Aloha,
Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address.
Dear UIPA:
Under the Hawaii Open Records Law § 91-1 et seq., I am requesting electronic copies of public records that relate to two patents and two papers by Dr. Tianwei “David” Ma, former Interim Associate Dean of Academics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa as well as his resignation letter from this position.
The patents, numbers US10,873,276 and US10,848,079, were based on two engineering papers by Dr. Ma from 2018 and 2019 respectively. Both the papers and patent applications list Dr. Ma’s son, Enze Ma, as a co-author. We are requesting documents pertaining to the number of hours Enze Ma spent as a research assistant for the engineering program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. We are also requesting the expense reports showing how much money was spent on the 2017 and 2018 patent applications filed by UH resulting in patents US10,873,276 and US10,848,079.
We are also requesting any written correspondence or public meetings transcripts between September 2017 and May 2020 related to actions taken against Dr. Ma or discussions of reprimand in response to the two previously mentioned papers and patents.
Finally, we are requesting the letter of resignation sent by Dr. Tianwei “David” Ma in which he resigned from his position as Interim Associate Dean of Academics at the UH school of engineering.
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If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $100. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest. This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.
Requested documents are to be sent in an electronic and searchable format.
The Hawaii Open Records Law requires a response time within ten business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than ten days, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
Thank you for considering my request.
Sincerely,
Stephen Halley
919-275-2392
Mahalo,
Stephen Halley
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal