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SAME HONOLULU MONTHLY MEETING - July 13 at the Hale Ikena on Fort Shafter. Topic: Sustainable Design beyond LEED rating: James Stone from Group 70 International. Directions to the Hale Ikena. Congratulations to the 2010-2011 Honolulu Post President COL Mark Bednar, and the Officers and Directors. Click here for the roster. Please click here to view the CALENDER OF EVENTS. Also click here for the SECRETARY TICKLER. More Events |
June 2010 Highlights
Mahalo to everyone who participated in our SAME Scholarship Golf Tournament and Pacific Industry Forum on June 9 and 10. The golf tournament was held at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The Pacific Industry Forum was held at the Ala Moana Hotel and included briefings from the Air Force, Navy, Army, and Joint Basing Program. The event generated over $12,000 with all proceeds going towards our scholarship program for local students interested in engineering, math, and science. Briefing handouts from the Pacific Industry Forum can be downloaded here. May 2010 Highlights
On May 11, Tim Folks, Technical Services Manager from Hawaiian Cement/Hawaiian Labs, gave a presentation on pervious concrete and its benefits to storm water runoff. The concrete has extremely high porosity, which allows storm water to pass directly through and seep into the ground. More information on pervious concrete can be found at www.perviouspavement.org. Handouts from Tim's presentation can be downloaded here. April 2010 Highlights
On April 13th, Major John Henderson, the Deputy Commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, gave a talk about the emergency response operations in American Samoa following the devastating tsunami in October of 2009. He discussed the engineering contributions made by the Army Corps of Engineers. HAWAII STATE SCIENCE FAIR 2010
The SAME Honolulu Post provided volunteer judges at the 53rd Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair. Judges assisted in the selection of Hawaii representatives to the International Science Fair to be held in San Jose, CA on 9-14 May 2010. Judges also selected student winners of $1,000 in SAME awards to: JUNIOR RESEARCH CATEGORY:
SENIOR RESEARCH CATEGORY
...And the winner for OUTSTANDING SCHOOL AWARD:
Congratulations to our SAME award winners...and a warm Mahalo to our vounteers! March 2010 Highlights On March 9, three distinguished guests brief SAME Honolulu on joint military basing initiatives in the Pacific. CAPT Paul Fuligni, the Vice Commander of NAVFAC Pacific talked about Joint Region Marianas on Guam. CAPT David Bustamante, the Executive Officer of NAVFAC Hawaii, discussed the merger of Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base. Finally, Colonel Karl Bosworth, the Director of Installation and Mission Support at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, briefed the group on the Elmendorf-Richardson joint base initiative. February 2010 Highlights
The SAME Honolulu Post hosted a booth at the UH Jr. Engineering Expo on February 26th. The expo is held annually and hosts over 200 students from Oahu schools. Students have a chance to meet engineering students and compete in various engineering competitions such as bridge building, the marshmellow catapult - and SAME's "How high can you go" structure competition. Mahalo to volunteers Jerry Matsuda of AECOM and Sandra Kim, Mark Galdiano, and Jonathon Hino.
Same Honolulu, in conjunction with the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies, hosted the inaugural luncheon for Engineers Week on Tuesday, February 16 with over 200 people in attendance. The luncheon took place at the Hale Koa Hotel. The guest speaker was Dr. Peter Crouch, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii. He spoke about the multitude of activities and clubs that the UH engineering students are involved in, as well as the different programs that are offered at the school. January 2010 Highlights The first luncheon of 2010 was held at the Hale Ikena, with Eric Hashizume as the guest speaker. Mr. Hashizume gave a talk on the power and potential of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the facilities lifecycle. He is an engineer with Hawaiian Dredging and supervises the Building Division projects, which includes hotels, condominiums, parking structures, shopping centers, office buildings, hospitals, and renovations. Much of his current work incorporates the BIM process. December 2009 Highlights
On December 16th at the SAME Honolulu monthly luncheon, CAPT Greg Thomas, the Commanding Officer of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, gave a talk on the Shipyard Modernization Plan. He discussed the effort to bring the historic shipyard into the modern age through a planned facility realignment. November 2009 Highlights
Mark Ambler, PE, PMP, from Weston Solutions gave an informative talk on Modular Vegatative Roof System at the monthly meeting at the Hale Ikena. He highlighted the energy and cost savings that can be obtained in retrofitting structures with "green roofs." October 2009 Highlights
The October SAME luncheon was held at the Hickam Air Force Base Tradewinds Club. The guest speaker was Mr. James Holland. Mr. Holland is the principle staff advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Policy Formulation and Program Direction on Department of Air Force installations, real estate, base closure and base alignment. He spoke on the issues of encroachment, BRAC and joint basing and referenced the debate for selecting bases for the new joint strike fighter. September 2009 Highlights
On September 8, Ardalan Nikou, a senior civil engineer at the design and construction group AECOM, gave a talk on Rockfall Protection and Mitigation in Hawaii. August 2009 Highlights
On August 18th, Jim Van Epps, LTC, USA (ret), the Project Manager for the consultant group performing the planning and engineering for the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor project gave an update for the project during the monthly SAME Honolulu luncheon. Please see the brief here. July 2009 Highlights
The new executive board members for SAME honolulu were sworn in on July 14th. Congratulations to the new members!
Also on July 14th, Samuel Dannaway, P.E. from S. S. Dannaway Associates, gave a presentation on the comparison of military and commercial fire protection requirements. June 2009 Highlights
Gerald W. Davis, Assistant Regional Administrator for Habitat Conservation Division for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Regional Office, gave a great talk on the pursuit to seek a partnered approach to restoring coastal health in Maunalua Bay, Oahu. The effort includes the development of storm water management solutions, better understanding drainage volume and velocity impacts, watershed specific contaminants, nutrient loading, alien invasive algae and sedimentation.
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SAME - Honolulu Post
PO Box 31218
Honolulu, HI 96820
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