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UH Manoa College of Engineering UpdateBy Eric R. MatsunagaDirector, Marketing & Public AffairsCollege of Engineering, University of Hawai`iat M-anoa

In today’s tight global economy, it hasbecome paramount for students entering thehighly competitive job market to be well-pre-pared to meet these new challenges. Underthe leadership of Dean Peter E. Crouch, theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa College ofEngineering has taken an active role in provid-ing programs and successful pathways for stu-dents interested in engineering.

A key component to the success of theCollege’s programs has been its excellentworking relationships with industry and alumnipartners. Each year, the Summer High SchoolInternship Program offers a select group ofhigh school juniors the opportunity to performwork in research labs, and to meet and hearfrom industry experts and tour their facilities.College events like Engineering Day, JuniorExpo and a revamped High School Expo arealso made possible due to the generosity ofour industry partners. Engineering’s highly suc-cessful Career Day, held twice a year, consis-tently showcases over 65 local and mainlandcompanies actively seeking graduates fromthe College. The Fall 2012 Career Day will beheld on Wednesday, October 10th. For moreinformation on Career Day and other events,please visit http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/.

Native Hawaiian Engineering StudentsShowcased

On September 15th, engineering projects byNative Hawaiian students from across the UHSystem, will be featured at a student sympo-sium called Ma Ka Hana Ka `IKE, or “In doing,

one gains Indigenous Knowledge inEngineering.” The inaugural event will be heldat Windward Community College from 9:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Also in attendance will befaculty members and representatives of NativeHawaiian organizations and the local engineer-ing industry.

The participating students are enrolled in theIndigenous Knowledge in Engineering (IKE)Program, a pre-engineering education collabo-rative funded by a five-year, $5 million grantfrom the National Science Foundation, intend-ed to support 155 Native Hawaiian students tocomplete their bachelor’s degree in engineer-ing at the UH Manoa. The program was devel-oped by Kapiolani Community College withassistance from members of the UHEngineering Consortium, which includes theUH Manoa College of Engineering, UH ManoaCollege of Natural Sciences, UH Hilo,Kapiolani Community College, LeewardCommunity College, Windward CommunityCollege and UH Maui College. Led by UHManoa Engineering Dean Peter E. Crouch, theEngineering Consortium’s focus is to createand expand pathways to careers in engineer-ing and related disciplines in Hawaii.

For more event information, please visitwww.hawaii.edu/ike/2012symposium.html orcontact Michelle Sagario atmsagario@hawaii.edu.

EntrepreneurshipAnticipating the trend for a better-rounded,

business-savvy engineer, the University ofHawaii at Manoa College of Engineering hasprepared itself to meet these new demands bycreating and participating in numerous pro-grams to foster entrepreneurship among itsstudents and faculty. Some of them arealready in place and churning up positiveresults.

In two competitions organized by the PacificAsian Center for Entrepreneurship at theShidler College of Business, technologiesdeveloped by engineering faculty andresearchers played key roles in each of firstand second place teams in the 2012 UHBusiness Plan Competition (BPC) and in thetop three winning teams in last year’s competi-tion. The annual competition is an intense andunique learning opportunity for UH Manoa stu-dents to pursue a business idea and developtheir business savvy. The winners in the com-petition were awarded substantial cash prizes.

One of the most successful engineering-

based companies to emerge from the UH BPCis Adama Materials, Inc., which received $4.75million in equity funding for nanotechnologybased advanced materials in 2010.

In the 2010 and 2011 BreakthroughInnovation Challenge, teams from engineeringtook first and second place honors by success-fully pitching their innovations and commercialvalue. The competition challenged UH Manoastudents and faculty to publicize their innova-tions through a two-minute YouTube video. Thewinners received a monetary prize to furtherdevelop their innovations.

Engineering students are also taking theirown initiative by joining fellow UH Manoa MBAand law students to enroll in a high growthentrepreneurship course conducted by localventure capitalist Bill Richardson. The course,limited to only 16 students a semester, focuseson building a company based on UH Manoatechnology, with students making their pitch toreal venture capitalists.

