IISEE Newsletter
Mar 30 2018
Number 155

In This Issue
 The 23rd Global
SeismologicalObservation Training
Course Closed
 Closing ceremony
speech on behalf of
the Glaobal
SeismologicalObservation course
participants Newly released book

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The 23rd Global Seismological Observation
Training Course Closed
By Mr. Yoshihiro Iitake, Head of Administration Division, IISEEThe Global SeismologicalObservation Training Course is
implemented as one of thecontributions of the Japanese
Government towards
establishing a verification
system for nuclear tests.
The closing ceremony of
the Global Course was held at
JICA Tsukuba on March 9. In
this course, one participant
returned home on half way,
however 16 participants
attended the ceremony andawarded a certificate of JICA andBRI / IISEE. And then, Dr.
Sanjay Kumar Prajapati fromIndia gave a speech on behalf ofparticipants.

Although it was a shortperiod of about two months, I
think that they could not only
acquire knowledge about global seismological observation and advanced
seismic analysis technique but also touched on Japan's efforts andculture so far through the study trip. It would be grateful that
Earthquakes
participants will introduce the things they learned in Japan to a lot ofThe 2011 off the Pacific people including their colleagues.
coast of Tohoku
Earthquake

Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

In implementing the course, we would like to express our sincere
thanks to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization(CTBTO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA) and people concerned for their support and cooperation.

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

Closing Ceremony of the Global Curse

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Closing ceremony speech on behalf of the Global
Seismological Observation course participants
By Dr. Sanjay Kumar Prajapati (India)

Speech by Dr. Prajapati

Dr. Mitsumasa
MIDORIKAWA, President of
Building Research InstituteBRI, Mr. Masayuki TAKAHASHI,
Director General of Japan
International Cooperation
Agency-Tsukuba Center - JICA,
Dr. Toshiaki YOKOI, Director ofInternational Institute of
Seismology & Earthquake
Engineering-IISEE,Distinguished guests and fellow
participants here present.

Today, I am privileged and honoured to speak on behalf of the2017: Global Seismological Observation training course participants whohave just completed their training. First and foremost, I would like totake advantage of this opportunity to express our profound gratefulness
to the Government of Japan – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Building Research Institute(BRI) and International Institute of Seismology & Earthquake
Engineering (IISEE) for their invaluable coordination in making thiscourse to be a success.
We all feel fortunate to have had the chance to be part of theJICA Global Seismological program. The program offered us theopportunity to spend about two months away from our home. Beforetrip to Japan we knew very little about Japanese culture or way of life inthe country. I believe that we have managed to achieve the main
objective of the training which is to be able to distinguish natural
seismic events from nuclear explosions. This was made possible throughthe efforts of the hard working lecturers who took their time to explainthese concepts to us. Besides from meeting the course objective, I am
confident that we can also speak basic Japanese and have also learnt
about the Japanese culture as we have been sensitized to it throughvisiting cultural heritages in the country.
Although we cannot express our sincere gratefulness to thelecturers as individuals, we would like to say to all of them: Nintaizuyoku watashitachi o shidoushite kudasatte arigatōgozaimashita (thankyou very much for teaching us in patience).

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As this is our closing ceremony, it is my sincere hope that thisclosing will not be the end of the friendship that has been establishedamongst fellow participants. Let us not put the resources of oursponsors to no avail but let us be instrumental in numerous ways inrealizing the objectives of this workshop are put into practice in ourrespective countries.
All good things must come to an end. Sadly, though, it’s goodbye
time. Tomorrow it will be a time to go back home. Although we are
excited to be reunited with our families, friends, loved ones and pets,
we just cannot help it, but we all feel a tinge of sadness in our hearts inleaving this place we have had to call home for these past two months.
We will miss our home here at JICA-Tsukuba Center, we will miss ourclassroom at BRI, we will miss Sakume-san and Inadome-san who
would do a head count now and again to ensure that no-one wasmissing. We will miss this beautiful country of Japan and its wonderfulinhabitants.
Once again, we thank all the organisations who made this training
to be a success. We are forever indebted to you. Thank you so much(Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu)!
Love you Japan.

Newly released book
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEEDr. Walter Mauricio Salazar Guerra (1998-1999 Earthquake
Engineering Course) an ex-participant of IISEE has published a book ofstructural engineering in Spanish. Plese find the outline of the bookbelow. We IISEE welcome information on such activities of exparticipants as publishing books, being awarded, obtaining academictitles and so on.
Title: PRO STRUCTURAL 3D Software para el análisis de estructuras
Author: Walter Mauricio Salazar Guerra
Publisher's Name: David Publishing Company(http://www.davidpublisher.org/)
ISBN: 1-934502-26-X

In this first edition of the PRO-STRUCTURAL 3D software, 115
examples are presented, including the structural analysis of beams,frames, arches, step works, road structures, dual wall-frame systems,
confined masonry walls, galleys, metal shelves for storage (racks),
simple, complex and complex armor, structures of land retention andfoundations. The structures may be subject to gravitation, earthquake
and wind loads.

Back Numbers
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It is possible to consider collateral effects in structures such astemperature changes - now essential due to climate change manufacturing errors and settlements. It is feasible to model the rigidityof the soil for the analysis of foundation beams, footings and piles andincorporate discontinuities or ball joints, variable inertias and inclined
supports in the members. There is also the ability to incorporate rigidand flexible parts in the members that allow modeling the interaction ofshear walls with frames in a practical way.
The source codes of the programs are written in FORTRAN
language and can be found on the CD-ROM that is attached to the bookalong with the instructions for compiling and executing them.