IISEE NewsletterNov 29 2013
Number 103

In This Issue• The Second JAEEInternational
Symposium• The Workshop on
ISO/TC98 Current
Activity and National
Structural DesignCodes• Participants’ Tohoku
Study Trip Reports• Maple Viewing Party• Letter from Exparticipants• In Memoriam• IISEE Seminar• Photo of study trip

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The Second JAEE International Symposium

By Dr. Toshihide Kashima, Senior Research Engineer, IISEESeventeen (17) IISEE participantsof Seismology and Earthquake
Engineering courses took part in
the International Symposium heldby the Japan Association for
Earthquake Engineering (JAEE) at
National Olympics Memorial YouthCenter, Tokyo, on November 11and 12, 2013. 28 presentations
were made for 2 days, and theIISEE participants joined activediscussion.

The Second JAEE International Symposium

The symposium featured oral presentations and the abstract-refereed papers
on earthquake engineering and related fields to contribute to the developmentof earthquake engineering. It was a good opportunity for IISEE participants toexpand their knowledge. I appreciate JICA and people concerned to help us tojoin the symposium.

The Workshop on ISO/TC98 Current Activity andNational Structural Design Codes
By Dr. Koichi Morita, Chief Research Engineer, IISEEThe Workshop on ISO/TC98 Current Activity and National Structural DesignCodes has been held on the 13th of November 2013 at Tokyo, organized byInstitute of International Harmonization for Building and Housing (IIBH). 8earthquake engineering course participants attended this workshop as a part oftraining. 8 presentations were performed by the researchers and engineersfrom Japan, U.S.A., Czech
Republic, Denmark and Poland
before the audience of about
90. The current activity of each
WG of ISO/TC98 related thestructural design code and thestatus
reportabout
eachnational structural design code
wereshown.
Finally,international harmonization ofstandards was discussed by all
ISO/TC98 Chairman Professor Brandt
presenters.

Participants’ Tohoku Study Trip Reports(1)Ms. Yanuarsih Tunggal PUTRI (Indonesia, Seismology Course)

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for theseismology,
earthquake
engineering, andtsunami. Developingcountries are targeted,but are not limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts. NO
submission fee is need.
Try to challenge!!

The study trip to damage areas of the 2004 mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake
and the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake was very advantageous trip. “Thank you verymuch. I learned a lot from these facilities. Hope you can continue to spreadinformation about living in harmony with earthquake tomany other people.” was the message I wrote in theNagaoka City Earthquake Disaster Archive Center. I
brought back the spirit of Yamakoshi village to live intheir own home town with their own power.
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake was classified as
millennium earthquake as well as the 2004 Sumatra
earthquake. Its return period has both advantages andalso disadvantages. The advantages are that we havelong time to study about it and that at last we can make new technology orregulation to deal with it. On the other hand, the long time period also will
make us forget about the disaster, about the sorrow that it brought to people
and make us not aware of it anymore. We should share the memories with thenext generation after 10 years, 100 years and even 1 million years from now.

(2)Mr. Shafiq Ur REHMAN (Pakistan, Seismology Course)

The four days’ field visit was organized for study of earthquake and tsunami
disaster, response and recovery in Niigata and Miyagi prefectures after the2004 Mid Niigata prefecture earthquake and 2011 Tohoku earthquake,respectively. The destruction due to the earthquake in 2004 lingered due to theassociated landslides, infrastructure damages andsevere snowfall in Niigata region whereas theunprecedented force of tsunami was observed inOnagawa and Natori region where many people lost theirlives. The study visit to these areas not only provided
opportunity to learn the mechanisms and dynamics ofearthquakes and tsunami which otherwise cannot betaught in a class or shown in laboratory but also
provided a glimpse of Japanese culture and tradition.
Especially in Niigata Prefecture where a blend of traditional and modern Japan
were seen. The visit provided not only for me but for all the course participantsa chance to update the knowledge and implement the response procedures
when we return to our native respective countries.