Student Research SymposiumCongratulations to College of Engineering

students Chelsea Lau and Jarrod Ng forreceiving awards at the 2012 College ofTropical Agriculture and Human Resources(CTAHR)-College of Engineering (CoE) StudentResearch Symposium held this past April. Lau,an electrical engineering major, received anaward for the CoE Best Undergraduate PosterPresentation and Ng, a mechanical engineer-

Career Day recruiters seek UHCOE grads.

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

Assistant Dean Song K. ChoiCEE Chair Constantinos PapacostasEE Chair Anthony KuhME Chair Mehrdad N. Ghasemi NejhadHCAC Director Magdy IskanderHSFL Co-Director Wayne Shiroma

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• CMAA  Hawaii held a meeting July 10th atHale  Ikena on Fort Shafter. Harvey Berliner,Deputy Chief Project Officer of Engineeringand Construction gave an update on RailConstruction and upcoming CM opportuni-ties.

• The CMAA Hawaii  recently completed ourfirst Certified Construction Manager applica-tion workshop. Participants got together towork through their applications.Approximately 10 have submitted their appli-cations and are hoping to sit for the examthis year. Congratulations to them for all oftheir hard work, and good luck in becomingour newest CCMs!

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ASME HAWAII SECTION-ME P.E. EXAMINA-TON REVIEW COURSE

Raymond Liu, P.E, organizes the 2012 P.E.Review Course. The class sessions run fromJuly 31, 2012 to October 21, 2012, everyTuesday evenings starting from 6:00 p.m. to9:00 p.m. They are being held in theAgriculture Engineering Library, College ofTropical Agriculture & Human Resources,University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The instructors include Dr. Charly Kinoshita,P.E. and Dr. Stephen Masutani, P.E. RaymondLiu facilitates several chapters of the referencemanual including mock exams. The P.E.Examination will be on Friday, October 26,2012, in Hawaii. For additional information,please visit the Hawaii Section Website,http://sections.asme.org/hawaii/index.html.

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President: Michael Packard mpackard@ssfm.comVice President: Juanita Wolfgramm jwolfgramm@ssfm.comSecretary: Brian Gibson Brian.Gibson@OahuMPO.orgTreasurer: Sara Toyama stoyama1@honolulu.govDirector: Honglong Li lih@pbworld.com

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

2011-2012 YMF OfficersPresident – Lara Karamatsulkaramatsu@ascehawaiiymf.orgVice President – Kurt Nagamineknagamine@ascehawaiiymf.orgSecretary – Jason Sugibayashi jsugibayashi@ascehawaiiymf.orgTreasurer – Puna Kaneakua pkaneakua@ascehawaiiymf.orgPast President – Eric Arakawa earakawa@ascehawaiiymf.org

2011-2012 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Dawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133 email: dawn.b.szewczyk@gmail.comPres-Elect Ian Arakaki 596-7790 email: ian@tlcghawaii.comVice-President Brian Enomoto 388-5559 email: benomoto@ascehawaii.orgSecretary Glenn Miyasato 488-7579 email: glenn@mkellc.comTreasurer Benjamin Rasa 521-5361 email: brasa@beltcollins.comPast President Roger Babcock 956-7298 email: rbabcock@hawaii.edu

Section Meeting Highlights July 19, 2012

A joint meeting was held with the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE). New ITEPresident Mike Packard, in brief comments,thanked ASCE for co-hosting the meeting, andannounced the new officers for ITE’s HawaiiSection for 2012-2013.

Holulu Authority for Rapid Transportation(HART) Director Dan Grabauskas was theguest speaker. Mr. Grabauskas providedsome information on his background and howhe came to be HART Director, and showed ashort video about the rail project. He alsoupdated the audience on the rail finances andconstruction progress before taking a couple ofquestions.

