2012 HAWAII MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION RESULTS

Page 3Hawaii Society ofProfessional EngineersA state society of the National Society of Professional EngineersP.O. BOX 3774HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812WEB SITE www.eng.hawaii.edu/ hspe2011-2012 Officers and DirectorsPresident:Pres. Elect:Vice Pres.:Secretary:Treasurer:Past Pres.:Kurt Kunimune, P.E.kkunimune@bowersandkubota.comManny Lanuevo, P.E.mannylanuevo@rocketmail.comJoelle Bubois, P.E.jdubois@bowersandkubota.comMarc Botticelli, P.E.mbotticelli@wrsa.bizNathan Yuen, P.E.Nathan.yuen@heco.comMajella Stevenson, P.E.majella.stevenson@navy.milHSPE is still gearing up for its 2012 golf tournament. Our tournament is the primaryfundraising vehicle for the Hawaii Mathcountscompetition. This year, our tournament will beheld at the Hickam Mamala Bay Golf Course onJune 29 (Friday), 2012. Please keep the dateopen, and please be on the lookout for our email and mailed notices, and updates in theWiliki. We are excited to have the tournament ata new venue and promise to have great andbetter prizes for this year’s tournament. If youshould have any questions, please contactKurt Kunimune at 479-0767. Mahalo!(HAPI). Mr. Young’s presentation provided abrief background of HAPI and its members, anoverview of projects currently in progress, andthe services that HAPI provides to the community. The 2012 Officers were also installed.The annual Education Fund Golf Tournamentwill be held Friday, May 11, 2012, at the Ala WaiGolf Course.Proceeds will sustain theChapter’s education fund which provides annual monetary awards at the Hawaii StateScience and Engineering Fair and annual partial scholarships for university tuition to eligiblehigh school students who intend to major in theengineering field.Chapter Directors:Oahu:Maui:Big Island:Kona-Kohala:vacantDarren Okimoto, P.E.dokimoto@wsue.comGalen Kuba, P.E.gmkuba@hawaii.rr.comKevin Murarkmurar@murarengineering.comOn February 23, 2012 Curtis Beck, P.E.,long-time member of the Big Island chapter ofHSPE, put on an ethics webinar for theAmerican Industrial Hygiene Association(AIHA) and the American Society of SafetyEngineers (ASSE). Curt, who has served onNSPE’s Board of Ethical Review since 2008,was one of four speakers who presented at ajoint seminar by AIHA and ASSE on“Professional Ethics and Responsibility” at theHale Ikena Club House, Ft. Shafter. The otherswere Jennifer Shishido, Bob McEldowney, andCraig Shoji.In his webinar, broadcast remotely from Hilo,Curt provided an overview of professionalethics as it relates to the practice of professional engineering. A key framework of professional engineering ethics is the NSPE Code ofEthics for Engineers, which holds as one of itsfundamental canons the following: “Engineers,in the fulfillment of their professional duties,shall conduct themselves honorably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance thehonor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.”The use of the Code of Ethics was illustratedthrough a discussion of hypothetical ethical situations involving engineers in the practice oftheir profession. These cases represent a sample of those deliberated annually by the Boardof Ethical Review, which renders their analysisand judgment of the cases based on the tenetsof the Code.In one, an engineer who accepted anadvance payment for services that were neverperformed, was found to be unethical for refusing to return the payment because in the verbalagreement the engineer had with his client, theengineer failed to signal his intent that theadvance would not be refundable.In another case, it was found that it would beunethical for an engineer in responsible chargeof a building renovation design to review andstamp a subcontractor’s plans for a roofingcurb to be installed in the renovation project.These and other cases can be found on theBoard of Ethical Review site on the NSPE website, www.nspe.org.2012 OfficersPresidentVice-PresTreasurerSecretaryPast PresJoanne Hiramatsu954-4262jhiramatsu@oceanit.comJeoffrey S. Cudiamat, P.E.488-5000engineer@structuralhawaii.comKen C. Kawahara, P.E.836-1900kck@akinaka.comTyler Sugihara, P.E.768-3600tsugihara@honolulu.govJason H. Lau, P.E.596-7790jason@tlcghawaii.com2012 Officers left to right – Jason Lau,Joanne Hiramatsu, Jeoffrey Cudiamat, KenKawahara, Tyler Sugihara, John Lamer.Deadline forWilikiA general membership meeting was held onMarch 7, 2012 at Maple Garden Restaurant.The speaker was Jon M. Young, ExecutiveDirector of Hawaii Asphalt Paving Industryis May 15thTILECO INC.We Help to ph.682-5737www.tilecoinc.com &

