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VOL. 54 NO. 7 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS SEPTEMBER, 2018 continued on page 5 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COMMEMORATES 110 YEARS SORRY FOR THE LATE DELIVERY Hurricane Lane affected our production schedule UHM College of Engineering Deans and Chairs Interim Dean H. Ronald Riggs Assistant Dean Song K. Choi Int. Assoc. Dean David Ma CEE Chair Panos Prevedouros EE Chair Wayne Shiroma ME Chair Marcello Kobayashi HCAC Director Magdy Iskander 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 This year the College of Engineering marks its 110th year of engineering education. Over the years, more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees have been awarded, with a record high of 290 students earning their BS degrees during the 2017-2018 academic year. Upcoming Events Holmescoming is right around the corner— October 5 from 5:00-8:30 pm at Let Murakami Stadium. Join us for this fabulous event! Go to https://www.eng.hawaii.edu/event/h18/ for details on how to purchase tickets. New Faculty and Staff Tyler Ray, Zhouyuan Song and William Uspal are new faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department. They are joined by Shayna Yee (support specialist) and Gang Yuan (IT spe- cialist) who have replaced retirees Joanne Yee and Greg Pang, respectively. Ray is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Northwestern and specializes in developing flexible, thin, and conformal epidermal platforms for clinical diagnostics. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. Song just finished his PhD at the University of Florida where he also earned his MS in 2014. His research interests in robotics emphasize estimation and coordination of small aerial and underwater robots in extreme conditions involv- ing strong background flows. Uspal was a postdoctoral associate at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany. He earned his PhD in physics from MIT in 2013 and has “two major lines of research: (i) systems of particles driven by external flow, and (ii) systems of chemically active ``artificial microswimmers.''” The Civil and Environmental Engineering department welcomes Chunhee Cho and Do- Soo Moon to their fac- ulty. Cho received his PhD in 2016 from Georgia Institute of Technology and was a post doctoral scholar at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He’s published over 30 peer-reviewed papers and confer- ence proceedings in the structural health mon- itoring area. Moon’s PhD is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was a postdoctoral research associate for the last few years. His research interests include multi- hazard sustainable and resilient structures for civil infrastructures; vulnerability assessment of structures; structural health monitoring and smart sensors; nonlinear finite element model- ing; and information technology and structural control applications in structural engineering. Although it may seem that the number of fac- ulty has been increasing with all the new hires, the total numbers have remained the same for many years. Attrition and retirements have increased the number of faculty searches that we’ve conducted over the last several years. With the newly hired faculty, we have a total of 56 which is only a few more than we’ve had for the last 20 or so years. Our Students The Rainbow Warrior Racing Team, com- prised of mainly mechanical engineering seniors, earned a 14th overall place out of 80 schools in Lincoln, Nebraska this past spring at the 2018 International Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Collegiate Design Series Competition. This is an outstanding accomplishment, given that last year the team finished in 63rd place. Student leaders includ- ed Keanu Kim (project manager), Dwight Matsuo (system integrator), Isaiah Amasol (financial manager), Poria Taeb (chassis/aero lead), Justin Tice (powertrain lead) and Nicko Naanos (suspension lead). According to Dr. A Zachary Trimble, the team’s advisor, “25 ME students participated directly, mostly ME seniors with about 1/4-1/3 underclassmen; and another 5-10 grad students, underclassmen, and alumni contributed to some extent.” This is the fifth year consecutive year that the students are participated in the international formula competition. Congratulations to the team! Ke Koa ‘Ehā O Ke Alahele, “The Fourth Warriors of the Road,” is a group of Mechanical Engineering students who built a human pow- ered vehicle to compete in the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge. The team traveled to Pomona, California for the North American West competition where sixteen schools were judged on various aspects. Placing sixth over- all, the students placed third in the innovation category. Dayton Lee (project manager), Travis Shimizu (system integrator), Raina Duenas (financial manager), Bill Segall (account man- ager), Amy Bentz, James Cuenca, Ashley Kahl, Rommel Limjap, Liem Nguyen, Andrew Obianao, and Nicholas Sumera are the “Fourth Warriors.” UH Engineering students Tom Knapp-Ramos and Jonathan Uejbe took third place at the 2018 UH Business Plan Competition (BPC) for their business plan centered around a product they developed called “Swipewrap.” Swipewrap is a software service that enhances the digital gifting user experience with personalized, 3D unwrappable gift boxes, which users can unwrap with their fingers on their smartphone. The prize package for third place includes the $2,500 HiBEAM Bill Richardson Pioneer Prize and $3,000 value in legal and marketing services. Organized by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Shidler College of Business, the annual BPC is an intense, semester-long, experiential program that provides hands-on education, mentorship and resources to Holmescoming 2017
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COMMEMORATES110 YEARS
SORRY FOR THELATE DELIVERY
Hurricane Laneaffected our
production schedule
UHM College of EngineeringDeans and ChairsInterim Dean H. Ronald RiggsAssistant Dean Song K. ChoiInt. Assoc. Dean David MaCEE Chair Panos PrevedourosEE Chair Wayne ShiromaME Chair Marcello KobayashiHCAC Director Magdy Iskander
2540 Dole Street, Holmes HallHonolulu, Hawaii 96822
This year the College of Engineering marksits 110th year of engineering education. Overthe years, more than 11,900 undergraduateand graduate engineering degrees have beenawarded, with a record high of 290 studentsearning their BS degrees during the 2017-2018academic year.
