********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.79
April 20, 2012********************************************************************************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. IISEE and UNESCO etc. will hold a memorial international symposium (June 27, 2012)
2. Special page of the April 11, 2012 Mw 8.6 off west coast of northern Sumatra earthquake
3. Paper of Prof. Midorikawa (former Director of IISEE) is awarded by AIJ
4. Introduction of Personnel Changes++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++============================================================================[1] IISEE and UNESCO etc. will hold a memorial international symposium (June 27, 2012)IISEE, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and UNESCO will hold a memorialinternational symposium on June 27 (Wed.) at GRIPS in Roppongi, Tokyo, making use of theopportunity of UNESCO's International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED)
meeting in Japan.
The detailed information will be provided soon after the program is fixed since this symposium isalso a memorial event of IISEE that was established and launched by UNESCO 50 years ago.
Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] Special page of the April 11, 2012 Mw 8.6 off west coast of northern Sumatra earthquake
A very large (Mw 8.6) earthquake occurred on the April 11, 2012 off west coast of northern Sumatra.
We present the special page for this earthquake, where the following information together with thelinks to the relevant sites is available:
1) Determination of earthquake magnitudes using duration of high-frequency energy radiation andmaximum displacement amplitudes,
2) Tsunami Simulation,3) Aftershock Distribution and the Mainshock's Fault Plane by the MJHD Method.
Please visit http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/special2/20120411sumatra.htm
Tatsuhiko HARA
Chief Research Scientist, IISEE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] Paper of Prof. Midorikawa (former Director of IISEE) is awarded by AIJProfessor of Hokkaido University, Dr. Midorikawa who contributed to IISEE for a long period andplayed a role as Director of IISEE during 1999 -2001, received an honorable paper award of theArchitectural Institute of Japan (AIJ). We celebrate from the bottom of our heart.
The awarded paper's title is "Series of Research on the Development and Verification of Seismic
Response Reduction Mechanism and System for improvement of Steel Structure's Safety andFunctionality".
The details will be announced in the near future at
http://www.aij.or.jp/eng/prizes/prize/prize11.html
Shoichi ANDO
Director, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[4] Introduction of Personnel Changes
Chief Executive and Vice Chief Executive of the Building Research Institute (BRI) changed.
Dr. Yuzo Sakamoto joined BRI as the new Chief Executive after Dr. Shuzo Murakami, ex-Chief
Executive, and Dr. Isao Nishiyama is appointed as the new Vice Chief Executive after Dr. Hiroshi
Ito.
In IISEE, Senior Research Engineers, Mr. Ishihara and Mr. Mukai moved to other Department ofBRI and Mr. Inukai newly joined IISEE as a Chief Research Engineer.
We welcome his participation in the IISEE.
Hajime KUROSAWA
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