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HSPE 2017 Engineer of the YearTony C.G. Lau, P.E., F.ASCE

The Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies isproud to announce that Tony C.G. Lau, P.E., F.ASCE,has been awarded the 2017 Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers (HSPE) Engineer of the Year.

Mr. Lau is currently the Naval Facilities EngineeringCommand (NAVFAC) Hawaii, Capital Improvements(CI) Civil Engineering Design Branch Manager. Healso serves as the Civil Technical Design Coordinatorand Civil Community of Practice Chair for NAVFACHawaii CI. He was previously an Associate VicePresident and Federal Business Group Manager at HDR’s Honolulu Officeand a Project Manager Engineer at Hawaii Pacific Engineers.

Mr. Lau is a proud alumnus of Kalani High School. He received aBachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University ofHawaii at Manoa in 1992. He was the recipient of the 2002 HSPE YoungEngineer of the Year Award.

During his 24-year career, Mr. Lau has completed civil designs on adiverse range of project types including site development, utilities infra-structure, waterfronts, airfields and environmental compliance studies.He has provided design services for the Federal Department of Defense,State of Hawaii, City and County of Honolulu, and private entities. In addi-tion to his work within Hawaii, he has practiced civil engineering in uniquelocations including Johnston Island, Guam, Kwajalein Island, Japan,Singapore and Diego Garcia.

Mr. Lau’s technical contributions to the profession are highlightedthrough nine noteworthy projects for NAVFAC Pacific. The nine projectsreceived client evaluation ratings of Exceptional and the teams were rec-ognized with NAVFAC Pacific Certificates of Appreciation between 1993and 2010. His roles on the project teams ranged from project manager

2017 Young Engineer of the YearPuna Kaneakua

The Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies (HCES)is proud to announce Mr. Keane “Puna” Kaneakua asthe recipient of the 2016 Young Engineer of the YearAward. Mr. Kaneakua was nominated by the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Hawaii Section forhis exceptional contributions to the profession and thecommunity.

Mr. Kaneakua grew up on Oahu and attendedHarvey Mudd College in California where he receivedhis Bachelor of Science Degree in GeneralEngineering in 2006. He returned to Hawaii after graduation and currentlyworks as a Senior Civil Engineer at AECOM. As a senior engineer, Punaoversees between 25-30 projects of varying sizes where he plays a keyrole in project management and client services. He is the civil Engineerof Record (EOR) responsible for oversight of the design for six transit sta-tions for the Honolulu Rail Transit (HART) project including stations at EastKapolei, UH West Oahu, Ho’opili, West Loch, Waipahu Transit Center, andLeeward Community College stations. He coordinated agency reviewsfor the rails transit stations in the Farrington Highway Station Group andWest Oahu Station group. Puna has played a critical role in design coor-dination efforts between various design offices around the country.AECOM awarded Mr. Kaneakua the Outstanding Newcomer Award in2014 for his exceptional contributions. Puna is also responsible for over-sight and coordination of condition assessments of 25 wastewater pumpstations around the island of Oahu. Other major projects he was involvedin include Coconut Island Improvements, Waiahole Water SystemImprovemenets, Kuhio Park Terrace Tower A and B Renovations, con-

2017 HCES Student Engineer of the YearGeorge Zhang

The 2017 HCES Student Engineer Of The Yearaward goes to Mr. George B. Zhang of the ElectricalEngineering Department, College of Engineering(CoE), University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). He isexpecting to graduate with a BSEE in the Springsemester of 2017 with an overall GPA of 3.95/4.00.

George is a proud 2013 Punahou School (PS) grad-uate who ventured to the engineering school at JohnsHopkins University (JHU) but decided to return toHawaii and enroll at the CoE, UHM. He has accom-plished some incredible things on his journey…

Before venturing on his collegiate adventure, George was the 1stViolinist for the Hawaii Youth Symphony. While at JHU, he mentored theBarclay Middle School in STEM education for their Science Olympiad aspart of the Charm City Science League. He worked as a Software andHardware Developer for the Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment and a Software Development Intern for the Applied PhysicsLaboratory, one of the five Department of Defense research laboratoriesthat resides at a university – the University of Hawaii equivalent of theApplied Research Laboratory. He also worked as a Research Assistantat the Biomechanical and Image Guided Surgical Systems Laboratory inthe Baltimore area.