Upcoming EventsHolmescoming is right around the corner—
October 5 from 5:00-8:30 pm at Let MurakamiStadium. Join us for this fabulous event! Go tohttps://www.eng.hawaii.edu/event/h18/ fordetails on how to purchase tickets.
New Faculty and StaffTyler Ray, Zhouyuan Song and William Uspal
are new faculty in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment. They are joined by Shayna Yee(support specialist) and Gang Yuan (IT spe-cialist) who have replaced retirees Joanne Yeeand Greg Pang, respectively. Ray is currentlya postdoctoral research fellow at Northwesternand specializes in developing flexible, thin,and conformal epidermal platforms for clinicaldiagnostics. He earned his PhD from theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara in 2015.Song just finished his PhD at the University ofFlorida where he also earned his MS in 2014.
His research interests in robotics emphasizeestimation and coordination of small aerial andunderwater robots in extreme conditions involv-ing strong background flows. Uspal was apostdoctoral associate at the Max PlanckInstitute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart,Germany. He earned his PhD in physics fromMIT in 2013 and has “two major lines ofresearch: (i) systems of particles driven byexternal flow, and (ii) systems of chemicallyactive ``artificial microswimmers.''”
The Civil and Environmental Engineeringdepartment welcomes Chunhee Cho and Do-
Soo Moon to their fac-ulty. Cho received hisPhD in 2016 fromGeorgia Institute ofTechnology and was apost doctoral scholarat the University ofNevada, Las Vegas.He’s published over30 peer-reviewedpapers and confer-
ence proceedings in the structural health mon-itoring area. Moon’s PhD is from the Universityof Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he wasa postdoctoral research associate for the lastfew years. His research interests include multi-hazard sustainable and resilient structures forcivil infrastructures; vulnerability assessment ofstructures; structural health monitoring andsmart sensors; nonlinear finite element model-ing; and information technology and structuralcontrol applications in structural engineering.
Although it may seem that the number of fac-ulty has been increasing with all the new hires,the total numbers have remained the same formany years. Attrition and retirements haveincreased the number of faculty searches thatwe’ve conducted over the last several years.With the newly hired faculty, we have a total of56 which is only a few more than we’ve had forthe last 20 or so years.
Our StudentsThe Rainbow Warrior Racing Team, com-
prised of mainly mechanical engineeringseniors, earned a 14th overall place out of 80schools in Lincoln, Nebraska this past spring atthe 2018 International Formula SAE (Society ofAutomotive Engineers) Collegiate DesignSeries Competition. This is an outstandingaccomplishment, given that last year the teamfinished in 63rd place. Student leaders includ-ed Keanu Kim (project manager), DwightMatsuo (system integrator), Isaiah Amasol(financial manager), Poria Taeb (chassis/aero
lead), Justin Tice (powertrain lead) and NickoNaanos (suspension lead). According to Dr. AZachary Trimble, the team’s advisor, “25 MEstudents participated directly, mostly MEseniors with about 1/4-1/3 underclassmen; andanother 5-10 grad students, underclassmen,and alumni contributed to some extent.” This isthe fifth year consecutive year that the studentsare participated in the international formulacompetition. Congratulations to the team!
