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2012 Hawaii Mathcounts Competition Results
Washington Middle School math team took first place in the 2012 MATHCOUNTS® 29th
Hawaii State Competition on March 3, 2012 held at Iolani School. A week earlier
Washington also placed first at the MATHCOUNTS ® Oahu Chapter Competition when
they competed against 24 Oahu schools. This makes it two in a row for Washington,
which placed first in 2011 State Competition, and second in 2010. As a result of
its first place finish, Washington Coach Sung Park will be the Hawaii team’s
coach at the National Competition on May 11, 2012 at Walt Disney World’s Swan and
Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida...
Click here for the full story in the April Wiliki.
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U.S. Navy, NAVFAC Hawaii's Submarine Drive-In Magnetic Silencing Facility Receives 2012 ACECH Grand Conceptor Award
Each year the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii (ACECH) recognizes the
outstanding achievements of its member firms with Engineering Excellence Awards. An esteemed
panel of judges evaluate the entries based on the judging criteria of uniqueness and originality;
Technical value to the engineering profession; Social and economic considerations; Complexity;
and Meeting or exceeding owner/client needs. Awards are given at 3 levels with the top project
earning the Grand Conceptor Award, followed by Engineering Excellence Awards and Honor Awards...
Click here for the full story in the March Wiliki.
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2012 Engineering Awards
2012 HCES Lifetime Achievement Award - Lawrence S. Agena, P.E., MPH
2012 Engineer of the Year - Ronald N.S. Ho, P.E.
2012 Young Engineer of the Year Award - Timothy Lum Yee, P.E., A.M. ASCE
2012 Student Engineer of the Year - Larry K. Martin
Click here to read about all of the award recipients in the February Wiliki.
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Engineers Week 2012 Display Exhibits - Invitation to Participate
Each year during Engineers Week, the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies
(HCES) organizes display exhibits that help to increase public awareness and appreciation of
the engineering profession. For the past years, several societies’ consulting engineering firms
& manufacturing companies, the student groups from the University of Hawaii at Manoa
(UHM), and the robotics clubs from local high schools have gathered at Kahala Mall as well
as Pearlridge Shopping Center and displayed projects that they had been working on and
entering in competitions. It turned out to be a great success. Not only did we achieve the
goal of public outreach, but students or engineers were also able to practice their presentation
skills and receive positive feedback from a range of people.
This upcoming event in 2012, we will be focusing on “the future of engineering” once
again. HCES is inviting the societies’ consulting engineering firms & manufacturing companies,
the UHM student groups and the high school’s robotic clubs to participate in this event that will
showcase their respective projects as well as...
Click here for the full story in the January Wiliki.
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Please Welcome the Society of Women Engineers – Hawaiian Islands Section
A number of college alumni familiar with SWE at the collegiate level
expressed the need for a professional Society of Women Engineers section
in Hawaii that would empower women to achieve their full potential in
careers as engineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering
profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate
the value of diversity. They wished to continue as professional
members of SWE, but there was no organization to fill this void. Being
enterprising women, they took steps to fill that void, and in the summer of
2009 they came together to create a section in Hawaii that would accommodate
those who wanted to socialize and network with others having
similar interests...
Click here for the full story in the December Wiliki.
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Marketers Unite! A/E/C Marketing Organization Continues to Thrive
It’s been over four years since the Society for Marketing Professional
Services (SMPS) Hawaii Chapter was launched in the summer of 2007.
Since then, our local chapter has achieved numerous accomplishments
and continues to prosper in these challenging economic times. Our membership
has been steadily growing and currently stands at just under 50,
and we continue to provide high-quality programs and educational events
for our members and non-members alike...
Click here for the full story in the December Wiliki.
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2011 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award winners
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Hawaii Section is pleased to announce the 2011
Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award
winners. The purpose of the award program is to
recognize projects that demonstrate important
outstanding civil engineering accomplishments by
Hawaii's design and construction professionals....
Click here for the full story in the November Wiliki.
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Clean Energy: 2011 has been about picking up the pace
It began with an outlandish and ambitious
idea, to wean our state off of imported oil for a
cleaner, greener, and more-energy secure
future. Making it happen takes cooperation
from many in our community, and Hawaiian
Electric is - and has to be - at the center of the
effort....
Click here for the full story in the October Wiliki.
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UH Manoa College of Engineering Update
The UH Manoa College of Engineering continues
to move forward during difficult times under
the guidance of Dean Peter E. Crouch. Highlights
for 2010-2011 include key business competition
wins by engineering faculty and students, national
honors for its nanosatellite team, another successful
banquet, two new staff hires and the hiring of four
new faculty members....
Click here for the full story in the September Wiliki.
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Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Moderate Construction Cost Inflation Reported
Research from global property and construction
consultant, Rider Levett Bucknall, reports a
small uptick in quarterly construction cost
escalation. Second quarter 2011 saw inflation
in national average construction bid prices by
0.5%. While the increase is nominal, this marks
the fifth consecutive quarter that construction
costs have climbed slightly, indicating further
stabilization of the battered construction markets....
Click here for the full story in the July Wiliki.
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The 2011 ASME Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design Competition
The annual Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design
Competition was held May 6, 2011 in the
Hawaii Geophysics Building Room HIG 110,
University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. Competing
was eight teams with 42 students from the Department
of Mechanical Engineering (DME) Capstone ME 481/482
Senior Mechanics Design Project courses, competing
for four monetary awards. Design projects competing
included an electric car, a Baja racecar, a fuel-efficient
vehicle, a heavy lift aircraft, an underwater plow, a
solar tracker, a marine energy generator, and an
unmanned boat....
Click here for the full story in the June Wiliki.