Page 4STRUCTURALENGINEERSA S S O C I AT I O NO F H AWA I IPO BOX 3348, HONOLULU, HI 96801Web Page URL http://www.seaoh.org2012 BOD OFFICERS & DIRECTORSPositionPresidentVice rDirectorPast PresidentOfficerPhoneWesley Segawa935-4677hilo@wrsa.bizBrian Kung488-7579brian@mkellc.comJohn in Mestanza946-2277mmestanza@wilsonokamoto.comAaron Erickson591-2728aerickson@wje.comLinda Moran676-1963lmoran@hawaii.rr.comAlison Agapay216-3195aagapay@hdcc.comTim Goshi791-3966tgoshi@kaihawaii.comBrian Ide536-2108brianide@allisonide.comHIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGMarch 7, 2012Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/TechnicalSeminars/Events:– Simpson Strong-Tie 2012 Product LineWorkshop is scheduled for April 24 & 25,2012 at the BIA CTA Training Center.– Joint ASCE-SEAOH meeting will be rescheduled for May 17 2012, location to be determined.The following seminars are anticipated to bepresented in 2012:– ACI 318 Code Seminar– Masonry Code Seminar– AISC Handbook Seminar2012 SEAOH Annual Convention Update:This year’s Annual Convention will be a JointSEAOH/CCPI event and is tentatively scheduled for October 19 & 20, 2012 at Turtle BayResort. A full day technical seminar is scheduled for October 19. A morning technical seminar, afternoon golf tournament & simultaneousnon-golfing event, and an evening banquet arescheduled for October 20. Topics for the seminars will focus on restoring our infrastructure.More information will be announced in theupcoming months.Other Business:SEAOH provided testimony opposing bothHouse Bill 2358 HD1 Relating to the BuildingCode and House Bill 2434 Relating to the StateBuilding Code.New Member Applications:– The Board voted and unanimously approvedHoward Kurio for the status of Life Member.– embershipMapplications from GaryIwamoto, Kathleen Jakubowski, and HenryRixey were unanimously approved.– New member application from BrandonErickson at Erickson Structural ConsultingEngineers for the grade of Member wasreceived and is open for comments from themembership. The application will be votedon at the April 2012 board meeting. Pleasenotify any SEAOH officer prior to the April2012 board meeting if you wish to commenton this prospective member.Missing Members:Please contact Membership Chairperson,Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or emailjchen@kaihawaii.com), or any of the SEAOHOfficers if you have a new mailing and/or emailaddress.The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,April 4, 2012. Contact SEAOH President WesSegawa (965-4677, hilo@wrsa.biz) for moreinformation.2011-2012 OFFICERSOfficePresidentNamePhoneDawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133email: dawn.b.szewczyk@gmail.comPres-ElectIan Arakaki596-7790email: ian@tlcghawaii.comVice-President Brian Enomoto388-5559email: benomoto@ascehawaii.orgSecretaryGlenn Miyasato488-7579email: glenn@mkellc.comTreasurerBenjamin Rasa521-5361email: brasa@beltcollins.comPast President Roger Babcock956-7298email: rbabcock@hawaii.eduAPRIL DINNER MEETINGProgram: University of Hawaii ASCE StudentChapter1. The ASCE Student Chapter will summarizeits accomplishments for 2011-2012 including highlights from this year’s ASCE PacificSouthwest Regional Conference.2. Student Chapter Service Awards.Date:Thursday, April 19, 2012Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,Manoa ValleyTime:5:30 p.m. - Social Time6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:00 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - AdjournMenu:Multi-entree buffetCost: 25.00 for ASCE Hawaii Sectionmembers 28.00 for Non-ASCE HawaiiSection members and Guests 11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter membersPlease make checks payable to ASCEHawaii Section and mail to Ben Rasa, ASCEHawaii Section Treasurer, Belt Collins HawaiiLtd., 2153 North King Street, Suite 200,Honolulu, Hawaii 96819, postmarked by Friday,April 13, 2012. Reservations for the dinnermeeting to Ben Rasa by Monday, April 16,2012, by phone at 521-5361 or email atbrasa@beltcollins.com.2011 Walter Lum Student Scholarship. TheSection anticipates distributing up to a total oftwo awards of 3,000 each. Applicants mustbe juniors or seniors at the University of Hawaiimajoring in Civil Engineering. If you qualify orknow someone that does, application formscan be obtained from the ASCE Hawaii Sectionwebsite at www.ascehawaii.org or from theUniversity of Hawaii Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering Department at Holmes Hall Room383. If you have any questions, please u.CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 seminars 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/conted/ for complete details.ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENTSCHOLARSHIPSPlease help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deserving students. We continue to accept taxdeductible donations with the goal of increasing the annual scholarships. Make your checkcontinued on page 6SWE - Hawaiian Islands SectionP.O. Box 61728 Honolulu, HI 96839swe.hisection@gmail.comExecutive Committee:President: Pearl Yamaguchi of MedtronicVice Pres.: Carrie Leonard of BAE SystemsSecretary: Rena Chock of HECOTreasurer: Alyssa “Sunshine” Smith of CH2M HILLCharter Sec. Rep.: Amy Weintraub of Women inTechnology, isisHawaiiAlt. Charter Sec. Rep.: Cody Aihara of NagamineOgawa Engineers Inc.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: March 9, 2012Next meeting: April 11, 2012DONATIONS BY THE SECTIONThe Hawaii Section recently made donationsin support of the University of Hawaii ASCEStudent Chapter.ASCE SECTION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS NEEDEDApplications are now being accepted for theEngineers Without Borders - ce PresSecretaryTreasurerNatalie WatersWesley WongWesley.wong@ch2m.comAlyssa SmithBrannon Pang440-0217

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Page 6KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. PapacostasTHE LAST STREETCARMentioned in last month’s article was the factthat the YWCA sold its Fernhurst property atthe northwest corner of Alapai and King Streetsto the Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT) companyand then moved to the Makiki District in 1952.Consistently with numerous citations on thesubject, Bernard W. Stern says “HRT, originallyknown as Honolulu Rapid Transit and LandCompany, officially came into being on July 6,1898, the same day on which Hawai’i wasannexed to the United States. On that day bothhouses of the Hawai’i legislature approved thecompany’s request for a franchise to operatean electric railway system in Honolulu. Finalapproval of the franchise was voted on June25, 1900, when the United States Congressenacted the Organic Act, which validated allfranchises granted after July 7, 1898. The firstelectric streetcar in the islands ran on August31, 1901 [see “Rutledge Unionism,” Universityof Hawaii Press, 1986].”The electric streetcar company out-competed the older Hawaiian Tramways, Ltd., thatoperated a steel-wheel-on-steel track, muledrawn tram system since 1888.Stern continues, “The original owners anddirectors of HRT were mainly ‘mission boys’(direct descendants of missionaries) and thoserelated to missionary families by marriage. Theoriginal directors included Lorrin A. Thurston,publisher of the Advertiser, and W. R. Castle, aprominent attorney, both of whom had beenactively engaged in the overthrow of themonarchy in 1893 and in the government of theHawaii Republic that ruled the islands untilannexation in 1898. Their heirs were part of theHRT Board until the late 1950’s when an outsider, Harry Weinberg, took over control of thecompany.”William Richard Castle was the son ofSamuel Northrup Castle who, with Amos StarrCooke, founded the Castle and CookeCompany in 1851. It so happens that the patriarch of the