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Knowledge Co-Creation Program “Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation”

Seismology Course
Objective
To provide advanced techniques and knowledge in seismology so that participants can apply and disseminate
earthquake (and tsunami) disaster mitigation technologies in their countries.

TargetTechnical officials or researchers of governmental organizations, research institutes, or universities having public interests in the field of seismology.

Group training

from October to May in the next year

Individual study

from May to August

Lectures, practices, study trips, and observation visits are included in the training.

Participants study their subjects with considerationsof their respective circumstances and issues.

Curriculum

Examples of topics

nn Earthquake Observation

nn Earthquake Source Parameter and Process

nn Theory of Seismic Waves

nn Seismotectonics

nn Local Earthquake Analysis

nn Earthquake Generation and Forecastingnn Focal Mechanism/Moment Tensor

nn Crust and Upper Mantle Structure

nn Earthquake Source Process

nn Crustal Deformation

nn Earthquake Early Warning

nn Simulation of Seismic Wave Propagation

nn Crustal Deformation

nn Strong Ground Motion Simulation

nn Plate Tectonics

nn Geophysical Prospecting

nn Seismic Tomography

nn Earthquake Early Warning

nn Strong Ground Motion

nn Volcano Seismology

nn Microtremor Observations
nn Seismic Microzonation, etc.

Lecturers

Supervisors

IISEE staff, Professors from Tokyo Univ., Kyoto Univ.,
Tohoku Univ., Hokkaido Univ., and other institutes.

IISEE staff and researchers of universities and institutes

LecturePractice of microtremor observation

Study tripExamples of Individual Studies
Earthquake source process

Receiver function analysis

Source rupture process model of the October 25,2010 Mentawai earthquake determined by joint inversion of teleseismic body wave and near-source
strong motion data (Fatchurochman, 2011).

Simulation of seismic wave propagation from
the Mexican Pacific to Mexico basin
Radial component

Vertical component

Stacked receiver functions for a broadband station(SMPP) in the Philippines for the radial component
with corresponding back azimuths (Rivera, 2016).

Estimation of subsurface velocity structure

Snapshots of seismic wave fields calculated by thefinite difference method from Mexican Pacific to
Mexican basin (left: the radial components; right: thevertical components). Snapshots at 10, 30, 50, 80,
and 100 seconds after the origin time are shown fromthe top to the bottom panels, respectively (Galaviz,2017).

The left panel: Rayleigh-wave phase velocities derived
from microtremor using the spatial autocorrelation
method (SPAC: blue circles) and the centerless circular array method (CCA: crosses), and the multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW: yellow circles).
The right panel: Estimated S-wave velocity structure
models by heuristic search (Black, 2011).

Collaborative Master’s Program
Disaster Management Policy Program (DMP) with National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
A part of the curriculum of this JICA training course “Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami DisasterMitigation” is approved as a Master’s degree program and the individual study report as a Master thesis
by GRIPS. Completing all graduation requirements during the program, the participants will be awarded aMaster’s degree, “Master of Disaster Management” by GRIPS.

Schedule2021
Oct.

An example for the courses from Oct. 2021 to Sep. 2022.

Nov.

Dec.

Group TrainingExpenses

2022
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Lectures
Experiments
Practices
Observation/ Study Trips

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Individual Study

Nominee Qualifications

No self-burden

The following expenses will be provided to the participants by JICA:

Nominees must meet the following qualifications:nn A round-trip ticket between an international airport

nn be technical officials, engineers or researchers who

in your country designated by JICA and Japan will beborne by JICA.
nn Allowances for accommodation, meals, living expenses, outfit, and shipping.
nn Expenses for study tours in Japan (basically in theform of train tickets).
nn Travel insurance that covers from the time of arrivalin Japan till departure from Japan.
nn Medical expenses for participants who become ill after arriving in Japan.
nn Expenses for program implementation, including materials.
nn Application fee, admission fee and tuition for theMaster’s Degree Program of GRIPS will be providedby BRI.

How to apply

nn be nominated by their national government.

have university degrees in seismology, earthquake
engineering, tsunami or equivalent.
nn be an employee of governmental organizations, research institutes or universities having public interestin seismology, earthquake engineering or tsunami
disaster mitigation (more than 3 years of working experience is recommended).
nn be well versed in advanced mathematics and proficient in computer.
nn be between the ages of 25 and 42 years as of October 1, 2021.
nn be proficient in English: TOEFL iBT 79, IELTS Academic 6.0 or equivalent.
nn Applicants who wish to enroll in the Master’s Program
must submit the official certificate of TOEFL iBT orIELTS.

An example for the courses from Oct. 2021 to Sep. 2022

Important Months/Dates
July to August 2020
December 2020 to January 2021
From January to April 2021
May to July 2021

Actions
Selection and Nomination of this course in the JICA’scourse list

ActorsNational Government of theapplicant’s country and JICA

Document for Recruitment called “General Information”
JICA
will be delivered to the applicant’s country.
Nomination of candidates and application process

Applicants, their National
Government and JICA

Screening and selection of course participants for 20212022

JICA, IISEE (and GRIPS for those
who wish to enroll)Inquire at the JICA office in your country about the Knowledge Co-Creation Program:“Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation”.
Note that the application must be submitted to JICA office in the applicant’s country by the National Government of theapplicant’s country. Then, applicants must obtain full agreement of their National Government beforehand.

More than 60 years: More than 1,900 participants
The International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) at the Building ResearchInstitute (BRI) in Tsukuba, Japan provides training program in seismology, earthquake engineering andtsunami disaster mitigation to researchers and engineers from developing countries to strengthen
the capacity of earthquake / tsunami disaster mitigation in target countries. Since 1960, a total of 1,915
participants from 105 countries have completed the training courses (as of March 2020).
IISEE mainly conducts one-year (regular) training courses named Seismology Course, Earthquake Engineering Course and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course, and two-month course named Global Seismological Observation Course and Latin American Earthquake Engineering Course. Short-term training
courses focusing on specific themes take place occasionally.

IISEE Course Classification
Training Course

Field

Estimate

Seismology

Seismology

5Earthquake
Engineering

Earthquake
Engineering

10Tsunami Disaster
Mitigation

Tsunami5

Latin American Earthquake Engineering

Earthquake
Engineering

Global Seismological Observation

IndividualRegular

PeriodCommencement

1 year(Oct.-Sep.)
Lectures in Class(8 months)
Individual Study(3 months)

1960

2006

10 to 15

2 months(2 weeks inLatin America)

2014(2014-2016)

Seismology

10 to 202 months(Jan.-Mar.)1995

Seismology/
Earthquake
Engineering/
TsunamiSeveralUpon request

1968

Courses currently being held are shown.

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