SEPTEMBER DINNER MEETINGTopics: To be announcedDate: Thursday, September 20, 2012Location: 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: $25.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section

members$28.00 for Non-ASCE HawaiiSection members and Guests$11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter members

Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii Section and mail to Ben Rasa, ASCEHawaii Section Treasurer, Tapestry Partners,Ltd., 2512 C Waolani Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii96817, postmarked by Friday, September 14,2012. Reservations can also be made to BenRasa by Monday, September 17, 2012, eitherby phone at 497-6209 or email at ben@tapes-trypartners.net.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: August 10, 2012Next meeting: TBD

FY13 ASCE HAWAII SECTION OFFICERSELECTIONS

The following ASCE Hawaii Section mem-bers are candidates on this year’s ballot for the2012-2013 Hawaii Section officer positions.• President-Elect: Brian Enomoto, P.E.• Vice President: Glenn Miyasato, P.E.• Secretary: Ben Rasa, P.E.• Treasurer: Tim Goshi, P.E.

Ian Arakaki, P.E who was elected to the posi-tion of President-Elect in September 2011, willlead the Hawaii Section as its FY13 President.Brian Enomoto, Glenn Miyasato, and Ben Rasaare current Hawaii Section officers who arebeing nominated to succeeding officer posi-tions. The ASCE Hawaii Section FY13 candi-date for the position of Treasurer is Tim Goshi.Tim is a consulting engineer at KAI Hawaii, Inc.He is currently serving as a Director for theStructural Engineers Association of Hawaii.Tim has served on other boards (Treasurer forthe Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute andPresident for the Hawaii Chi Epsilon AlumniAssociation) in recent years. He holds anM.S.C.E degree from Stanford University and a

B.S.C.E. and MBA degrees from the Universityof Hawaii. Tim is a registered Civil Engineer inCalifornia.

Elections will be held at the Septembermonthly dinner meeting on September 20,2012 at Treetops Restaurant (see above formeeting info).

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 visit www.asce.org/con-ted/ for complete details.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENTSCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deserv-ing students. We continue to accept tax-deductible donations with the goal of increas-ing the annual scholarships. Make your checkpayable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to:ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions,please contact Roger Babcock at 956-7298, orrbabcock@hawaii.edu.

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-

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

Honolulu• Structural Engineer II – 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• Engineering, Civil Designer - Group 70

International, Inc.• Engineering, Project Manager (Civil) – Group

70 International, Inc.For further information on these job listings

or to find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.

Next YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

for Wednesday, September 12, 6:00 p.m. at PFChang’s. If you are interested in attending tofind out what the YMF is all about, contact theYMF at ymf.hawaii@gmail.com.

ASCE YMF Softball Game BBQ SocialOn Monday, June 4, 2012, ASCE Hawaii YMF

hosted a BBQ social at Cartwright Field for thelast ASCE YMF Softball game. About 20 YMFmembers, family and friends, as well as theopposing team, Community Planning andEnvironment, joined in the fun. Everyonecheered for the teams and socialized while eat-ing hamburgers, hotdogs and coleslaw provid-ed by the YMF. In a close game betweenfriendly rivals, the ASCE YMF came away withthe win. Thanks for all who came out!

Waihee Tunnel TourOn Friday, June 15, 2012, the ASCE Hawaii

Section YMF and the AWWA|HWEA YP attend-ed a tour of the Waihee Water Tunnel hosted bythe Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS).The tour started off with a brief hike followed byan introduction of Oahu’s water cycle by BWSstaff. Tour participants then walked inside ofthe 1500 foot long tunnel where they learnedabout its history and construction, took pictureswith the tunnel bulkhead, and drank some freshwater flowing out of the tunnel ceiling. Afterexiting the tunnel, BWS staff provided thegroup with a history discussion of the area andWaihee Stream. The YMF and YP wouldlike to thank the BWS staff for this incredibleopportunity to tour the Waihee Water Tunnel.

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KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

NAHUINA“Nahuina” (or the Crossroads), formed by

Union Street with Garden and Adams Lanes,was clearly a vital component of earlyHonolulu.

In last month’s article, I touched upon thefact that the taking of properties along a swathof land cutting straight through Nahuina toextend Bishop Street was, to say the least, con-troversial. According to Kenneth L. Ames’ “OnBishop Street” that was published in 1996,“property owners did not consider the city’soffer sufficient, for in 1924 the City and Countyof Honolulu filed a condemnation petition forthe entire area, naming fifteen owners in thesuit.” The eventual “demolition in this areaprompted nostalgic reveries about this part ofthe city, which had once contained many earlystructures,” Ames continues.