(3)Mr. Adhi Yudha Mulia (Indonesia, Earthquake Engineering Course)

2004 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake and 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in2011 are vastly devastating in different scale. 2004
Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake has given big impact to thepeople in Nagaoka city while 2011 Great East Japan
Earthquake has given big impact to the Tohoku areaand Japan.
The earthquakes were strong, but not as strong as thepeople’s will to struggle after the disaster to rebuild andto reconstruct their life. I have seen the people inNagaoka city have returned back to their normal lifeand culture, while people in Miyagi prefecture is on going for its reconstruction

process. I am also impressed with the support given by other Japanese people
to help and to encourage the victims. Some memorial sites are also built toremind the present and future generation about the disaster and to enhancetheir awareness on future possible disaster.

(4)Mr. Erasmo Jose Aguilar Arriola (Nicaragua, Earthquake Engin. Course)

Enjoy, Now

The earthquake in Tohoku 2011 is a big lesson for theworld, to remember the men they live in the risk, andlike the people hit in this place learn to never give up andcontinue, and be stronger. What I consider two very
important things were the fast and effective actuation by
the government, and the friendship and acting of the restof Japanese people.

(5)Mr. Jorge Manuel MORALES TOVAR (Peru, Tsunami Course)First of all, I would like to thank the magnificent guidance of Tsuji-sensei andFujii-sensei. They really taught us a lot. This study trip meant a lot to me
because in Peru, we are expecting a big earthquakewith tsunami risk. Everything we've learned throughthis trip about policies, planning, measures, andpeople's reaction before, during, and after the disaster,has given us a lot of important lessons.
Preventive actions and how education and training ofpeople against the disaster could be the most importantfactors.
I think all of us will disseminate a lot of knowledge obtained through this trip to
our respective countries.

Contact Us
The IISEE Newsletter isintended to act as ago-between for IISEE
and ex-participants.
We encourage you tocontribute a report andan article to thisnewsletter. Please let
us know your current
activities in yourcountries.

Maple Viewing Party
To enjoy the autumn season, IISEE had an informal “maple viewing” lunch
party on Wednesday, October 23,
2013. Almost 30 people including 21
training participants joined the party.
Unfortunately it was a little bit cold toeat outdoors. We went up to the top
floor of the Annex building andenjoyed the scenery around Mt.
Tsukuba and the box lunches.
Mt. Tsukuba

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http://iisee.kenken.go.jp“Cheers!” with Tea

A “Maple viewing” is one of theJapanese autumn events.
Peopleenjoy autumn season to see leaves arechanging their color from green toyellow or red. It was the first event
between IISEE staff members and2013-1014 trainees who came toJapan at the beginning of October.

Letter from Ex-Participants✑✉It is a great honor for IISEE to announce the news that ex-participants took
doctoral degrees. We wish their works continued success.
Dr. Rami Ibrahim (Syria, 2006-07 S course)
University：Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo
Thesis：Long-Period Ground Motion Prediction Equations and Their
Application to the Magnitude Estimation of Large Earthquakes
Considering Site Effects
Date：September 27, 2013
Dr. Himangshu Sekhar Mandal (India, 2005-06 S course)
University：Department of Applied Geophysics,
Indian School of Mines, Dhandad
Thesis：Seismic Behavior of the Subsurface Geomorphic features over
the Central part of India
Date：October 10, 2013

In Memoriam: Dr. Ezzelden Mohamed Ibrahim
It was with profound sorrow that we received the sad news of the passing awayof Dr. Ezzelden Mohamed. Dr. Ibrahim, Professor of Seismology at NRIAG,
Egypt has passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 on age 71. Dr.
Ibrahim had a Japanese wife. They met in his first course participant’s period inTokyo. He attended the Seismology course in 1967-68, the Seminar Course in
1983, and the Individual Course in 1979 and in 1984. We would like to extend
the sincerest sympathy from all of us at IISEE.
This is a photo taken in 1983 when heattended the Seminar course.
*Right to left:
Dr. E. M. Ibrahim
Dr. R. Morales M.
Dr. M. Watabe
Dr. S. Miyamura

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The 12th IISEE Seminar
Date : Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Time: 15:40 -16:40
Lecturer: Dr. Tony YANG, The University of British Columbia
Subject: Current performance based seismic design in North
America and powerful tool for loss calculation✐Study Trip to Tohoku

Kamaishi Port

Kesennuma City

Onagawa town

TV Interview

Tohoku Regional Bureau of Ministryof Land, Infrastructure, Transportand Tourism

Yamakoshi-Restoration-Museum