Ke Koa ‘Ehā O Ke Alahele, “The FourthWarriors of the Road,” is a group of MechanicalEngineering students who built a human pow-ered vehicle to compete in the ASME HumanPowered Vehicle Challenge. The team traveledto Pomona, California for the North AmericanWest competition where sixteen schools werejudged on various aspects. Placing sixth over-all, the students placed third in the innovationcategory. Dayton Lee (project manager), TravisShimizu (system integrator), Raina Duenas(financial manager), Bill Segall (account man-ager), Amy Bentz, James Cuenca, Ashley Kahl,Rommel Limjap, Liem Nguyen, AndrewObianao, and Nicholas Sumera are the “FourthWarriors.”
UH Engineering students Tom Knapp-Ramosand Jonathan Uejbe took third place at the 2018UH Business Plan Competition (BPC) for theirbusiness plan centered around a product theydeveloped called “Swipewrap.” Swipewrap isa software service that enhances the digitalgifting user experience with personalized, 3Dunwrappable gift boxes, which users canunwrap with their fingers on their smartphone.The prize package for third place includes the$2,500 HiBEAM Bill Richardson Pioneer Prizeand $3,000 value in legal and marketingservices. Organized by the Pacific Asian Centerfor Entrepreneurship (PACE) at the University ofHawai‘i at Mānoa Shidler College of Business,the annual BPC is an intense, semester-long,experiential program that provides hands-oneducation, mentorship and resources to
Holmescoming 2017
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HSPE members from three islands attendedthe PECON (Professional EngineersConference) in Las Vegas, in July of 2018; SaraDoi from Honolulu Chapter, Curtis Beck fromBig Island Chapter, and Mike Silva from Maui
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Chapter (left to right in photo). Sara is HSPEPresident Elect. Curtis is National Institute forCertification in Engineering Technologies(NICET) Chair Elect. Mike is Hawaii’s House ofDelegates Representative. They were veryimpressed with the professional developmentsessions that were offered. It was interesting tohear the similar engineering challenges theyface in Southern Nevada regarding watersource. Also, Southern Nevada has taken greatstrides in incorporating technology into theirtransportation system. They have autonomousvehicle Lyfts and an autonomous shuttle on thestrip. New Audi vehicles are able to connect tothe traffic signal system to inform stopped dri-vers how long it will be until the signal turnsgreen. NSPE (National Society of ProfessionalEngineers) and the Nevada Society ofProfessional Engineers did an outstanding jobin putting the conference together. The Hawaiireps look forward to bringing back and imple-menting some great ideas to strengthen andcreate thriving chapters!
Also, nominations for the Engineer of the Yearcandidates will be accepted beginning inNovember of 2018. Nomination forms will beavailable on the HSPE website. The awardeewill be presented at the Engineer’s WeekBanquet in February of 2019. Please contactKurt Kunimune of HSPE [email protected] fornomination forms or with any questions.Nominations will be due by December 28, 2018.Mahalo!
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2018-2019 Board of DirectorsPresident: Sean Sugai Ronald N.S. Ho & Associates, Inc.Pres.-Elect: Ken Kawahara Akinaka & Associates, Ltd.Treasurer: Garret Masuda Insynergy Engineering, Inc.Secretary: Derek Mukai Community Planning and Engineering, Inc.National Dir.: Terrance Arashiro Austin Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.Past Pres.: Jeff Kalani Yogi Kwong EngineersDirector: Paul Matsuda Group 70 InternationalDirector: Michelle Adolpho ECS, Inc.Director; Nimr Tamimi Engineering Partners
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Call for Entries! If you have an innovativeand complex project or study that deservesrecognition, enter it in the EngineeringExcellence Awards Competition. Intent to enterforms are due on October 15, 2018 and thedeadline for submitting the Project Flash driveand Panel is November 30, 2018.
Please visit our website (www.acechawaii.org) or e-mail [email protected] for moreinformation. Please also mark your calendar andmake plans to attend the 2019 EngineeringExcellence Awards Competition Banquet,which will be held on February 2, 2019, at theKo`olau Ballrooms.
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PREVIOUS BOD MEETINGAugust 1, 2018
2018 SEAOH ConventionThe convention has been scheduled for
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2018 SEAOH Scholarship Golf TournamentThe golf tournament has been scheduled for
Friday, October 19, 2018 at Hoakalei CountryClub. The registration form has been postedon the website. The tournament is the mainsource of revenue for the SEAOH collegescholarships that are given every year. Thisyear, SEAOH is planning to award four $3,000college scholarships, with one scholarshipbeing reserved for a student who may not bepursuing a structural engineering degree.Please check the events section on theseaoh.org website for information on the schol-arship application.