These experiences in Baltimore had a lasting influence on George ashe returned home and enrolled at the CoE, UHM, where he has madeseveral incredible accomplishments as a Research Assistant for theMillimeter/Microwave Research Lab.

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2017 HCES Lifetime Achievement AwardMae Nishioka

Mae Nishioka has been a remarkable engineer inHawaii, beginning her career in 1950. She is a gradu-ate of Roosevelt High School. When she enrolled incollege in 1946, Mae had no idea that she would be thevery first female to graduate from the University ofHawaii, College of Engineering. This graduating classin June 1950 was the largest engineering class of itstime, producing approximately 50 engineering gradu-ates. The two previous classes had only 10 and twostudents, because all of the men had been drafted intothe army during the war years. The were coming back so the job marketwas very competitive. Yet Mae managed to secure a highly prized engi-neering job in Hawaii.

Mae was so eager to work, she even accepted the job before gradua-tion. She recalls getting a message through her professor that she had aphone interview that she could take time out of class to take the call. Shewas offered and accepted a job for the Territory of Hawaii in the HighwayPlanning Office. There she worked on the beginnings of the H-1 freeway.

Besides being the first female engineer out of the University of Hawaii,Mae is also the first female to become a licensed Professional Engineerin Hawaii. She obtained her PE in 1954.

Mae was also a dedicated parent and she took three years off from hercareer to stay at home to raise her children. Her son and two daughtersstill all live and work in Hawaii, one daughter teaching math at RooseveltHigh School.

Mae was asked to return to work in 1956 because engineers were insuch short supply. She went to work for the Hawaii Irrigation Authoritytravelling to Waimea on the island of Hawaii from her home on Oahu.

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2016 – 2017 CMAA Hawaii BoardPRESIDENT: Chandra Namumnart, CCM, CISEC(EKNA Services, Inc.)VICE-PRESIDENT: Jeff Mack, P.E. (CH2M)SECRETARY: Julie Hero, P.E., CCM (SSFMInternational)TREASURER: Alex Pascual, P.E. (Bow ConstructionManagement Service, Inc.)

CMAA Hawaii Chapter News:

In February CMAA will open up our 2017Scholarships. CMAA Hawaii will award 2 schol-arships for $1000 each to a full time under-graduate student currently enrolled at HonoluluCommunity College or University of Hawaii andinterested in or pursuing a major/minor inConstruction Management, or a dependent ofan active CMAA Hawaii Chapter/StudentChapter member who has been accepted toattend a university or college and is interestedin Construction Management with a cumulativeGPA of 3.0 or higher. If you are interested inapplying for one of these scholarships, pleasewatch for our email blast with more informationand links to the application. Due date for sub-mission is Friday June 30, 2017 at 4pm. Don’tmiss this opportunity!

We expect 2017 to be another exciting yearfor CMAA Hawaii, and we would love for you tobe a part of that excitement. Our chapter ishere as a resource for all ConstructionEngineering and Management professionals,and the things that we do benefit not only ourCM community but our larger Ohana as well.If you have any questions regarding any of ourupcoming events, would like to join our Ohanaand become more involved with the CMAAHawaii Chapter or would simply like to beadded to our email list, please email us [email protected], or at our mailingaddress; CMAA Hawaii, PO Box 531, Honolulu,HI 96809.

Looking for a CCM? The current listing for allHawaii CCMs can be found here:https://cmaanet.org/certified-construction-managers-registry.

LETTER FROM THE ACECH PRESIDENTWritten by Corey Matsuoka, P.E., PMP, LEED AP

With a New Year always comes New Year’sresolutions. At ACEC Hawaii, we’re no excep-tion as we’re on the precipice of launching newand exciting endeavors.

