********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.85

September 20, 2012********************************************************************************************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Contents+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. Introduction of IISEE Booth at 15WCEE
2. 23 Participants of 2011-2012 IISEE back to home
3. New Course will start from October for new participants
4. Introduction of IISEE staff members++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++============================================================================[1] Introduction of IISEE Booth at 15WCEEIISEE will set up a booth of information desk at the venue of 15WCEE, World Conference onEarthquake Engineering in Lisbon, Portuguese on September 24 to 28. We will introduce IISEE
activities, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 and so on. The booth number is 19, close tothe entrance of exhibition room. We'll announce the detail of alumni meeting of IISEE that will beheld on September 26 in the night a.s.a.p.
Toshihide KASHIMASenior Research Engineer, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] 23 Participants of 2011-2012 IISEE back to home
In total 23 IISEE participants from 14 countries have visited the Minister of MLIT as courtesy callon Sept. 11, finished the closing ceremony at IISEE / BRI on Sept. 13, received the Master degreefrom GRIPS on Sept. 14, and returned to their home on Sept. 15 with fruitful memories.
Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] New Course will start from October for new participants
Opening ceremony for the next IISEE training course will start on October 4, 2012 (at GRIPS on Oct.
3) as 53th one. The countries of 23 participants are as follows; Indonesia, Philippines, China,Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Iran, Uganda, Armenia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru, Chile,Dominican Republic, Turkey, Turkmenistan (16 countries)
Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[4] Introduction of IISEE staff members
We have a request from one of IISEE ex-participants (Mr. Muhammad Hafeez BUTT, Pakistan,
1977-78 S-course) who wish to know about IISEE staff members in Newsletter. So, this time wewould like to introduce Dr. Koichi MORITA who is in charge of the course leader of Earthquake
Engineering Course.
I joined IISEE in 2011 and I am a course leader of engineeringcourse since then. Before coming IISEE, I was in charge ofseveral lectures and supervised three individual studies, so I
understood part of IISEE activities. Last year, I had an
opportunity to read all lecture notes of E course to check theoverlapping and reconsider the curriculum. I re-realized such an
Koichi MORITA
Chief Research Engineer, IISEE

excellent and dense training course is in BRI. I would like to do
my best to make more attractive course.

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