searched his notes andfound several other references to reservoirs inKaimuki.” And indeed, she used some (but noteverything) of what I shared with her.
By the way, the original stone reservoir wasbuilt around 1900. Since it was abandoned in1917, the “Bowl” on Telegraph Hill (or Pu`u oKaimuki) has been used and cared for by Troop10 of the Boy Scouts.
Changing the subject, exactly two years ago(in July 2007) I received the following email mes-sage from Brent Hatherill: “Hi I’m writing from atelevision program called Digging for the Truth forthe History Channel after having noticed yourHistory and Heritage section of the ASCE’sHawaii website. I’m in the process of research-ing the discovery of the Kalanikupule warriorremains during the construction of Old Pali Rd.and was curious if you might be able to helppoint me in the right direction. Specifically I’m try-ing to find a publication from the local newspa-pers of the incident during 1897. Launching thissearch from Washington D.C. has proven difficultand after noticing the article from 2001 “The OldPali Road on Oahu” and seeing the intricateresearch I wanted to try and reach the author. Doyou by chance know the author’s name or con-tact info? Or if you are the author himself that’seven better! Thanks so much, any assistancewould be grealy appreciated!”
I responded that I was indeed the author hewas searching for and gave him the reason whyhe had such difficulty finding newspaper articlesfrom the late 1800s: although on microfilm,Hawai`i newspapers prior to 1929 are not sys-tematically indexed. I asked what he was exactlylooking for and he responded:
“Thanks so much for getting back to me. Hereis the gist of what I’m attempting to track downand I’ve inserted what surrounding informationI’ve gathered along with it (most of which I’m sureyou’re already well versed in). In researching thebattle at Nu’uanu between the Chief of O’ahuand Kamehameha the Great near the PaliLookout, it seems the remains of the warriorswere accidentally unearthed during the construc-tion of Old Pali Road around 1897 by Wilson andWhitehouse with Oahu Railway & Land (OR&L).Though I’ve seen multiple mentions of this takingplace I’m unable to find any solid references topublished reports of its occurrence during thattime.”
I thought it worth supplementing what I hadwith additional research and got back to him withthe following summary:
“Here are some items of interest. Please feelfree to use. All I ask is an acknowledgment:1. Although large, the Oct. 4, 1897 use of explo-
sives was not the first on the project. For
example, the July 16, 1897 issue of the PacificCommercial Advertiser (PCA) reports the deathof a native worker named Kilauea during blast-ing operations.
2. You are correct. There are many non-attributedreferences to the burying of the iwi (bones).These accounts vary in their estimates of thenumber of remains and their location.
3. One mention of the presence of the bones isby Isabella Bird (c1870s) whom I quoted in myOct. 2001 vignette. Interestingly, in its first everissue (Vol. I, No. 1) the January 1888 issue of“Paradise of the Pacific” carries a longer quo-tation from Bird, ending with the same quote.
4. According to PCA’s Oct. 5, 1897, detaileddescription of the Oct. 4, 1897, blasts (19 alto-gether): It was ‘about 1000 feet from the top ofthe pali’ and the debris ‘closed the old roadforever.’ There was no mention of bones beingburied in this article.
5. In the July 10, 1947 issue of the Advertiser, ina story without by-line entitled, “Mayor Tells ofPast Pali Skeleton Finds,” John Wilson wasquoted in part: “Fifty years ago LouWhitehouse and I took the contract to con-struct the first road over the Pali... At the pointjust below the first turn in the Pali we found theskeletons of the army which KingKamehameha and his men had driven over thecliff. As I recall it, we started work just 100years after the famous battle. There were morethan 800 skulls and other bones in one area.”He then continued: “We set off a big blast that
took off the side of the big cliff, the rock and dirtslid on down the side and provided a mass bur-ial for the Oahu warriors. That is why so fewskeletons are to be found at the base of the Palitoday.“
Johnny Wilson’s phrase “more than 800 skullsand other bones” may have caused the wide-ranging estimates of the number of skeletonsinvolved. Some interpreted it to mean “more than800 skulls” plus other bones; others understoodhim to mean more than 800 items, includingskulls and other bones.
Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem-bers might find interesting? Please send a briefdescription to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014,email [email protected]). Previous arti-cles in the series may be found at the Section’sweb site. Just point your browser tohttp://www.ascehawaii.org.
(continued on page 7)
On June 9, 2009, SAME Honolulu held itsmonthly discussion at the Hale Ikena, FortShafter. Gerald W. Davis, the Assistant RegionalAdministrator for Habitat Conservation Divisionfor the National Marine Fisheries Service, PacificIslands Regional Office, gave a great talk on theneed to develop a partnered approach to restor-ing coastal health in Maunalua Bay, Oahu. Theeffort includes the development of storm watermanagement solutions, better understandingdrainage volume and velocity impacts, water-shed specific contaminants, nutrient loading,alien invasive algae and sedimentation.