I can attest to the truth of this claim for I dis-covered such reveries during my research aswell. For example, a Dec. 2, 1926, article in theHonolulu Advertiser [HA] that was titled“Razing of Monsarrat Home Recalls LifeHistories of Ship Captains of Old Days”bemoans the fact that the home would be“razed by tonight to make space for the exten-sion of Bishop street from Hotel street toBeretania,” a sacrifice to “the steady march ofprogress in Honolulu.” It then evocativelydescribes in great detail the history of many ofthe buildings and the “English, American,Russian, French and Spanish navigators” whowere among the occupants of the triangulararea defined by Union, Hotel and Adams Lane.These homes of ship-captains and other nota-bles, by the way, replaced the “grass houses[that] originally occupied this area” because“foreigners must live as they were accustomedto live abroad, and soon well-arranged resi-dences of wood and of coral stone arose intheir stead.” Interestingly, the writer of thenewspaper article showed little, if any, nostal-gia about the similar “loss to progress” of theearlier grass houses!

According to the same writer’s version,Union Street was at one time called “Kihapai”(or Garden) Street “but some men for a prankonce put up a board adorned with the legend“Crooked street.” Richard A. Greer, whom Iquoted last month (August 2012), said that theHawaiian equivalent “Ke`eke`e” was assignedto the street in 1850 by the Privy Council of theKingdom of Hawai`i. In its “Retrospect for1926” Thrum’s Hawaiian Annual describes theproperty acquisitions in a more somber tone:“In the several sales of business properties intown full figures have ruled, and the same isnoted in properties taken for street wideningand extension, of which there is much laid out,Bishop street alone costing some $572,000.”

A year later, a featured articled titled“Disappearing Houses” in the same publica-tion series begins with “Honolulu is undergoingsuch sweeping changes by its structural activ-ities that one is impressed by the number ofvanishing houses that have been landmarks ofthe city,” among them “a very marked change

is that effected by the extension of Bishopstreet to Beretania and the demolition of allbuildings on its site from Hotel to Beretaniastreets, thus removing the two story brickOregon block on the upper side of Hotel street,erected in 1901.”

My statement last month that the OregonBlock “extended from the Elite Building toUnion Street” was not exactly right. The visualproof for this came from structural engineer TedJ. Suzuki of TJS Engineers who wrote, “I did abrief structural study of the buildings on thecorner of Bishop and Hotel Streets in 2007 andwas able to scan several old photos of thebuildings in the area.” Among them was the fol-

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2012-2013 Officers and DirectorsPresident: Manny Lanuevo, P.E. mannylanuevo@rocketmail.comPres. Elect: Joelle Bubois, P.E. jdubois@bowersandkubota.comVice Pres.: Darren Okimoto, P.E. dokimoto@wsue.comSecretary: Marc Botticelli, P.E. mbotticelli@wrsa.bizTreasurer: Nathan Yuen, P.E. Nathan.yuen@heco.comPast Pres.: Kurt Kunimune, P.E. kkunimune@bowersandkubota.com

2012 OfficersPresident Joanne Hiramatsu 954-4262 jhiramatsu@oceanit.comVice-Pres Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, P.E. 488-5000 engineer@structuralhawaii.comTreasurer Ken C. Kawahara, P.E. 836-1900 kck@akinaka.comSecretary Tyler Sugihara, P.E. 768-3600 tsugihara@honolulu.govPast Pres Jason H. Lau, P.E. 596-7790 jason@tlcghawaii.com

DirectorsMembership Robert Primiano 768-3500 rprimiano@honolulu.govEducation Rodney Haraga, S.E. 543-7431 rodney.haraga@heco.comPublicity Trevin Chang, P.E. 356-1251 tchang@ssfm.comAwards Jimmy Kurata, P.E. 586-0732 james.k.kurata@hawaii.govAwards Clyde Kumabe 586-0414 clyde.k.kumabe@hawaii.govChap Del Rouen Liu, P.E. 543-7245 rouen.liu@heco.comAlt ChapDel Ken Morikami 543-7819 ken.morikami@heco.comChap Hist Lester Fukuda, P.E. 697-6200 les.fukuda@hdrinc.com

