/ GENERAL MEETING
Aug10, 2016
Hawaiian Electric Company – Ward Avenue Cafeteria – Room 2
“Promoting Mechanical Engineering”
ASME-HI Executive Committee
2015-2016
Chairperson
Derek M. Sato
808-554-8380

Vice-Chairman
Derick M. Kam

Treasurer
Kevin K. Dang
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Secretary
Victor Russell

Director 1-year
Edmund Chang
Director 1-year
Ronald Flegal
Director 2-year
Raymond Liu
Director 2-year
Vacant
Immediate Past-Chairman
Kory Ikeda

Committee Chairs &

Active Members:

Dr. A. Zachary Trimble /

MEETING MINUTES

Room Set Up & Refreshments & Introductions5:30 p.m.
(Call Meeting to Order) Begin Meeting~5:45 p.m.
Attendees: Kevin Dang, Victor Russell, Derek Sato, Abel Siu Ho, Donovan Macanas, CatonGabrick
Treasurer’s Report – Kevin
Reports:
  1. HCES report – N/A
  2. Student Section Report
  3. 2016-2017 officers listing has been submitted to ASME.
    Karen Calaro – President; Sean Grant – Vice President; Donavan Macanas – Treasurer; Tina Li – Secretary; Kristen Monico – Historian; Caton Gabrick – External Events Representative; Naftali Tolibas – Events Chair; Christopher Gacsun – Financial Committee; RodelEdra – Webmaster. The student section can be contacted at .
  4. UH Holmscoming will be held on September 23, 2016. ASME Student Section will have a booth. Attendance is encouraged to meet the students with the opportunity to provide mentorship.
  5. A Car wash fundraiser is scheduled in October. More details will be available as the date approaches.
  6. Freshman challenge – ASME is seeking upper class engineering students to provide mentorship to students enrolled in the Engineering 100 class. The class will be having a project to design and build a device. Because this class is an introduction to engineering, the class will be looking to the upperclassmen to provide engineering principal and project management guidance.
  7. UHM DME Report – Dr. Trimble
  8. The Department of Mechanical Engineering has hired two new professors. One in Thermofluids and one in Mechanics.
  9. The additional staff and added lab space was submitted to ABET and is expected to be accepted toward the departments full 6 year accreditation.
  10. The Fall 2016 semester mechanical engineering student enrollment is approximated at 380 students.
  11. To assist with the large enrollment, the DME is transitioning to have all lab courses combined with their respective theory courses. This transition will be fully implemented starting this Fall 2016.
  12. Two professors have departed for new jobs. Brian Bingham is now at the Naval Postgraduate School and Jingjing Li is now at Penn State.
Unfinished Business:
  1. New Assignment for ASME (by HCES)
  2. Promotional Items – ASME is currently editing graphics for the proposed promo items. Next step is to obtain a minimum of two price quotes for items as requested by HCES.
  3. Brochure – ASME has submitted a draft to HCES. If the draft is approved, the next steps will be to work on original imagery for inclusion in the brochure. Samples were handed out for feedback.
  4. Suggested Tour Planning
  5. Suggested Tours – HART Facilities, Pearl Harbor Shipyard, High Schools who have programs of study preparing for Engineering, Wheeler Army Airfield. No assignments for pursuit of these tours were issued to members at this time.
New Business:
  1. New Tour or Speaker Suggestions
  2. Speaker suggestions: 1) Dr. Trimble; 2) Graduate students or other professors.
  3. Campbell biodiesel plant – 2 years away. (To pursue tour after the facility is operational)
Program:6:30 p.m.
Fuel Oil Pipeline In-Line Inspection Process – D. Sato
Adjournment:
Next Meeting: Wednesday, October19, 2016; 5:30pm – 7:00pm – General Meeting