IISEE NewsletterDec 26 2013
Number 104

In This Issue• 2013 AGU FallMeeting• JICA’s TechnicalCooperation inNicaragua• The 15th SEEBUS inTaiwan• The 11th SEGJInternationalSymposium• Letter from Exparticipants• Global SeismologicalObservation Training
Course• Synopsis Database• IISEE Staff Members

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2013 AGU Fall Meeting

By Dr. Tatsuhiko Hara , Chief Research Scientist, IISEEDr. Shibazaki and I attended the 2013 AGU (American Geophysical Union) FallMeeting, which was held between December 9 and 13 in San Francisco,California, USA.
In the session of “Mega-earthquakes,” I gave a poster presentation entitled“Determination of rupture propagation by measurements of durations of highfrequency energy radiation.” Dr. Shibazaki delivered his paper on "Modelingof slow slip events and their interaction with large earthquakes along thesubduction interfaces beneath Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico" at the session of"Interplay of Slow Slip, Tremor, and Earthquakes."
During the meeting, we met some IISEE ex-participants and learned that they
were actively working in their respective fields.

Improvement of the Earthquake-ResistantHousing Construction Technology in Nicaragua
By Dr.Masanori Tani, Research Engineer, IISEE

I visited Managua, Nicaragua to conduct the terminal evaluation on the JICA’s
technicalcooperation
for“Improvement of the EarthquakeResistant Housing Construction
Technology in Nicaragua” as anexpert of earthquake engineeringfrom November 14 to 23 in 2013.
The technical cooperation named“TAISHINProject”
wasimplemented from October in 2011
toSeptemberin2013.
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria(UNI) took a major role in thisManagua, Nicaragua
project and carried out theresearch to secure earthquake
resistance for reinforced masonry construction which is commonly used for lowincome housing in Nicaragua.
Mr. Erasmo Jose Aguilar Arriola, a member of TAISHIN Project of UNI,
participates in the earthquake engineering training course from this October. I
hope the achievements that he obtained in the training course will be utilizedfor dissemination of earthquake-resistant housing in Nicaragua in the future.

The 15th Japan-Korea-Taiwan Joint Seminar on
The 2011 off the Pacific Earthquake Engineering for Building Structures
coast of Tohoku(SEEBUS)
Earthquake
Earthquakes

Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for theseismology,
earthquake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are not limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts. NOsubmission fee is need.
Try to challenge!!

By Dr.Masanori Tani, Research Engineer, IISEEThe 15th Japan-Korea-Taiwan Joint
Seminar on Earthquake Engineeringfor Building Structures (SEEBUS) was
held in National Center for Researchon Earthquake Engineering (NCREE),Taipei, Taiwan from November 28 to29 in 2013. I attended the seminarand made a presentation of thesubmitted paper, “Study on Sliding
Shear Failure of Reinforced Concrete
Bearing Wall.”The SEEBUS is an international
Seminar in NCREE, Taipei, Taiwan
seminar in which engineers andresearchers involved in earthquake
engineering in Japan, Korea and Taiwan meet together. Since the seminarstarted in 1999, it is to be held in rotation of 3 countries.
Approximately 30 papers related to earthquake engineering were submitted thisyear. An ex-participant, Mr. Rafik Taleb (2009-2010, E-course, current Ph.D
candidate in Tokyo Institute of Technology) from Algeria made a presentation
about investigation on shear response of RC structural walls with openings
which is the achievement of his individual study in IISEE.
Although the size of the seminar is not so large, I enjoyed exchanging
information and opinions on the latest technology and research in each country.
I’m looking forward seeing you in such kind of international meetings next time.

The 11th SEGJ International Symposium
By Dr.Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEEThe 11th SEGJ International Symposium - Geophysics for establishingsustainable secure society - was held by Society of Exploration
Geophysicists, Japan (SEGJ), Nov. 18-21 in Yokohama City, Japan.
There were 2 keynote lectures, 107 oral and 39 poster presentations about
thenewest research topics about exploration technologies for naturalresources like hydro carbons, minerals, freatic water and geothermals, andalso for civil engineering like underground structure etc. using seismic waves,gravity, electric, magnetic and electro-magnetic methods.
ExplorationGeophysics is another face of Seismology that provides useful tools forconstruction engineering.
I could have exciting experiences through this symposium.

Letter from Ex-Participants✑✉It is a great honor for IISEE to announce the news that an ex-participant took
a doctoral degree. We wish his work continued success.

Enjoy, Now

Dr. Hussam Eldein ZAINEH (Syria, 2006-07 E course)
University : Department of Environmental Science and Technology,
International Graduate School of Science and Engineering,Tokyo Institute of TechnologyThesis: Study for Seismic Microzoning in Damascus City, Syria, from
Strong Motion simulation Considering Local site Amplification
Date: March 2013

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The 19th Global Seismological Observation Training Course in IISEE will takeplace for about 2 months from January 21 to March 14 in 2014. 9 participantsfrom 7 countries will join the course. The opening ceremony will be held onJanuary 21. Mr. W. Randy Bell, Director of the International Data Centre (IDC)
Division of the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Preparatory Commission
for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) will bepresent as a guest.
IISEE have been carrying out the training on seismology and earthquake
engineering for the researchers and engineers of developing countries.
According to fame of the achievements of training program, the Ministry ofForeign Affairs requested IISEE to conduct the training course on global
seismological observation which aims to develop human resources having
acquired the skills necessary for detecting nuclear tests applying seismologicalknowledge. Under these circumstances, IISEE launched the Global
Seismological Observation Training Course to be committed to the cause ofworld peace as one of contributions by the Government of Japan in cooperation
with JICA and Japan Meteorological Agency in 1995. We have approximately
10 participants in the course every year.

Synopses of 2012-2013 Master Theses Now onIISEE Website
By Ms. Yoriko Iiba, Head of IISEE Administration Division

Please go to our Synopsis Database web page on IISEE website. You canaccess to the New synopses of the 2012-2013 participants’ master theses.
They are 21 from 15 countries. The participants accomplished their mastertheses during the IISEE individual study period and were conferred the degreesof Master of Disaster Management by the National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS) and IISEE. A highlighted “Enter” on the web page will takeyou to the Synopsis Database page when it is clicked.
Website: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/syndb/

IISEE Staff Members
IISEE is a very small society. Permanent staff
members are 10 researchers and 2 administration
officials. Who operate the training program?
Surely secretaries and assistants do! Although
they are employed as contracted workers up to 3
or 5 years, they are all excellent and always goodfriends of training participants.
They are 16 now. Their working conditions varyfrom full time to once a week.
Full time
secretaries and assistants are working in theadministration office, at the library, and research offices.
They work out thehospitality events such as the training participants’ birthday parties voluntarily as wellas the IISEE main events such as opening and closing ceremonies officially.
They are now Eriko, Naoko, Chieko, Kumiko,Masako, Junko, Naomi, and Babur. Masako will
come soon her expiration of the contracted term.
She is in charge of this Newsletter. We would liketo express our deepest gratitude to her support toIISEE and are looking forward to seeing her baby.