IISEE Newsletter
December 25 2014
Number 116

In This Issue• The10th AsianSeismologicalCommission (ASC)General Assembly• IISEE Alumni
Meeting• Visit to the Philippine
Institute ofVolcanology andSeismology(PHIVOLCS)• Letter from ExParticipants• Questionnaire
Survey on IISEETraining ProgramIISEE Net andTraining
IISEENETIISEE-UNESCO Lecture
Note
IISEE E-learning
Synopsis Database
Bulletin Database

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The 10th Asian Seismological Commission (ASC)General Assembly
By Dr. Yushiro Fujii, Senior Research Scientist of IISEEIISEE staff members, Dr. Yokoi T.,
Dr. Hara T., Dr. Shibazaki B., andDr. Fujii Y. attended the 10th Asian
Seismological Commission (ASC)General Assembly which was heldfrom Nov. 17 to 20 in Makati City,Philippines. ASC is a regional
scientific organization in Asia andthe Pacific affiliated to International Association of Seismologyand Physics of the Earth's Interior(IASPEI), and has objectives toMeetings at Dusit Thani Manila
promote scientific cooperation andexchange
among its nationalmembers, to upgrade research activities, to strengthen disaster mitigation, andto cooperate with other international and regional organizations.
Dr. Yokoi joined the Bureau
MemberMeeting
asarepresentativefrom
theSeismological Society of Japan(SSJ),andadopted
aresolution of the next hostcountry (Australia) and a
proposal of the organizationalchange. Dr. Hara gave apresentation
entitled“TheIISEE training courses ofSeismology and EarthquakeEngineering” and other two
topicsrelatedmagnitude
Welcome remarks by Mayor of Makati city
determinations. Dr. Shibazaki
gave a presentation entitled“Training programs on tsunami disaster mitigation and global seismologicalobservation” and another topic for modeling slow slip events. Dr. Fujii gave apresentation entitled “Tsunami simulations of recent earthquakes and predictedtsunami heights from scenario earthquakes.”
We were very pleased to see the ex-participants and find their successfulcareers through the presentations in the ASC meeting.

Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake
Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

Munkhsaikhan from Mongolia(2005-2006 Seismology Course)

Tatok from Indonesia (2011-2012Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course)

Sugeng from Indonesia (2006-2007
Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course)

Right: Dr. Laura Kong (Director,International Tsunami Information
Center, UNESCO)
Left: Joan from Philippines (20032004, 2009-2010 Seismology Course)

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismol og y, ea rt h qu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are n ot limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneed.
Try to challenge!!

IISEE Alumni Meeting

By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Chief Research Scientist of IISEEThe IISEE alumni meeting was held from 19:00 to 21:00 on 20th Nov. at arestaurant in Greenbelt, Makaty City with the support of the Philippine exparticipants, Ms. Joan, Ms. Myleen, Mr. Julius and Mr. Lito as the first alumni
meeting in the Philippines. A total of 24 people attended the meeting, of which
16 were ex-participants, two were present lecturers, Dr. Hiroshi INOUE(National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention) and Dr.
Yuzo ISHIKAWA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology), two were previous lecturers, Dr. Laura Kong (Director,International Tsunami Information Center, UNESCO) and Dr. Yoshihiro
KINUGASA (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology), and four others
were IISEE staff.

Group Photo of Alumni Meeting

Inthemeeting,subjects
ofconversation covered the memory ofex-participants while they attended
the IISEE courses and their recent
activities. We received such commentas “IISEE is a unique organization
with a long history and its training
courses should be continued infuture”. IISEE staff members wereencouraged by learning the recent
activities of ex-participants.

Visit to the Philippine Institute of Volcanologyand Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
By Dr. Tatsuhiko Hara, Chief Research Scientist of IISEE

Enjoy, Now

We visited the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
in Quezon City in the morning of 21st Nov. At first, Mr. Narciso F. Diongzon(1992-1993 Seismology course) explained the history, organization, seismicobservation network and seismic monitoring of PHIVOLCS. Next, Director ofPHIVOCLS, Dr. Renato U. Solidum Jr, expressed his expectation for the IISEE
training and his intention to send their researchers to the training program
continuously.
Then, PHIVOLCS staff introduced their seismic observation system, estimating
system of source mechanism, tsunami database, seismic intensity observation
network and tsunami monitoring system. Furthermore, we were given theexplanation of their educational and outreach activities as well as monitoring
system of volcanos. It was very useful for us to visit PHIVOLCS and understandtheir progress in the seismic observation and tsunami warning system in order
to conduct the IISEE training.