HONOLULU POSTSOCIETY OF AMERICANMILITARY ENGINEERSEstablished 1920 --Dedicated to the National Defense

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

2010-2011 Honolulu Post OfficersPresident Col Mark Bednar, USAFVP/Programs Bryan Zachmeier, USAF (Ret)VP/Sustaining

Members Will Boudra, PE, USN (Ret)VP/Membership Jerry Matsuda, PE, USAF (Ret)Secretary Capt David Stringer, USAFTreasurer LT Aaron Allison, USNDir at Lge, Army LTCOL Doug Guttormsen, USADir at Lge, Navy CAPT Paul Fuligni, USNDir at Lge,

Air Force Col Karl Bosworth, USAFDir at Lge,

Coast Guard LCDR Andrew Wright, PE, USCGDir at Lge, Civilian Todd Barnes, PE, USA (Ret)

2007 photo

Empty space for future Portland building.

lowing undated photograph of the OregonBlock’s eight-arch stucco facade along HotelStreet and the adjacent Elite Block in the dis-tance. The empty space in the forefront next tothe Oregon was, according to Ted, the “site ofthe future Portland Building,” as shown in thepicture of that spot taken in 2007 by him. Thebuilding with the now exposed brick facadebears the name “OREGON.”

In 1926, the city planning commissionapproved a proposal by mayor Johnny Wilsonto “acquire the triangle of property formed bythe Bishop street extension and bounded byBishop, Hotel and Union streets for public parkpurposes [HA; 12/17/926]” at $117,000, butthere are no visible signs that this plan wasever implemented. The January 1, 1927 issueof the Advertiser informed its readers that thecontracted cost for the Bishop Street wideningproject was $585,106, that “there yet remainsone piece of property and one leasehold to beprocured,” and that “Mr. Sam White is drawingplans for the paving” that would cost an esti-mated $56,870.

Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE members might find interesting? Please senda brief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, email csp@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu).Previous articles in the series may be found atthe Section’s web site. Just point your browserto http://www.ascehawaii.org.

SWE - Hawaiian Islands SectionP.O. Box 61728 • Honolulu, HI 96839swe.hisection@gmail.com

Executive Committee:President: Pearl Yamaguchi of Medtronic

Vice Pres.: Carrie Leonard of BAE Systems

Secretary: Rena Chock of HECO

Treasurer: Alyssa “Sunshine” Smith of CH2M HILL

Charter Sec. Rep.: Amy Weintraub of Women inTechnology, isisHawaii

Alt. Charter Sec. Rep.: Cody Aihara of NagamineOgawa Engineers Inc.

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2012-2013 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSGlenn M. Nohara, PresidentDayna E. Nemoto, Vice-PresidentKeith S. Uemura, TreasurerNeal N. Miyake, SecretaryKyle Y. Yukumoto, Past PresidentRonald N.S. Ho, Board ChairBob Y. Akinaka, DirectorMatthew K. Fujioka, DirectorKen K. Hayashida, DirectorJohn H. Katahira, DirectorDiane Y. Kodama, DirectorMike Y. Magaoay, DirectorDerek K. Mukai, DirectorMartin A. Nakasone, DirectorRoss S. Okuda, DirectorAnthony J. Paresa, Jr., DirectorWayne A. Shiroma, DirectorReid H. Shizumura, DirectorJonathan M. Suzuki, DirectorDennis I. Toba, DirectorEdward I. Yoshimura, DirectorRussell Young, Director

ing major, was awarded CoE BestUndergraduate Oral Presentation. A total ofthirty-eight awards were given out from over126 entries.

Due to the relative geographic isolation ofHawaii and the high costs associated with trav-el, University of Hawaii students have very lim-ited opportunities to present their scholarlywork at national and international conferences.The CTAHR-CoE Student ResearchSymposium provides students with an experi-ence to present their work in a professionalconference setting.

