Engineering Sector Partnership�

Quarterly Meeting & Pau Hana

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May 9, 2024

4:30 - 6:30 pm

Mahalo to our Funders

and our Conveners

Mahalo to our Steering Committee

Mahalo to our Industry Partners

AECOM

AHL Design

Akinaka & Associates, Ltd.

Aqua Engineers

ASCE

Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.

Ayko Group

Bayer Crop Science

BCH Design

Bechtel

Bills Engineering, Inc.

Boeing

Booz Allen Hamilton

Bow Engineering & Development

Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc

Brown & Caldwell

Burns & McDonnell

BWS

C. Yoshida LLC

Carollo Engineering

City and County of Honolulu Complete Streets

Coffman Engineers, Inc.

Community Planning & Engineering, Inc.

Consor

Consulting Structural Hawaii, Inc.

Core & Main

Department of Transportation

Dept of Planning and Permitting

Dept. of Environmental Services

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Design Thinking Hawaii

ECS, Inc.

Electech Hawaii, Inc

Element Environmental

Fukunaga & Associates, Inc.

G70

Geolabs

GPRM Prestress

Gray, Hong, Nojima

Haley & Aldrich

Hawaii Board of Water Supply

Hawaii Unified

Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co.

Hawaiian Electric Company

Hawaiian Telcom

HDR Engineering, Inc.

Hensel Phelps

HI FusionED

Hi.arch.y LLP

I3ngineering

IEEE Hawaii Chapter

InSynergy Engineering, Inc.

Jacobs Engineering

KAI Hawaii

Katayama & Associates, Inc.

Kaula AE LLC

KCS Consulting, LLC

Kennedy Jenks

Koga Engineering & Construction

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Kure

Layton Construction

Limtiaco Consulting Group

Lowney Architecture

Martin Defense Group

Manageability, LLC

Mason Architects, Inc.

Miyashiro & Associates, Inc

MK Engineers, Ltd.

MKE Associates, LLC

Nagamine Okawa Engineers, Inc.

Nakamura, Oyama & Associates

NAVFAC Pacific Public Works

Nordic PCL

Notkin Hawaii, Inc.

Oahu Workforce Development Board

Obayashi Design Group

Oceanit

Office of Economic Revitalization

Okahara & Associates, Inc

Orion Engineers

Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, Inc.

PacMar Technologies

ParEn Inc. dba Park Engineering

QR-SE, LLC

R.M. Towill Corp.

Ronald N.S. Ho & Associates, Inc

Sam O. Hirota, Inc.

Sato & Associates

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Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi & Associates

SJ Construction Consulting

SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

SSFM International

Structural Hawaii

Swinerton

Thermal Engineering Corp.

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Waiea Water

Wilson Okamoto Corp.

WSP USA

Yogi Kwong Engineers

Secondary Education:

Campbell Complex

Castle Complex

Waipahu Complex

Hawaii Department of Education

Hawaiʻi P-20

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Post-Secondary Education:

UH College of Engineering

UH Community Colleges

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Mahalo to our Education Partners

Meeting Goals:

• Celebrate SY 2023-2024 progress and achievements
• Hear from our school complex partners
• Hear an update on Renewable Learning Fund
• Launch Kamaaina Come Home - Engineering initiative
• Enjoy pau hana and networking

Meeting Agenda

Reminder: Sector Partnerships are Industry-led

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Industry-driven public/private collaboratives that address Hawaii’s workforce development opportunities.�

Support partners leverage their resources to take collective action.�

Third-party convener facilitates �(COCH & DLIR). This work is grant-funded.

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Together, we’re building a pathway for students into engineering careers

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Sector Partnerships in Hawaiʻi

SECTOR

CONVENERS

ESTABLISHED

PRIORITY WORKGROUPS

Healthcare

Healthcare Association

of Hawaii (HAH) & Chamber of Commerce

2018

Technology

Chamber of

Commerce Hawaii

2022

Clean Energy/

Skilled Trades

Hawaii State

Energy Office (HSEO)

Fall 2023

Creative

Industries

Hawaii Creative

Industries Division

Fall 2023

Engineering

Chamber of

Commerce Hawaii

2018

Natural

Resources

KUPU

2022

1. Career Awareness

2. Training & Transitions to Employment

3. Curriculum Support

1. Career Awareness

2. Training & Transitions to Employment

3. Alignment Between Education & Industry

1. Career Awareness

2. Student Preparation & Pre-Apprenticeships

3. Apprenticeships & Training

1. Career Awareness

2. Training & Internships

3. Infrastructure & Support

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1. Career Awareness

2. Women in STEM

3. Math Readiness

4. Talent Recruitment & Retention

1. Career Awareness

2. Connecting Students to ʻĀina & Community

3. Investing in College & Career Prep., Access, & Transitions

Community of

Practice

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Brennon Morioka

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Dean

UH College of Engineering

Opening Remarks

Industry Support and Engagement

Goal: Developing an Engineering K to Career Pathway

A sequence of connected, industry-led work-based learning experiences �that increases the talent pipeline of local engineers