Slab-on-grade Corrosion Task ForceSEAOH convened a task group to review the
durability of embedded steel and wall anchorsin concrete slab edges, as well as steel in con-tact with the concrete along slab edges. Thetask group meet during the past few monthsand is pleased to announce the completion ofa set of recommended amendments to the2012 International Building Code. The recom-mended amendments were sent to theDepartment of Planning and Permitting at theCity and County of Honolulu. Please contact aboard member if you would like to review therecommendation letter.
SEAOH Young Member GroupThe SEAOH young member group has been
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2018 CMAA Hawaii Chapter Board President Brook Corney (CH2M) Vice President Alex Pascual (Bow CM) Secretary Ranelle Ho (SSFM) Treasurer Emily Boirum (Bowers + Kubota) Chap Past Pres Chandra Namumnart (EKNA Services)
CMAA Hawai‘i Chapter News:Aloha CMAA Hawai‘i! On Thursday, August
16th the CMAA Hawai‘i Chapter held its speak-er luncheon at Dave & Busters in the PainaHale Room. Big Mahalo to the guest speaker,Allyn Lee. He is the Program Administrator ofthe Mechanical/Electrical Division in theDepartment of Design and Construction for theCity and County of Honolulu, where he directs,coordinates, and monitors the planning, designand construction of electrical and mechanicalengineering projects for the City buildings,parks facilities, street lighting facilities andrenewable energy Systems. Allyn is a licensed
Electrical Engineer with nearly thirty years ofexperience with the City. He has a Master ofScience and Bachelor of Science degrees fromthe University of Hawaii. Information wasshared regarding the Island Wide LED StreetLight Upgrade.
On August 4th, part 2 of the CommunityService Event was held at the Institute forHuman Services Hale Mauliola. The organiza-tion was very pleased with the hard work doneby the CMAA Hawai‘i Volunteers. Great job toFrank Parker and Terrence Young for organiz-ing these events.
Two scholarships of $1,000 each will beawarded to qualified students at theSeptember CMAA meeting. It is intended toassist students planning to pursue or are pur-suing a degree in Construction Management.
Information regarding our end of year Painain September will be shared via email. Asshared in the past, our chapter is here as aresource for all Construction Engineering andManagement professionals, and the things thatwe do benefit not only our CM community butour larger Ohana as well.
If you have any questions regarding any ofour upcoming events, would like to join ourOhana and become more involved with theCMAA Hawai‘i Chapter or would simply like tobe added to our email list, please email us [email protected], or at our mailingaddress; CMAA Hawai‘i, PO Box 531,Honolulu, HI 96809.
Looking for a CCM? The current listing for allHawai‘i CCMs can be found here:https://cmaanet.org/certified-construction-managers-registry Safety always.
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Hawaii Section Officers 2018-2019
President Mofazzal Mir, PE
Pres-Elect Willie Diguc, PE
Vice Pres Samantha Nakamura, PE
Secretary Matthew Tio
Treasurer David Lebowitz
Bd of Governors
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2017-2018 YMF OfficersJordan Urabe, President
Nicole Nakaoka, Vice President
Austin Wong, Treasurer
Kapiolani Street, Secretary
Norman Leong, Past President
YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, September 5th, at 6:00 pm atTJ’s Bar & Grill. If you are interested in attend-ing and learning more about the various profes-sional, social and service opportunities avail-able through YMF, please contact YMF [email protected].
Archery Social TagOn Sunday, July 9th, YMF members partici-
pated in an afternoon Archery Tag competition.Participants were divided into 10 teams of sixto nine members. The teams warmed up withthree rounds of friendly games before startinga single elimination bracket tournament to fightfor first place. After four rounds of competitiveplay, “Team 3”, from Wilson OkamotoCorporation, took first place and team “JellyPeanut Butter” scored second place. Top threeteams were awarded with gift cards to a popu-lar eatery near Downtown Honolulu. Over 70people participated in this event to fundraisemoney for an end of the year social event.Thank you all for the contribution! More detailsfor the end of the year social will be announcedsoon!