Our first resolution is to bring more value toour neighbor island members. ACECH haslong been an Oahu centric organization, notnecessarily by choice, but more so becausethe vast majority of our membership was onOahu. We are now making a conscious effortto reach out to our neighbor island members bystreaming some of our educational eventsdirectly into their offices. This will allow them toparticipate without having to get on a plane tojoin us.

Our second resolution is to provide more net-working events with government agencies forour members. We are planning a series of“Pau Hana” events where our members andstaff from a government agency get togetherafter work to socialize over a few refreshments.No programs or agendas, just the opportunityto develop deeper relationships.

Our third resolution is to renew our relation-ship with the Army Corps of Engineers andNAVFAC. As many of you know, ACECH usedto host symposiums with both organizations.However, due to some complications fromWashington, we were not able to continue thesymposiums. We are working hard to find away to bring back the symposium in 2018.

Most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten byFebruary, if not sooner. At ACECH, we intendto follow through with ours, so be on the lookoutfor these new and exciting opportunities.Happy New Year!

Corey Matsuoka, P.E., PMP, LEED APACECH President (FY 2016-2017)

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

2016-2017 Board of DirectorsPresident - Corey Matsuoka, SSFM InternationalPresident-Elect - Jeff Kalani, Yogi Kwong EngineersTreasurer - Sean Sugai, Ronald N.S. Ho & AssociatesSecretary - Ken Kawahara, Akinaka & Associates,Ltd.

SCHEDULE OF 2017 ENGINEERS WEEK ACTIVITIES IN HONOLULU

FEB 18, Saturday. Engineers Week Exhibit and VEX IQ Tournament, 10 am to 2 pm,Windward Mall Center Court.

FEB 20, Monday. Engineers Week Special edition article in the Honolulu Star Advertiser.FEB 21, Tuesday. 2017 Engineers Week Kick-off Luncheon, 11:30 am, Hale Koa Hotel

Banyan Tree Showroom. Robert Kroning, Director of Design and Construction, City and Countyof Honolulu, “Department of Design and Construction Top Projects and Smarter CitiesInitiatives.” Luncheon reservation information on page 4.

FEB 22, Wednesday. Student Career Day, at University of Hawaii Campus Center.FEB 23, Thursday. “Dream Big!” a feature film presentation by the American Society of Civil

Engineers, Hawaii Section. 7:00 at the Consolidated Theaters Ward 16. More information in theASCE article on page 6.

FEB 25, Saturday. 2017 Engineers Week Banquet, 6:30 pm at the Glass Ballroom, KoolauBallroom & Conference Center. Speaker is Henk Rogers of TETRIS and honoring the four annualawardees. Banquet reservation information on page 3.

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2016-2017 OFFICERSChair: Stephanie DoanVice-Chair: Joanne HiramatsuSecretary: Ken KawaharaTreasurer: Kristen YoshidaSOC Representative AlternateAACE C. Kanae M. UyeharaACECH K. KawaharaAPWA J. HiramatsuASCE B. Rasa ASHRAE D. KiahiASME D. Kam D. SatoCMAA T. BramsonEAH M. AlbrightFALEA F.T. CruzataHSPE M. Kamaka K. KunimineIEEE G. Torigoe ITE W. YamamotoSAME L. WongSEAOH R. LawtonSFPE S. DannawaySWE K. YoshidaUHM CoE S.K. Choi

struction of a new gymnasium at Ewa Mahi KoDistrict Park.

Mr. Kaneakua is a licensed professionalengineer registered in both California andHawaii. He is very active with ASCE, especiallythe Young Member Forums. He was the Co-Chair for 2016 and 2017 for the Hawaii WaterEnvironment Association (HWEA)/AmericanWater Works Association (AWWA) PacificWater Conference. He currently serves as theAWWA/HWEA Young Professional Secretaryand ASCE Young Member Forum President.

Mr. Kaneakua’s commitment, professional-ism and efforts to improve the engineeringcommunity and the Hawaii community makehim a very deserving recipient of this year’saward.

2017 Young Engineer of the Year,from page 1

2017 Engineers Week BanquetSaturday, February 25, 2017Glass Ballroom at the Koolau Ballrooms & Conference Center

5:30 p.m. Cocktails6:30 p.m. Dinner7:15 p.m. Program:

• Presentation of Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer/Early Career, HCESLifetime Achievement, and Student Engineer of the Year Awards.