On July 14, SAME Honolulu will be holding itsmonthly meeting at the Hale Ikena. The newboard of directors will be sworn in and Jim VanEpps will be giving an update on the Hawaii lightrail effort.
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to compete in a variety of dynamic and staticevents to determine the best overall engineeringproduct. The Society of Automotive Engineerssponsors this collegiate competition annually.Team members included Duke Hartman, SethSiaki, Rossier Ines, Jeffrey Guzman, GavinWhiteaker, Tyler Phillips, Kristina Bocobo, RyanNakamitsu, Jared Tavares, Andrew Stercho,Jason Dayuha, Josh Weissman, Michael Fung,Thomas Matthews, Cathy Balderama, andBrennan Lining. Students team up to design,analyze and build the different components using3-D modeling software such as SolidWorks dur-ing the design phase and then perform analysison the components using finite element analysissoftware such as ANSYS. Once designed, thestudents fabricated and tested the vehicle.
Sailing Canoe – Retrofit an existing canoe hullto design an outrigger sailing canoe for racing inhopes of bringing new competition and furtheringawareness of this Hawaiian tradition. Teamfocused their attention on four subsystems: thesails and rigging, the ama’s and iakos, the mainhull, and the steering and sail control. They usedcomputer models, FEA software, and analyticalanalysis on the final design. Much of the fabrica-tion involved rebuilding the main hull using epoxyand glass reinforcing fibers. Team membersincluded Billy Lawson, Kaveh Khosroshahi, KjellNewall, and Perry Morita.
DiG: Semi-Autonomous Lunar Excavator(an Unmanned Electric Vehicle) – Project forthe 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge, which isa NASA Centennial Challenge. The contest callsfor designing a semi-autonomous robot capableof extracting and depositing regolith into a col-lector bin over a two-foot wall. The robot mustnot use any atmosphere dependent mechanismsor ordinance of any kind. The goal is to collectand transport 150 kg of regolith approximately 3m while avoiding random rocks. Operating semi-autonomously means the robot must operateautonomously but may receive delayed com-mands from an operator who receives informa-tion constrained by the sensors of the robot. Theteam of Lee Arnold, Muneaki Miyasaka, andDaniel Works used SolidWorks and ANSYS toconduct finite element analysis on key compo-nents of the robot.
Beach Wheelchair – Design and build animproved beach wheelchair for AccesSurf Hawaiithat overcomes the difficulties and shortcomingsassociated with their existing beach wheelchairs
following their set of requirements and specifica-tions, including size, resistance, stability, andstrength. The team of Charlie Pascual, CherieKinoshita, Jay Zheng, Jon Arai, and SteeleOkamoto used Pugh’s method to select the finaldesign. Analysis and optimization of all majorcomponents were performed using SolidWorksanalyses.
Wheelchair Tray Table – Design and build awheelchair tray table for a client with spinal cordinjury that will be firm for easier writing tasks andwill have the ability to swing out of the way, butnot in a way that it would impede the operationof the wheelchair. Student Myongsoo Ko undertook this project sponsored by REHAB Hospitalof the Pacific.
Automated Fishing Reel Winder – Improvethe design of an existing machine to put newfishing lines on fishing reels. The machine needsto remove the line from the reel, and then spoolup the reel with new fishing line. The machinemust automatically apply an adjustable tension tothe new line as it is being spooled. The team ofShotaro Nagamine and Takahiro Soma usedCOSMOS for finite element analysis on criticalcomponents of the machine. They had to designand build a machine that cost less than $1000,had high corrosion resistance, and high-tensionadjustability.
Acknowledgements
Professors Mehrdad Ghasemi-Nejhad andRonald Knapp, and the ME 482 students havemade this event another successful FrancisRhodes Montgomery Design Competition. Thestudents displayed outstanding design and prob-lem solving abilities, and most worked success-fully in teams showing that they will have noproblems transitioning to their professionalcareers. ASME Hawaii, Mrs. Margaret L.Montgomery, and the Montgomery Foundationare very appreciative to Professors Nejhad andKnapp for their assistance to help perpetuate theFrancis Rhodes Montgomery DesignCompetition. Section Director, James Grogan,coordinated the competition between the DMEand ASME Hawaii. The judges this year wereKory Ikeda of Hawaiian Dredging ConstructionCompany, Raymond Liu of Alaka’i MechanicalCorporation, and Derek Sato of Hawaiian ElectricCompany. All three judges were past student par-ticipants of the Francis Rhodes MontgomeryDesign Competition.
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