Career

Kindergarten

Awareness

Exploration

Preparation

Training

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- Kamaaina Come Home

• Record-breaking Engineering Showdown
• Banquet success
• Admitted students event - 31 from ESP
• Doubling female faculty in 1 year (and on target to hire 4-5+)
• Internal student programming- Peer Advising (award winning), Wahine Connect, Bytes & Bites
• JESSE program success from last year and positive outlook for this summer

Post-Secondary Highlights

Year in Review: Celebrations

ESP Highlight Reel

Workgroup Leads

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SY 23-24 Workgroup Celebrations

Workgroup Leads

Career Awareness

Amy Matsushima, Bowers + Kubota

Kevin O’Connell, GPRM Prestress

Women in STEM

Kathleen Chu, Bowers + Kubota

Irene Ma, Bowers + Kubota

Math Readiness

Derek Mukai, Community Planning and Engineering, Inc.

Cheryl Yoshida, C Yoshida LLC

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Talent Recruitment & Retention

Ikaika Kincaid, Consor

Dan Masutomi, Hawaiian Telcom

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Career Awareness

Our SY 2023-24 Impact:

• 2nd Elementary Engineering Expedition
• Successful Engineers Week
• Engineering Career Awareness Booth at Ilima Middle School’s Family Engagement Night

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Our SY 2024-25 Direction:

• More engagement with middle school parents/guardians
• Engineering Career Awareness posters and stickers for partner schools

Math Readiness

Our SY 2023-24 Impact:

• Successful Engineers Week
• Fact finding meetings with schools regarding Math Pathway
• Kaneohe Elementary School
• Ilima Intermediate School
• Reach out to schedule a meeting for your school!
• New Committee Member Engagement

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Our SY 2024-25 Direction:

• Math focused guest speakers/classroom activities (Goal of 10)
• UH College of Engineering Field Trips with Math Emphasis
• Develop Math Readiness Flyer
• Lobby for Legislative Funding to support resources for math education and explore school stipends for increasing the number of calculus completers

Women in STEM

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Our SY 2023-24 Impact:

• IGED: Mana Wahine Panel
• Engineer Your Life Flyer

Our SY 2024-25 Direction:

• Partnering with Career Awareness for parent nights
• Building and expanding resources to share with teachers and students
• Engaging in more engineering societies, STEM clubs and associations

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Women in STEM

Talent Recruitment & Retention

Our SY 2023-24 Impact:

• Launched our new workgroup!
• Conducted Early Career Employer Survey to help set our priorities
• Gave input that helped launch Hawaii Renewable Learning Fund

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Our SY 2024-25 Direction:

• Kama`aina Come Home - Engineering Initiative
• Continue to support Renewable Learning Fund

School Complex Partners

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School Impact Presentations

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Campbell Complex

Castle Complex

Waipahu Complex

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Campbell

Complex

Marites Galamgam

Ilima Intermediate School

EWA MAKAI MIDDLE SCHOOL

School and Staff Highlights:

1. February 21, 2024- Engineering Field Day @ EMMS- with Partners (Booz Allen Hamilton, Sagewater, GPRM Prestress, AERo Hawaii)
2. February 29, 2024- Educator Externship- teacher training
3. March 5, 2024- Middle School Engineering Showdown- UH Manoa
4. March 8, 2024- CTE/STEM Ohana Night for families
5. April 19- Pre-Apprenticeship Training for MS and HS- Carpenters Union
6. April 20, 2024- AI and Design Thinking Training @- sent teacher

SY 24-25 Ideas:

1. CTE Focus Group of Teachers at EMMS that focus on workforce readiness
2. All 6th grade take wheel classes (exception: band/ukulele) to increase STEAM
3. Engaging Elders in Robotics 2025 Program- adopting next year
4. Three airplane flight simulators are now on campus for use in SY 24-25

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Student Highlights

1. Three Drones Teams (12 students) competing in Tennessee May 14-19, 2024. Students were sponsored by Southwest that are providing round trip tickets. (one all girls team, one all boys team and one coed team)
2. Computer Science Elective students built computers and learned how to assemble and use the built computers in quarter 4.
3. eSports Teams won in the Spring Time Vanta competition April 27, 2024: 1st and 2nd in League of Legends, 1st and 2nd in Smash Brothers, and 1st and 2nd in Over Watch for middle school level.
4. Two students representing Hawaii in SkillsUSA National Competition in robotics this year in June 2024
5. Two students representing Hawaii in HOSA National Competition this year in June 2024
6. EMMS Summer Enrichment Programs with STEAM/Design Thinking, Cyber Security, Advanced Math, and HOSA June 2024