• Guest Speaker – Henk Rogers, Tetris• Installation of 2017 HCES officers.

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Rates are $60.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked on or before February 10,2017, $70.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked after February 10, 2017, and$40.00 for students. Tables will seat 10 people. Registration deadline is February 17,2017.

HCES has invited special guests to attend the banquet. These guests may include theGovernor, Mayors, State Legislators, Governmental Department Directors, and/or theirrepresentatives.

If you would like to sponsor an invited special guest and their spouse/companion to sitat your table, please fill in “HCES Special Guest” for two seats in the list below and HCESwill assign a special guest and their spouse/companion to your table. Alternatively, if youwould like to arrange for your own special guest(s), please include their name(s) in thelist below.

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To pay by credit card, please visit the HCES’ new website address at www.hceshawaii.org. Please note that an additional fee will be applied to processthe credit card transaction.

To pay by check, Please make checks payable to “HCES” and mail with completed registration form to:

2017 Engineers Week Banquetc/o Kristen Yoshida2153 North King StreetSuite 200Honolulu, HI 96819-4554

Banquet attire will be aloha wear. There is no charge for parking. For further informationor inquiries regarding the Banquet, please contact 2017 Registration CoordinatorBenjamin Rasa at [email protected] or Jason Kage [email protected].

February 2017 Speakers February 3. Speaker: Kiersten Faulkner, -Executive Director, Historic Hawaii Foundation.Title: People Saving Places: HistoricPreservation In Hawaii.

As engineers and architects we are in theforefront in helping to make preservation of ourhistorical treasures possible. Kiersten willshare stories, images and other informationabout community efforts and activities to iden-tify, preserve, protect and celebrate places thatare significant to Hawaii’s history. Come learnabout places that matter to our community andhow you can get even more involved. February 10. Speaker: Mike Young, PE,CCM, - Project Director, Bowers+Kubota KKTunnel CM Team.Title: Kaneohe - Kailua Waste WaterConveyance & Treatment Facilities Project.

In April 2015 boring began on the 13 footwide 3 mile long tunnel from Aikahi WWTP tothe Kaneohe WWTPF. Mike will bring us up todate with the tunnel and some of the challeng-ing construction issues presented by the pro-jects supplemental features. Drilling of themidpoint vertical vent shaft as well as the newpump station now under construction will bediscussed with lessons learned reviewed.Come join us and learn about this, which is forwe Hawaii engineers, truly a once in a life timeengineering project.February 24. Speaker: Bryan Law, - RegionalEnergy Program Manager - Navy RegionHawaiiTitle: Navy Energy Initiatives in Hawaii.

The US Navy is being referred to more andmore as “The Great Green Fleet”. From wastebeef fat for ship’s fuel, hybrid engines for sur-face ships, biofuels for aircraft, solar and windfarms, a trash to energy incinerator and captur-ing waste methane from landfills the Navy is inthe van for developing alternative/renewableenergy to and in support of the Fleet. Bryanwill discuss the extraordinary ways the Navy inHawaii is taking on these energy initiatives.

MEETING DETAILSDATE: Meetings are held every FridayTIME: 12:00 -1:00 pmPLACE: Topa Tower (Ewa tower on Fort Street;Old AMFAC Building), Room 301)COST: Lunch is $10.00 Members, $12.00Guests, Students Free. Drink refreshments arecomplimentary. You may bring your own lunch-es, in which case a $2.00 donation is gratefullyappreciated!!

Program schedule may be adjusted. CallSam Gillie to confirm speaker 543-4739; Fax203-1335.