Special OlympicsOn Saturday, August 4th, eight YMF mem-
bers volunteered at the ‘Aukake Classic Eventfor the Special Olympics at Waiau District Parkin Pearl City. The ‘Aukake Classic is a two-dayevent in which athletes throughout the statecompete in a multi-division 5-a-side soccertournament, individual skills soccer competi-tion, and traditional and unified bocce doublescompetition. The coaches and athletes trainedfrom June through August and competed inarea and regional competitions in preparationfor the event. The ‘Aukake Classic marks theend of the Special Olympics Summer season.The YMF members worked with the SpecialOperations Team to set up tents and chairs, fillcoolers for the volunteers and water jugs for the
athletes, place trash/recycle bins around thepark, transport the food and merchandise, andother miscellaneous tasks. Thank you to theYMF volunteers for coming out to help and toCindy Ujimori for coordinating this event!
Driving RangeOn Saturday, July 21st, YMF held a driving
range outing at the Newtown Driving Range inAiea. Nineteen YMF members attended andhelped each other out with tips to improve theirgame. Overall, everyone enjoyed the beautifulafternoon refining their golf skills and network-ing with other engineers. Thank you to all whoparticipated in this event. Please keep check-ing the YMF website for information regardingthe next YMF Golf Outing.
WESTERN REGION YOUNGER MEMBERCOUNCIL 2019
The American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) Hawaii Section Younger MemberForum (YMF) is proud to announce that we willbe hosting the 2019 Western Region YoungerMember Council (WRYMC) here in Honolulu onMarch 8th-9th, 2019 at the Hilton HawaiianVillage.
The last time Hawaii hosted this leadershipconference was back in 2003. Sixteen yearslater, the Hawaii YMF has received the privilegeto host WRYMC again. We are honored to havebeen selected by our peers and are eager toshare our aloha as well as Hawaii’s unique cul-tural and engineering perspective with them.
WRYMC, along with the Workshop forSection and Branch Leaders (WSBL) and theWorkshop for Student Chapter Leaders(WSCL), make up the Regions 8 and 9 ASCEMulti-Regional Leadership Conference(MRLC). The conference provides an incredi-ble opportunity for members of all levels toengage with ASCE leadership. Participants willalso have the chance to network with over 400professionals and students from 10 states atthis annual leadership summit.
Please check out our websiteWRYMC2019.com for information on how toprovide support and for updates on the confer-ence!
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FORAUGUST/SEPTEMBER
I am so humbled to have the opportunity toserve you as the president of the ASHRAEHawaii Chapter for 2018-19 Society Year. Truly,it is an honor, and I am very grateful to all of ourmembers for entrusting me with the greatresponsibilities associated with this noble posi-tion. I will do my outmost to live up to your trustand confidence by discharging my responsibil-ities in the best possible manner.
We had our Installation of Officers Banqueton June 14, 2018 at the Plaza Club. The meet-ing was well attended, with approximately 75people present, approximately 30% of our totalmembers. ASHRAE Region X DRC, Ms. MaritesCalad, installed the officers and BOGs.Certificates and awards were provided to theoutgoing officers and BOGs for their outstand-ing performance in 2017-18 SY. Everyone hasa wonderful time and enjoyed the sumptuousfood and a "Just-Like-Vegas" event afterwards.
A big MAHALO to our outgoing President Mr.Kevin Luoma. Mr. Luoma did a wonderful jobas President last year and left a big pair ofshoes for me to fill. Setting up a scholarshipfund with the ASHRAE foundation, whose pro-ceeds will financially benefit local students pur-suing an engineering degree with emphasis onHVAC, was one of the important hallmarks ofhis presidency. We are hoping to continue onthat awesome tradition of giving back to ourwonderful community.
We had our first BOG meeting on July 19,2018 at Murphy’s Tavern. Officers and commit-tee chairs shared their plans on the things theywould like to accomplish in 2018-19 SY. One ofthe main discussions at the BOG meeting wasrelated to the “Hawaii Chapter KokuaScholarship” that was founded last year withASHRAE foundation. BOGs, officers, and com-mittee chairs were enthusiastic about thescholarship fund and would like to contributemaximum amount possible to that fund eachyear in order to be able to provide scholarshipsto the local students.
We also attended ASHRAE Region X CRC atFresno, California, on August 15-18, 2018. Theconference was a great opportunity for us toexpress our opinion on how ASHRAE shouldoperate, and we got the opportunity to nomi-nate regional and society level leadership. TheConference also had a lot of leadership trainingevents and workshops to equip us with toolsand knowledge to run our chapter efficiently.We immensely benefitted from those leader-ship training events and workshops.
At the end, we encourage everyone to volun-teer and participate in all of our chapter events
this year and make our ASHRAE HawaiiChapter one of the most active chapters in theregion.
Mahalo Nui Loa! Mofazzal Mir, P.E.