Atherton family who had given thefirst Fernhurst property to the YWCA wasJoseph Ballard Atherton who had begun hiscareer as a clerk withCastle and Cooke aftercoming to Hawai i in1858. He married Amos’daughterJulietteMontague Cooke androse to the presidency ofthe company, one of the“Big Five” firms that forall practical purposescontrolled or had amajor influence on theeconomy of Hawai i.So the Athertons hadboth kinship and professional relationships withboth sides of the transaction that placed theFernhurstpropertyunder the ownership ofHRT.The 1927 SanbornFire map shown belowillustrates that HRTmaintained its car barn and electric powerhouse in the lot bounded on three sides byBeretania, Alapai and South Hotel Streets,whereas the adjacent Fernhurst property(bounded by South Hotel, Alapai and SouthKing Streets) would be a natural extension.By the way, shown on the map is the footprintof the Fernhurst homestead (number 2533) as Idescribed it last month (March 2012). The parenthetical number (912) is the designation ofthe structure that occupied the same location(the Atherton residence) as shown in the earlier(1914) fire map.Interestingly,whatisshown as “S. HOTEL” street on the 1927 mapis denoted as “YOUNG” street in the 1914 version. At that time, apparently, Hotel Street terminated at Alapai.By the time of the sale in 1951, HRT hadabandoned the operation of electric streetcars,having added motor buses to its vehicle fleetsince 1925 (first gasoline and later dieselbuses). A 20-year period of also running electric trolley buses lasted from 1937 until 1957,after which time no the longer needed powerhouse was dismantled and the facility wasreplaced wholly with diesel bus yard operations.Roy S. Melvin and Robert Ramsay, authors ofa 1960 monograph titled “Hawaiian Tramways,”describe the last electric streetcar run evocatively:“At two o’clock on the afternoon of June 31,1941, car 47 left the HRT carhouse. Number47’s run that day was unusual. To begin with, itwas an old open car, one of those originallybuilt about 1908. In addition, the car sportedone of the largest leis ever made, which circledit completely. At the controller was George Bell,son of Jack Bell who ran HRT’s first car in 1901.The car ran over the remaining rail line all afternoon and evening The end finally came at1:30 a.m. on July 1, 1941.”Do you know of a civil engineering accomplishment or event that your fellow ASCE members might find interesting? Please send abrief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax956-5014, 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.ASCE,continued from page 4payable 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 postedon the ASCE Hawaii Section website: Experienced Heavy or Civil Estimators –Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company,Inc. rchitects,ACivil Engineers, StructuralEngineers, Mechanical Engineers, andElectrical Engineers – Mitsunaga &Associates Managing Professional Engineer – C.S.H.May Consultant Project Managers, Senior Civil Engineer URS Corporation Transportation Engineers – CH2MHILL Director of Operations – SMG/HawaiiConvention Center Project Manager/Project Engineer – GlobalBusiness Solutions Inc. Deputy Program Manager – HDR Civil Engineer V – HDR Senior NEPA Project Manager – HDR Civil Engineer IV – HDR rojectPManager,Remediation&Infrastructure - Cape EnvironmentalManagement Inc. Director, Capital Program Management –Kamehameha Schools Project Engineers , Maui & Kauai – Bowersand Kubota Consulting Civil Engineer, Technical Sales – JensenPrecastFor further information on these job listings orto find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.HONOLULU POSTSOCIETY OF AMERICANMILITARY ENGINEERSEstablished 1920 -Dedicated to theNational DefenseP.O. Box 31218, Honolulu, HI 96817Web page: www.samehonolulu.org2010-2011 Honolulu Post /MembershipSecretaryTreasurerDir at Lge, ArmyDir at Lge, NavyDir at Lge,Air ForceDir at Lge,Coast GuardDir at Lge, CivilianCol Mark Bednar, USAFBryan Zachmeier, USAF (Ret)Will Boudra, PE, USN (Ret)Jerry Matsuda, PE, USAF (Ret)Capt David Stringer, USAFLT Aaron Allison, USNLTCOL Doug Guttormsen, USACAPT Paul Fuligni, USNCol Karl Bosworth, USAFLCDR Andrew Wright, PE, USCGTodd Barnes, PE, USA (Ret)Wiliki AdvertisersWanted