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2017 ENGINEERS WEEK“KICK-OFF” LUNCHEON

Guest Speaker:

Robert J. Kroning, P.E., DirectorDepartment of Design and Construction (DDC)

City and County of Honolulu

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DDC Top Projects and Smarter Cities Initiative

Hale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree Showroom11:30 AM, Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Warrior Buffet Luncheon Cost: $45.00

PLEASE RSVP NLT: Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Payment Method:Please visit the SAME Honolulu website to register

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Questions:Please contact Kendra McDonough

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P.O. Box 31218, Honolulu, HI 96817Web page: www.samehonolulu.org

SAME Honolulu Officers and DirectorsPresident Col Scott Warner, USAFVP/Programs Leighton Wong, PEVP/SustainingMembers Will Boudra, F.SAME, USN (Ret)VP/Membership Wesley Ishizu, PESecretary Capt Jonathan Polston, USAFTreasurer David Brotchie, PERegional VP, Pacific Region Richard Stump, AIA, F.SAME

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SAME Honolulu January 11, 2017 Lunch Meeting PresentationTopic: Regional Sediment Management – WhySediment is a Valuable Resource: A case Studyon the North Shore of Oahu’s Sunset BeachRegionPresenter: Jessica Podoski, PE, CoastalEngineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,Honolulu District

Jessica Podoski is a Coastal Engineer thathas worked for the Corps of Engineers for 15years and has been at Honolulu District for thepast 13 years. She graduated with bachelor’sand master’s degrees from the University ofFlorida and grew up along the beaches ofsouth Florida. Her position at the HonoluluDistrict includes coastal structure and harbordesign, navigation and dredging, as well asmanagement of sediment from various USACE

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For all events see seaoh.org or look for emailflyer for registration.• SEAOH Installation Banquet – January 21st,2017 6pm, Honolulu Country Club.• ASCE 7 Tsunami Design Provisions andApplication to the State of Hawaii – Training,February 24, 2017, details to be announced.• SEAOH Annual Convention – August 25 and26, Aulani Resort & Spa, details to beannounced.

Next Meeting on February 1, 2016. Forinformation, contact SEAOH President;Jonathan Murai, [email protected].

projects in Hawaii and the U.S. PacificTerritories.Synopsis: Regional Sediment Management(RSM) is a way of doing business that has beenin practice within the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers since 2000. It is the systematicapproach to managing navigation and coastalstorm damage reduction projects that is

intended to save money, maximize beneficialuse of dredged material, and view sediment asa resource used to contribute to sustainableand environmentally healthy water resourcesprojects. These concepts and the innovativeapplication of RSM along one of Hawaii’s mosthigh-profile and dynamic shorelines at SunsetBeach will be presented.

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YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

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

2016-2017 YMF OfficersNorman Leong, President [email protected] Urabe, Vice President [email protected] Nakaoka, Secretary [email protected] Wong, Treasurer [email protected]

FEBRUARY DINNER MEETINGThe February Dinner Meeting will be a joint

meeting with SEAOH and is scheduled to beheld on Friday Feb 24th. More information willbe available shortly.

DREAM BIG Engineering Our WorldASCE Hawaii Presents DREAM BIG:

Engineering Our World. All around the world,engineers are pushing the limits of ingenuityand innovation in unexpected, imaginative,and amazing ways. This giant-screen filmabout engineering, will take viewers on a jour-ney of discovery from the world’s tallest build-ing to a bridge higher than the clouds. Alongthe way, the audience will witness how today’sengineers are shaping the world of tomorrow. Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017Location: Consolidated Theaters Ward 165pm Doors Open6pm Opening Program7pm Feature Film (Approximately 45 minutes) Go to www.ascehawaii.org for more infor-mation and to purchase your tickets!

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-

ed on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:• Civil Engineer – AECOM• Assistant Program Administrator – City andCounty of Honolulu• Civil Engineer V (Geotechnical) – City andCounty of Honolulu• Civil Engineer V – City and County ofHonolulu• Mechanical Engineer V – City and County ofHonolulu• Design and Construction Branch Chief - Cityand County of Honolulu• Junior Engineer – GPRM Prestress• Civil Engineer – Group 70• Project Manager – Group 70• Senior Geotechnical/Geological Engineer –Hart Crowser• Project Geotechnical/Geological Engineer –Hart Crowser• Construction Project Engineer – Jas. W.Glover, Ltd.• Project Manager – Kennedy/JenksConsultants• Staff Engineer (Honolulu Office) –Kennedy/Jenks Consultants• Staff Engineer (Hawaii Offices) –Kennedy/Jenks Consultants• Principal Project Control Engineer/Specialist,AIRPORT - Parsons• Civil Engineer V – SSFM International• Structural Engineer IV – SSFM International

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/job-listings.html.

