****************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.10
20 Feb. 2007****************************************************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. Meeting Calendar now available on the IISEE website
2. JICA short-term expert in Colombia for post-disaster assessment
3. Dr. Sos Margaryan is now at IISEE as a JSPS Foreign Researcher++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==============================================================[1] Meeting Calendar now available on the IISEE website
We have created the new page of "Meeting Calendar" on our website. We post a list offorthcoming international meetings in the fields of Seismology, Earthquake Engineering andEarthquake Disaster Mitigation. Sharing meeting information, we hope to meet you again atmeeting venues in near future. We welcome meeting information from you. To submit a
meeting announcement to be posted on this page, send an e-mail to iiseenews@kenken.go.jp.
Please visit our Meeting Calendar's page (http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/meeting.htm).
Nobuo HURUKAWA
Director, IISEE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] JICA short-term expert in Colombia for post-disaster assessment
Dr. Saito visited Colombia as a JICA short-term expert during 14 January - 3 February 2007.
Mission of this dispatch is to advise DPAE (Disaster Prevention and Emergency Attention
Office) in Bogota city about implementation of quick assessment system of building damage
after earthquakes.
http://www.fopae.gov.co/portal/page/portal/fopae
Taiki SAITO
Chief Research Engineer, IISEE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] Dr. Sos Margaryan is now at IISEE as a JSPS Foreign Researcher
Since 2005 November I (S. Margaryan) conduct research in IISEE, under the frame of "Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral fellowship for Foreign Researchers"fellowship program (http://web.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/postdoctoral.html). This programprovides opportunities for foreign researchers to conduct collaborative research under thesupervision of host researcher in Japanese University or research institute, for a period of 24month. The title of my research is "Intermediate Scale Zonation-approaches from the Macro
scale and Micro scale". The topic of my research in general includes two main subjects, whichare; attenuation relationship of seismic waves and the microtremor array exploration
technique. My supervisor is Dr. Toshiaki YOKOI, Chief Research Scientists of IISEE, BRI.
Dr. Sos Margaryan
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
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