IISEE Newsletter
July 30 2015
Number 123

In This Issue
 The 26th IUGGGeneral Assemblyand IISEE Alumni
Meeting Study Trip to Nepal Latin American E. E.
Course– Action Plans, GM &Friendship Party -International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
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The 26th IUGG General Assembly and IISEE Alumni
Meeting
By Dr. Takumi Hayashida and Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki of IISEETheInternational
UnionofGeodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
isthelargest
international
academicsocietyrelatedtoGeodesy and Geophysics that iscomprised of eight associations
and three committees. IUGG ispositioned as one of the unions ofthe International Council for
Science (ICSU) and holds thegeneral assembly at four-yearintervals. The general assemblyof this time was held in Prague,
Czech Republic from June 22 toJuly 2.

Townscape of Prague

Dr. Harsh Gupta, the alumnus of IISEE (from India, 1966-67 Seismology
course) is the present president of IUGG. IISEE staff members, Dr. Shibazakiand Dr. Hayashida attended the assembly from 26 June to 1 July and gave
presentations on each research project.

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Dr. Guendel, Dr. Protti, Dr. Gupta, Dr.
Shibazaki and Dr. Hayashida(from the right)

We also held an IISEE Alumni
meeting at a restaurant near theconference hall, during lunchtime
on 30 June. Dr. Gupta, Dr. FedericoDavid Guendel Umana (from Costa
Rica, 1975-76 Seismological course;
past head of the International
Monitoring
Systeminthe
Provisional Technical Secretariat ofthe CTBTO) and Dr. Marino Protti(fromCostaRica,
1983-84
Seismological course; president ofthe IASPEI Latin American andCaribbean
SeismologicalCommission) gathered for themeeting.

We enjoyed talking about memories of IISEE training course as well as recent
activities. We sincerely appreciate the three ex-participants gathering themeeting in their busy schedule.

Study Trip to Nepal
from June 25 to 28, 2015
Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake
Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

By Mr. Harish Chandra Lamichhane(Nepal, Earthquake Engineering Course)
After two months of destructive earthquake, I have visited Nepal as my study
trip. For this valuable chance I would like to give thanks to Dr. Prof. ShoichiAndo, GRIPS, IISEE/BRI and JICA.
I was accompanied by Ando sensei. My individual study topic is Postearthquake, quick inspection of damage buildings. It is popular in Nepal byname (Rapid Visual Damage Assessment) RVDA.
During stay in Nepal we visited five municipalities and other organization inside
Kathmandu valley which are taking part in quick inspection of damagedbuildings.
In Japan, almost all of its idea was prepared in 1981,
and in 1985 a draft was made. In Nepal fromengineering point of view now it is the first time.
Nepal Engineers Association played an important role forthis activity with the guidance of Department of Urban
Development and Building Construction and incoordination with Institute of Engineering, NSET, SONAetc.
RVDA is executed on the basis of request from house owner. Municipalities are
doing RVDA in their own area
and other organizations also
doing RVDA in the same area.
I think there was a lack of
one door system.

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismology, earthqu akeengineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are not limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneed.
Try to challenge!!

Whena
destructive
earthquake
attacksacommunity then the activities
like rescue work, first aid,
firefighting, quick inspection ofdamagedbuildings
areimportant.
Foreffective
application of these items,preparedness is necessary.
I think, due to the lack of
preparedness
and
first
practice in RVDA, it was in achild stage.

Mr. Tara Bahadur Karki (Chief and Executive
officer of Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan city),Prof. Ando and me talking about the quick
inspection system in that office(from the left)

We have to improve various things in this subject.
[Note:Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan city is one of the first municipalities in Nepal
which implemented Nepal National Building Code.]Latin American Earthquake Engineering Course- Action Plans, General Meeting& Friendship Party By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration Division

Enjoy, Now

Friday, July 10th was such a day withlots of events for both of us,
participantsofLatinAmericanEarthquake Engineering Course (LatinAmerican Course) and staff of IISEE.
In the morning, the colloquium started
at IISEE and all the participants ofLatin American Course presented theiraction plan. It continued until 15 pm.

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During the lunch break, we had a
Presentation of Action Plans
Friendship Party, which was organizedby IISEE, in the dining hall of BRI. Although some of the participants werenervous about the presentation, it seemed like that the good food and friendlyatmosphere helped them to refresh and relax.
After 15 pm, when the colloquium was
successfully ended, we had a General
Meeting (GM). In the GM, participants
expressed their impressions and remarkson the lectures, everyday life, etc.

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General Meeting

For Latin American Course participants, it
was the last day of the course in Japan.
After that, they flied to El Salvador totake the course there, and they had a
Closing Ceremony.

From the IISEE, Mr. Inukai, IISEE Chief
Research Engineer, accompanied the participants to El Salvador and gave
lectures for the first week of the course (anterior half), and Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi,
Director of IISEE, for the second week (latter half).

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Group Photo at Lunch Party