2016-2017 ASCE Hawaii Section OfficersPresident: Tim Goshi, P.E. email: [email protected]: Lara Karamatsu,P.E. email: [email protected] Pres.: Eric Arakawa, P.E. email: [email protected]: Jason Kage, P.E. email: [email protected]: Dayna Nemoto, P.E. email: [email protected]

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEMBERSHIP MEETINGDate: February 1, 2017Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: HECO Ward Ave Cafeteria ConferenceRoomAgenda: Planning for Engineers Week andguest speaker to be announced.

As usual, all members are invited andencouraged to attend our meetings. There arealways lots of complimentary pizza and softdrinks. Please contact Chairman Derek Sato fordirections and for more information, such asparking within Hawaiian Electric’s Ward Avenuefacilities.

ASME-HAWAII P.E. REFRESHER COURSERaymond Liu announced the 2017 P.E.

Refresher Course sponsored by ASME-Hawaii,Charles M. Kinoshita, Ph.D., P.E., and RyanKurasaki of the UHM College of TropicalAgriculture & Human Resources, and StephenM. Masutani, Ph.D., P.E., Professor at theHawaii Natural Energy Institute, School ofOcean and Earth Science and Technology,University of Hawaii. Liu the course facilitatorhas 17 candidates/students interested in par-ticipating probably for the April exam.

A kickoff meeting was planned for January17, 2017 for candidates to meet the instructorsand ask questions, and also to see if the select-ed room at UHM is satisfactory for the numberof candidates attending. Ryan Kurasakiarranges for the class room in the College ofTropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

Dr. Masutani will be the instructor for Fluidsand Heat Transfer, and Dr. Kinoshita will be theinstructor for Power and Combustion sessions.Raymond Liu will be the instructor for HVAC. Anupdated course syllabus will be posted on theASME-Hawaii website.

By sponsoring and providing volunteer engi-neering professionals to conduct the P.E.Refresher Course, ASME-Hawaii is fulfilling itsmission in accordance with ASME bylaws to“promote the Arts & Science of mechanicalengineering and allied arts and sciences; toencourage research; to foster engineering edu-cation; to advance the standards of engineer-ing; to promote the networking of engineersamong themselves and with allied technolo-gists; and to severally and in cooperation withother engineering and technical societies tobroaden the usefulness of the engineering pro-fession.”

2017 ASME-HI BALLOT AND SURVEYBy the time you read this, our 2017 ASME-HI

Ballot & Survey will be at SurveyMonkey.com.Please take the little time needed to supportthe officers of the Hawaii Section by complet-ing the very brief ballot & survey. Your help isneeded to keep the Hawaii Section going. TheSurveyMonkey.com link is emailed to the ASMEHawaii Section members.

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to civil engineer.Mr. Lau made significant contributions to the

profession through his activities for theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)and the Hawaii Council of EngineeringSocieties (HCES). He has demonstrated lead-ership at the Section, Region and National lev-els through his 24 years of involvement withASCE. He served HCES from 1999 to 2003 asan ASCE Representative, Treasurer andChairperson.

As ASCE Hawaii Section Younger MemberForum (YMF) President and Hawaii SectionPresident, Mr. Lau initiated an increased valueof Hawaii Section membership by enhancingexisting programs and developing new ones.Under his presidential leadership, the HawaiiSection YMF was awarded the Society YoungerMember Group Award for Small Groups in1998 and the Hawaii Section was recognizedas the Outstanding Large Section in Zone IV in2002.

Mr. Lau has diverse experience at the ASCERegion and National level. He completed threeyears of service as a Region 8 Governor in2016. Since 2002, he has served national com-mittees including the Committee on YoungerMembers, Committee on Geographic Units, theMembership Committee, the LeadershipTraining Committee, the Committee onScholarships and the Student TransitionSubcommittee. During his service, he men-tored Section, Branch, YMF and StudentChapter officers to have a vision of what theywould like their local groups to be beyond theirtime on their boards and inspired the leaders tomake a difference. He was awarded the 2002Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award forProfessional Achievement. He was elected asan ASCE Fellow in 2007 - the youngest toreceive this honor in the history of ASCE.

