********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No. 94

March 29, 2013********************************************************************************************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Contents+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. Message from Director of IISEE
2. Research on tsunami source model for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake won the Paper Award ofSeismological Society of Japan
3. IISEE Seminar++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++============================================================================[1] Message from Director of IISEE
I change my position as the Director of IISEE and Dr. Yokoi will be in charge of new Director fromApril. It is my great pleasure to work at IISEE for two years and 8 months. Especially, when theGreat East Japan Earthquake has occurred in 2011.
I strongly recognize the power and hopes of many people related to IISEE.
I move to GRIPS (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo) as a professor and directorof DMP (Disaster Management Policy) course. DMP course includes master students of IISEE as
well as ICHARM of the Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba. Therefore, I can continue to haveclose relationship.
I sincerely hope that you will keep to support IISEE for creating safe and prosperous world.
Shoichi ANDO,Director, IISEE,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] Research on tsunami source model for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake won the Paper Award ofSeismological Society of JapanThe bellow paper from a collaborative research of BRI (Dr. Fujii, Senior Research Scientist) and ERI,
Univ. of Tokyo (Prof. Satake and others), study on tsunami source model for the 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku earthquake, received the Paper Award of Seismological Society of Japan in March2013 (The award ceremony will be held in May).
Yushiro Fujii, Kenji Satake, Shin'ichi Sakai, Masanao Shinohara, and Toshihiko Kanazawa,Tsunami source of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Earth Planets and Space, 63,815-820, 2011
The latest version (Ver. 8.0) of the tsunami source model is available from the following IISEE’s
website with some figures and fault parameters.
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/staff/fujii/OffTohokuPacific2011/tsunami_ja.html
Yushiro FUJII
Senior Research Scientist

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] IISEE Seminar
IISEE Seminars will be held as follows:
7th Seminar
April 1, 9:10-10:10: Prof. Mitsumasa Midorikawa (Hokkaido Univ.)
Topic: Seismic and Tsunami Damage on Building Structures Caused by the 2011 Tohoku JapanEarthquake
8th Seminar
April 5, 15:30-16:30: Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Tohoku Univ.)
Topic: The Lessons from the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami, and forefront of the tsunami
research
9th Seminar
April 15, 15:40-16:40: Dr. Nelson Pulido（National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention ）Topic: Estimation of source models for future mega-earthquakes and their strong motion prediction.
10th Seminar
May 8, 15:40-16:40: Prof. Francisco Jose Chavez-Garcia(Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
Venue: IISEE Hall
Seminars will be given in English.
Participants of International training in seismology and earthquake engineering will also listen tothe seminars.
If you would like to attend, please e-mail at a-satou@kenken.go.jp
Bunichiro SHIBAZAKI
Chief Research Scientist============================================================================********************************************************************************************We send this IISEE Newsletter to ex-participants whose e-mail addresses are known, lecturers andother stakeholders. The IISEE send new data and information actively and accept your contribution
at any time. In order to enlarge IISEE network, we'd like to ask you to invite your fellow
ex-participants whose e-mail addresses are unknown to us. We welcome your comments about theIISEE Newsletter.
Please feel free to send your comments and opinions. IISEE welcomes your participation.
Email: iiseenews@kenken.go.jp Website: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp
Newsletter Back Numbers: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/nldb/********************************************************************************************