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Highlights

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• 29 seniors admitted directly into the UH Manoa CoE
• 18 Engineering Mock-Job interviews (11 & 12)
• 27 students participated in our annual Engineering Field Day (10-12)
• 26 students attended career specific field trips (9-12)
• Elementary Engineering Field Day

MAHALO from Saber Nation

UH Manoa CoE: Kim Perez Hultz & Song Choi

HECO: Suzan Albaz-Agpaoa, Rachel Wong, & Lisa Giang

Bowers & Kubota: Myong Choi & Amy Matsushima

PacMar Technologies: Charlie Field & Kevin Guinn

Wilson Okamoto Corporation: Brooks Martinez

ASCE: Julian Sumitomo

G70: Ryan Char

Waipahu

Complex

Ceanne Englar

Waipahu Complex Pre-Academies / Academies

College, Career, and Citizenship

K-12 Shared Commitment: Globally Competitive, Locally Committed

Alignment Intermediate School

&

High School Academy Structures

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How we move students through our Academy system

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Career Exploration Through Work-Based Learning

Engineering Field Day at WIS - February 20, 2024

• Engineering Sector Partnership and WHS Academy of Engineering
• 156 students in the Pre-Academy of Design & Innovation participated in an engineering design challenge

Introduce a Girl to Engineering

University of Hawaii, Manoa - February 23, 2024

Engineering Showdown - March 8, 2024

Engineering Sector Partnership and UH College of Engineering

• 18 WIS students participated
• WIS team received the 1st Place award for the egg drop competition

Engineering Field Day at WIS 2.20.24

Senior Mock Interviews 2.26.24

UHCOE Visit for

Admitted Students

4.16.24

SkillsUSA Competition and Awards Ceremony 1.30.24

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STEM Works Conference 4.4.24

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Business Partner Shoutout!

BIA Hawaii

Universal Technical Institute

Board of Water Supply

Department of Transportation

UH Manoa/UHCOE

Eugene Chang

Castle

Complex

Castle Complex ESP Impact

SY 23-24 Highlights

• Engineering Mock Interview with Seniors
• Having the seniors participate in the Engineering Mock Interview was a good experience by allowing them to develop their interview skills. Having HR people from the engineering industry provided an insight to how they would be interviewed as a future engineer.
• Women in STEM Talk Story Sessions at CHS
• Talks with King Intermediate to collaborate to build the engineering pipeline for our complex

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Industry Partner Support

• Rachel Wong - Hawaiian Electric - Engineering Mock Interview, and 10th grade Mock Interview
• Janell Gruspe - Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company - Engineering Mock Interview
• Samantha Larson - SMS Research - Engineering Mock Interview
• UH College of Engineering - Women in STEM Talk Story Sessions at CHS

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Anna Pacheco

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Metrics & Outcomes Data

SMS Research

Alex Harris

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Hawaii Renewable Learning Fund Launch

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Harold K.L. Castle Foundation

Hydie Hudson

Social Finance

Keala Peters �& McKenna Dale

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Kamaaina Come Home - Engineering

Engineering Supply and Demand in Hawaiʻi

Percent of Demand Met

by Local Graduates

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73%

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44%

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86%

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179%

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63%

Supply numbers are 5-year averages from University of Hawai‘i College of Engineering, 2018-2023.

Demand numbers are projected annual openings, including new positions, retirements, and standard turnover (Hirenet, 2020-30) and projected growth from 2020-30 (Hirenet, 2020-30).

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Overall

73% Overall

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Civil Engineering

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Electrical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering

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All Other

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DEMAND

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350 Annual Openings, 2% Growth

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180 Annual Openings, 7% Growth

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70 Annual Openings, 3% Growth

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50 Annual Openings, -0.1% Growth

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50 Annual Openings

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SUPPLY

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256 Graduates

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82 Graduates

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55 Graduates

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90 Graduates

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29 Graduates

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Breakouts:

Kamaaina Come Home

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15 minutes

Breakout Groups:

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Mentorship

Dan Masutomi & Lord Ryan Lizardo

Program Offerings

Linda Kawamura & Keala Peters

Promotion/Marketing

Derek Mukai & McKenna Dale

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Mentorship: What does a mentorship program look like?

• What are the offerings? (Resume revision, network expansion, etc)
• More or less structured? (Curriculum and guidelines?)
• Cohort model?/ Time based (12 months of 1 hour meetings)
• Are there any eligibility requirements? If so, what are they?
• How do we track impact?

Program Offerings: Are the offerings (mentorship, job board, & events) comprehensive?

• What is the most valuable offering?
• Are we using the right language?
• What are the pros and cons of having a resume bank? Would industry tap into it?
• Are there other offerings we should consider adding?

Promotion/Marketing: How do we translate value to the right audience?

• Who is our target population? Entry level or beyond?
• How will we reach and engage with students on the mainland?
• How will we engage local engineering companies?
• How do we maintain the attention of those who are not interested now but want to be connected?

Report Back

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3 min per group

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Next Steps & Key Dates

Mahalo to our Supporters!