In addition, Mr. Lau continuously takes onleadership roles in many community organiza-tions and events. The list includes the KalaniFalcons Athletic Boosters (KFAB) and theAmerican Cancer Society Relay for Life (RFL)annual Magic Island event.

HSPE 2017 Engineer of the Year,from page 1

April 2015; his first semester at University ofHawaii since transferring from Johns HopkinsUniversity. George took the initiative to meetwith me about potential research opportunitiesin my lab. Recognizing George’s potential, Iintroduced him to the graduate students in my

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offices, Mae went to work in the Public WorksDepartment and then the TransportationDepartment. She was involved with projectsfor a ferry system for the state and for theHonolulu International Airport.

When a position opened in the budget officeat UH, she was asked to apply. Her assign-ment was to put together a construction pro-gram for the development of the UH Manoa,UH Hilo, West Oahu and the community col-lege campuses. She was then asked tobecome the Director of the Facilities PlanningOffice at the University of Hawaii, where shestayed until retirement in 1983.

Mae has been an active member of theSociety of Women Engineers (SWE) for 54years. She joined SWE in 1958 as a Member-At-Large because Hawaii didn’t have its ownSWE section. In 1964 they wanted someonefrom each state to attend the World’s Fair inNew York, so Mae represented Hawaii. She’salways been happy mentoring female engi-neering students at UH, and in 2011 shesigned the new SWE-Hawaii Islands (SWE-HI)Charter document with several local engineersto form the first professional SWE section inHawaii. She has been helping SWE-HI andcontinues mentoring young engineers andengineering students.

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lab working on NSF-funded research on liquidmetals for reconfigurable radio-frequency (RF)circuits. George immediately proved to bemotivated and valuable to our research group.Over the summer of 2015, he assisted one ofmy Ph.D. students with fabricating and testingfluidic devices used to characterize a new typeof electrical actuation for gallium-based liquidmetals.”

George’s contributions increased the pace ofliquid metals research work and culminated ina journal article that George co-authored. And,this was just the beginning…

As a 3rd year student, George was given theleadership and ownership of his own project,which was to create a liquid-metal RF switchusing the electrical actuation methods that hehad learned over the summer. In addition, hewas selected to be a recipient of NSF REU sup-port (supplement to an NSF grant funding ourliquid-metal research). As his initial researchwork showed promise, Drs. Ohta and WayneShiroma decided to have George design, fab-ricate, and test a prototype, and submit theseresults to the 2016 IEEE InternationalMicrowave Symposium (IMS), the premier con-ference in this field. Although he had to over-come several technical challenges to realize aworking liquid-metal RF switch, his hard workand dedication paid off with a paper presentedat IMS 2016, where he is the youngest studentthat Drs. Ohta and Shiroma have advised to bethe first author of a paper at such a prestigiousconference.

Thus far, George has also helped to developa rapid-prototyping method for RF circuit proto-types; worked and helped with other researchin the physics of liquid-metal actuation; hasassisted and co-authored a conference papersummarizing his assistance in smaller projects;and finally, he is still working as part of the liq-uid-metal VIP (Vertically Integrated Project)team, and plans to submit a paper to IMS 2017.If all of George’s papers are published, he willhave first authored 2 conference papers, andco-authored 3 journal papers and a conferencepaper. These are virtual requirements for adoctoral and good for master’s student, butextremely unusual and exceptional for anundergraduate student.

George is a member of the IEEE and HKN,the Electrical Engineering Honor Society. Hehas received multiple awards, honors, andscholarship. He currently is part of a teamorganizing Project Connect, an event associat-ed with IMS 2017 (which will be held inHonolulu) that enables approximately 25underrepresented students to attend this con-ference.

All in all, a pretty impressive ‘career’ for ayoung man who is graduating this spring.

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