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know your current
activities in yourcountries.
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Dr. Yokoi (left) and Ms. Vilma C.
Hernandez (2010-2011 Seismology
Course) at the Data Receiving Center inPHIVOLCS.

Group Photo with Director of PHIVOLCS,
Mr.Renato U. Solidum Jr. (Dr.Yokoi’sright side)

Letter from Ex-Participants✑✉Mr. Sithipat PALANANDANA
Structural and Earthquake engineer,Department Public Works and Town & Country Planning,
Ministry of Interior, Thailand(Thailand, Earthquake Engineering course, 2007-2008)
Mr. Palanandana says that what he learned from BRI has been really useful for
his career as a structural/earthquake engineer at Public Works Department
especially after an unprecedented 6.2 earthquake hit Chiangrai, northern
Thailand province, on May 5th. He went to observe the damage caused by thetremor and had to come up with repair guidelines for the repairable buildings,temples and houses. His department is now aware of the importance ofbuilding retrofitting to get structures ready for the future earthquake. He is
disappointed that no Thai participant is found in the IISEE list for a long time.
He hopes that one of his fellow colleagues would have such great opportunity toapply for such a terrific course at BRI in the near future again.

Questionnaire Survey on IISEE Training Program
・Survey Period: July - August, 2014
・Target Ex-participants: 861 excluding deceased and unregistered their e-mail addresses from1,618(Actually 1,485, after counting a repeated participant as an ex-participant)・Survey Purpose: To study accomplishments and prospects of IISEE training program by following
4 points quantitatively①Whether or not they are/were offered anContents
Numbers
opportunity to make use of training
Ex-participants
1,618
experience/skill②What kind of area they involve/involved
Ex-participants (counting a repeated
1,485
participants as one participant)③Whether or not the training program is/wasDeceased75
useful for their work
Ex-participants without mail address549④Whether or not they expect this training
program in the future
Ex-participants with mail address
861
・Survey Method: by e-mailRespondents
327
・Number of Responses: 327 (The rate ofresponses is 38%)

① Do you (or did you) work in line with thetraining fields which you have joined in IISEE
such as seismology, earthquake engineering,
and/or tsunami disaster mitigation?

No, I don’t/didn’t.

I cannot say

6%either yes or no.
4%②What is the type of organization you are/wereinvolved in? (391 replies included plural answers.)

050100161433International Organization
Public Institution
UniversityYes, I do/did.
90%NGO, NPO
Self-Employed Business…
Other①90% participants engaged in business related
to the fields of seismology, earthquake
engineering and tsunami disaster mitigation in
their countries after training program. It isclear that IISEE’s goal of human developmentin those areas is achieved.

52Private Company

2200156

National (Central) Government
Local Government

15091

1413

② Some engage/engaged plural jobs.
Half ofthem involve/involved in central governments. It
means they are/were in the posts where they
can/could devote to the governmental policies
directly. The second party is in universities. In
some countries, a university plays a role as aleading professional party as well as an
educational party.

③ Was the outcome of the IISEE training
program useful for your job?

Not useful
1%④Would you recommend IISEE training program
to other office or professional colleagues?

No, I would not

I cannot say

1%either yes or no.
0%

Useful.
34%

Extremely useful.
65%③This is the question to calculate the meaningof this program for ex-participants.
65%answered extremely useful, and 34% saiduseful. The total is 99%. Although it is short
one-year period, we admit that their assets ofIISEE’s training program become the bases of
their professional careers.

Yes, I would.
99%④99% ex-participants recommend IISEE training
program to their colleagues. It shows that theyadmit the effectiveness of IISEE training programand intend their compatriots to participate in thisprogram continually in the future.

As a result of this questionnaire survey, it is clear thatIISEE has contributed in professional development inparticipating countries and ex-participants have highexpectation of IISEE in the future. We would like toexpress our deepest gratitude to you all for making timeand having answered the questionnaire. Thank you verymuch for your cooperation,IISEE