The symposium brings together undergradu-ate students from CoE and both graduate andundergraduate students from CTAHR to sharethe research they are pursuing under thesupervision of their respective faculty. Theinvestigations presented ranged from funda-mental studies to novel applications andencompass engineering, production agricul-ture, environmental technologies, health andfood sciences, family and consumer sciencesand natural sciences. The symposium con-tributes to CoE’s mission by providing studentswith research experiences and opportunities toenhance the growth of the technological work-force and stimulate the growth of technologybased industries in the state. It also helps tofulfill CTAHR’s mission by fostering viable com-munities, a diversified economy and a healthyenvironment.

Other College NewsOhta to receive Regents’ Medal

ElectricalEngineeringA s s i s t a n tP r o f e s s o rAaron Ohtawas select-ed by theU n i v e r s i t yR e s e a r c hCouncil toreceive the2 0 1 2R e g e n t s ’Medal for

Excellence in Research. The award is given inrecognition of scholarly contributions thatexpand the boundaries of knowledge andenrich the live of students and the community.He will be recognized and presented with themedal at the UH Convocation ceremony inSeptember.

Ohta specializes in microelectromechanicalsystems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanicalsystems (NEMS), with an emphasis onmicrofluidics and optofluidics.  Earlier this year,Ohta and Professor Wayne Shiroma wereawarded a three-year $344,000 grant from theNational Science Foundation to study the useof liquid metal in circuits to create new types oftunable communications systems.

Under his stewardship, UH Manoa’s firstmicrorobotic team placed second in the 2011Microrobotics Challenge in Shanghai and thisyear, the team scored two impressive awardsat the 2012 IEEE International Conference onRobotics and Automation (ICRA) in St. Paul,Minnesota. The UH Manoa microrobot con-sists of a very tiny air bubble inside of amicrochamber. Light from a computer projectoror a laser is used to heat the surface of themicrochamber, which generates a force thatmoves around the microrobot. Since the micro-robot is less than half a millimeter in diameter,it can be used to move around objects that arealso less than a millimeter in size. This can beuseful for building structures made up of livingcells, which can help to grow tissues andorgans outside of the human body.

Ohta received his BS in electrical engineer-ing from UH Manoa, his MS from UCLA and hisPhD from the University of California atBerkeley.

12th Annual Banquet Another Success

Over 700 alumni and friends gathered onceagain at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s CoralBallroom to participate in the College ofEngineering’s 12th annual banquet on April26th. The event brought in over $120,000 forprospective and current students.

Themed, Making a Global Impact: ThePower of Engineering, the evening began witha guest talk from global entrepreneur HankWuh, MD, president and CEO of SKAI

Ventures. After dinner, guests were delightedwith the ever-popular student question andanswer session hosted by emcee Keoki Kerr.

It was a special night, as three engineeringalums were presented with the DistinguishedAlumni Award for their long and invaluablecareers that helped shape the infrastructure ofboth our city and state. Honored were formerstate transportation directors Kazu Hayashidaand Edward Hirata and former Castle & CookeHawaii executive Wallace Miyahira. TheDistinguished Service Award was presented toDr. Dennis Hirota for his contributions to theuniversity both as a regent and a member ofthe Engineering Dean’s Council.

Next year’s banquet will be held on April 25,2013 at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Professor Aaron Ohta

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NAKAMURA, OYAMAand ASSOCIATES, INC.

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Pacific GeotechnicalEngineers, Inc.

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SAM O. HIROTA, INC.Engineers & Surveyors

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GEOLABS, INC.Geotechnical Engineering and Drilling Services

2006 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819

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FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES, INC.1357 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1530Honolulu, HI 96814Ph: 944-1821 • Fax: 946-9339office@fukunagaengineers.comwww.fukunagaengineers.com

ENVIRONMENTAL • GEOTECHNICAL • HYDROGEOLOGICALCONSULTANTS

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Engineering Concepts, Inc. Civil /Environmental /Sanitary Engineers

1150 South King Street, Suite 700 • Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 591-8820 • Fax (808) 591-9010

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Y. Ebisu & AssociatesAcoustical and Electronic Engineers

1126 12th Avenue, Room 305Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

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