********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.47

20 Nov. 2009********************************************************************************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Contents++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. 2009-10 regular course study trip to Kansai
2. Dr. Mukai got married++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++============================================================================[1] 2009-10 regular course study trip to Kansai
We conducted Kansai study trip on regular course from 9th to 13th November. The principal places
to visit were as follows. S course: Port of Kobe Earthquake Memorial Park, Osaka Museum ofNatural History, and Uemachi Fault, E course: Korien St.-East Area, Urban redevelopment Area
No.3 and Daiwa House Industry Center Research Laboratory and its Nara Factory, T course:
Numazu Port Floodgate "View-O" and Shizuura costal protection facilities.
T course also visited Hirokawa town to listen to the story of "Inamura no hi", on the other
hand S and E courses observed some historical constructions on Doshisha University together.
Furthermore all participants visited together Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Nojima Fault Preservation
Museum, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution that keeps a great deal of data andrecords on the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and Kobe National Government Building forDisaster Office which was built adopting an earthquake-resistant structure.
We think the participants had a lot of precious experiences related to thedaily study on IISEE. We hope they will apply what they have learned during
this study trip to the future.
Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEES course at Osaka Castle

E course at Daiwa House Industry

T course at Hirokawa Town

All at Akashi Kaikyo Bridge------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] Dr. Mukai got married
Dr. Mukai married with Megumi-san on November 15. The wedding ceremony was held at Huis Ten
Bosch in Nagasaki Prefecture in Kyushu. Some staff members of Building Research Institute (BRI)
including the director of IISEE, Dr. Hurukawa, joined the ceremony. Dr. Mukai says that our family,
the many people including friends and men of experience in research works bless us, and we wish to
express our gratitude for this happy time. Hereafter, I would like to make an effort to become
family-oriented man.
Tomohisa MUKAISenior Research Engineer, IISEE
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/staff/t_mukai/index-e.html

Huis Ten BoschDr. Mukai and Megumi-sanA scene of the wedding ceremony

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