2018-2019 ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter President
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Section NewsWe held our executive meetings on July 11
and August 8. We are looking for members inprofessional development, K12 STEM out-reach, community outreach, and social com-mittees. If you are interested in leading a com-mittee or an event, please email Dian N. [email protected].
Our first general meeting will be on August27 at Maple Garden. There will be an introduc-tion to SWE, dinner/networking, and a profes-sional development panel on Work/ LifeBalance. Speakers of the panel are Dr. SherylNojima, Dr. Olga Boric-Lubecke, and KristenYoshida. For an event flyer, please check ourwebsite at http://hi.swe.org.
Our second fall event is an interactive webi-nar on the topic of How to Get Company’sSponsorship for Your Professional SocietyInvolvement on September 27. Email Dian N.at [email protected] for registrationand questions. GoToMeeting conference callnumber will be sent out prior to the live meet-ing.
SWE-HI is actively seeking donation for theMae Nakatani Nishioka Scholarship Fund. Our
goal is to raise $28,000 to endow the scholar-ship, which will be awarded yearly to womenengineering students in the state of Hawaii.With the Nakatani Nishioka family’s generousmatching up to $15,000, we are $9,000 awayfrom reaching our goal. Please visithttp://hi.swe.org/scholarships.html for informa-tion on Mae Nakatani Nishioka’s legacy andhow to make the donation.
students and faculty (from any of the 10 UHcampuses) who seek to learn what it takes to bean entrepreneur and start a business venture.< https://www.eng.hawaii.edu/bpc18/>
Civil and environmental engineering stu-dents at UH Mānoa took top poster award hon-ors at the annual Pacific Water Conferenceheld February 6–8, in Honolulu. The three-dayconference has become the premier event pro-moting best practices in water resources man-agement across Hawaiʻi. The annual meetingattracted more than 400 people, including envi-ronmental engineers, wastewater system oper-ators and other personnel in water, wastewaterand water quality fields. Topics focusing ondrinking water, wastewater, water reuse andrecycling and stormwater challenges wereuniquely addressed for the state of Hawaiʻi. <https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/02/20/uh-engineering-students-take-top-honors-at-water-conference/>
ResearchProfessor Yi Zuo, is developing ways to make
bubbles last longer. The fact that bubbles don’tlast long affects the quality of a product andZuo and his research team are studying waysto make these bubbles last longer. They’vedeveloped an arbitrary waveform generatorthat can manipulate a droplet, enabling them tostudy the relationship between the deformationof the surface and external stresses. Learnmore about his work at https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/06/28/new-method-of-making-bubbles-last-longer/ or http://www.hawaiin e w s n o w . c o m / s t o r y / 3 8 6 2 3 6 0 7 / a - u h -researchers-bubbly-breakthrough-could-be-a-boon-for-businesses.
In a study done by Professor Tao Yan, a cor-relation between the concentration ofSalmonella in Honolulu wastewater and salmo-nellosis cases reported to health clinics wasshown. The concentrations were monitoredover a 54-week period and the results showedthat municipal wastewater can be used as an
indicator for infectious diseases in a communi-ty, a new way to protect human health.
Assistant Professor Sangwoo Shindiscovered that detergent is not the mainreason that soil particles are removed from dirtylaundry—it’s the sudden introduction of thefreshwater rinse that gives cleaner laundry.Most people think it’s the detergent thatremoves the particles but Shin says thedetergent helps to loosen the particles and therinse actually accelerates particle remove fromthe pores of your clothes. Check out a videothat shows this: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/03/21/freshwater-rinse-is-real-laundry-hero/
Interim Associate Dean and Professor DavidMa and his research group have filed an inter-national patent for a method to increase lowlevel ambient energy to a useable level. Thisinvention is extremely useful for devices likewireless sensors, medical implants, and soforth that need long-term, unattended opera-tion. This amazing device uses a mini electri-cal generator made from droplet capacitors toharvest energy. A mini generator with threedroplets produced enough voltage to light up20 LEDs. Ma and his group believe this tech-nique can be scaled up for large applicationsand could potentially revolutionize grid-levelpower.
Search for Permanent DeanSince the departure of Peter Crouch from the
College in August 2016, Dr. H. Ronald Riggshas been serving as our Interim Dean. TheChancellor’s Office is currently searching for apermanent dean for the College. Dr. BrianTaylor, Dean of the School of Ocean and EarthSciences, is chairing the committee. Please seethe search website (http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/executivesearch/engr/) for details.
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