Page 7INA FIESTA PARADE – We will again be participating with a marching unit and Float duringthis annual event. This will be covered and discussed more at our next regular meeting.NEXT BOARD MEETING – Date TBA. Location:This will be at Jeoffrey’s, 5:30 PM.FIREPROTECTIONENGINEERSwww.sfpehawaii.orgP.O. Box 4135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812Website: rectorsʼ for 2010-2012President:VP/Pres Elect:Secretary:Treasurer:Ass’t Treas:Auditor:Bus. Manager:Press Rel.Off:Past President:HCES Rep:Alternate:Directors:The Society ofMelvin K. Harano, P.E.848-6966harano@thermaleng.comRobert T. Bigtas, P.E.526-9019Rbigtas-ssda@hawaii.rr.comDerick Kam848-6966kam@thermaleng.comSamuel S. Dannaway, P.E. 526-9019Sdannaway-ssda@hawaii.rr.comVice-PresElvi B. PinedaJeoffrey S. CudiamatMaritez MarquezNicolo A. OrenseJojo A. LopezEugene N. CalaraSuzie S. AgraanJoey G. ResurreccionJohn C. RamosSuzie S. AgraanElvi B. PinedaNapoleon Q. AgraanRamon B. Bonoan, Jr.Frank CruzataVergel G. Del RosarioMarcelino C. LabasanAngelie L. LegaspiHawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: er2011-2012 YMF OfficersPresident – Lara Karamatsulkaramatsu@ascehawaiiymf.orgVice President – Kurt Nagamineknagamine@ascehawaiiymf.orgSecretary – Jason Sugibayashijsugibayashi@ascehawaiiymf.orgTreasurer – Puna Kaneakuapkaneakua@ascehawaiiymf.orgPast President – Eric TEEREPORTS:MEETINGS – Thanks to Jeoffrey for making hiscompany’s meeting facility in Pearl City available for FALEA’S Board & Special Meetings.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – TheFundamentals of Engineering (FE) Reviewclass is now on-going with 23 individualssigned up. The sessions end on Saturday, April7, and attendees should be ready to take theNational Exam scheduled the followingSaturday. MEMBERSHIP – So far we have atotal of 11 new member applications approvedby the Board for the FY 2011/2012. These are:William Agnir, Jr., Avelina E. Cabais, Manuel O.Cinco, Allan Clores, Wilmurf A. De Vera, RizaMarie Gatdula, Krizelle J. Mabuti, LeonardoMarcial, Nicolo Olino, Sherri Valdez, and ArnieC. Valero. All welcome aboard!FALEA SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT –Registration deadline for our May 25th AnnualScholarship Fundraiser is May 11, 2012. Weneed more sponsors, and players. The GolfCommittee will be meeting weekly until the finalweek of the golf tournament. FILCOM’S FILIP-Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTIONNext YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduledfor Tuesday, April 3, 6:00 p.m. at Kaka‘akoKitchen, 596-7488; and Thursday, May 3, 6:00p.m. place to be determined. If you are interested in attending to find out what the YMF HCOUNTS Oahu Chapter CompetitionBy David Lin and Tiffany HamadaCommunity Service ChairsOn Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12 ASCEYMF members volunteered at the MATHCOUNTS Oahu Chapter competition atPunahou School. This competition involved 6th– 8th grade students from schools all overOahu. The math skills of these students wereput to the test as they were challenged to solvea series of math problems within a given timelimit. YMF members helped by tallying theresults for three different rounds: Sprint, Target,& Team. Thank you to all the volunteers forcoming out to help with this event, Ed Changfor coordinating this event with the YMF, andEd Kellett for graciously donating giftcards toYMF.OFFICERSPresident – Kurt BendlerVice President – Paul BrussowDirector – Amarjit SinghDirector – Maelyn UyeharaPast President – Stephen JacobsonTreasurer – Guia LasqueteSecretary – Kevin MitchellHawaii Section 2010-2011 Officerswww.ite-hawaii.orgPresident:Honglong Lilih@pbworld.comVice President: Michael Packardmpackard@ssfm.comSec

first place in the 2012 MATHCOUNTS 29th Hawaii State Competition on March 3, 2012 held at Iolani School. A week earlier . Round, followed by the Target, Team, and Countdown Rounds. The Sprint Round has individual Mathletes answering 30 difficult problems in 40 minutes. The Target Round has