IISEE Newsletter
Jun. 21 2013 Number 98

International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
1 Tachihara Tsukuba Japan 305-0802

In This Issue• EU Workshop onEarthquakeEngineering ResearchInfrastructures• Joined the
UNESCO/IPRED
Meeting in Lima Peru
• CurriculumCommittee• General Meetingtel+81-29-879-0678 facsim+81-29-864-6777

EU Workshop on Earthquake Engineering
Research Infrastructures by SERIES with US-NEES-Ispra Italy May 28-30 2013
By Mizuo INUKAI, IISEE Chief Research Engineer

Inukai participated in the SERIES Concluding Workshop - Joint with US-NEES"Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructures" in May 29 and 30, 2013. It
is because of the refreshment in the old friendship of the collabora-tion
between BRI and EU, Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection andSecurity of the Citizen, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment Unitfrom 1995 to 2005.

• Individual Study

This workshop is the concluding one of the Project “SERIES” (Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies) (Coordinator :University of Patras in Greece, for 4 years from 2009 to 2013), with some calls
for papers to the public, not only to EU.

IISEE Net andTraining

This Project was executed by the Consortium of 23 Research Institute orConsultant in 11 countries of EU with the collaboration of some research
entities for experiments of buildings or civil engineering structures, theTraining Courses for young researchers and so on.

IISEENETIISEE-UNESCO Lecture
NoteIISEE E-learning
Synopsis Database
Bulletin Database

Recently, there are 6 counties among the 27 counties of EU where the Alumni
Participants of IISEE come from, which are Austria, Bulgaria, Czech, Finland,Greece, and Romania. Moreover, we have some Alumni Participants from theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Turkey. In this workshop, noalumni participants were to be seen, but we are looking forward meeting you in
the similar international workshops.
Ref. : http://www.series.upatras.gr/workshop_Ispra
http://www.series.upatras.gr/overview

Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake
Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

SERIES Workshop

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for theseismology, earthquake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are not limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts. NOsubmission fee is need.
Try to challenge!!

Joined the UNESCO/IPRED Meeting in Lima Peru
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi & Dr. Toshihide Kashima of IISEEThe 6th session of "International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters(IPRED)", etc. held at the Centro Peruano Japones de Investigaciones Sismicasy Mitigacion de Desastres (CISMID) Facultad de Ingenieria Civil - FIC
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru, and we stayed there from 4 to8 June 2013.
The participants were 17 members (including 6 from Japan) from 9 countries;
Chile, Egypt, El Salvador, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Romania, andTurkey.
The session and the UNESCO-IPRED Workshop on “Preparing
Ourselves for Future Earthquakes” were conducted with lively discussions andthe study tours were worthwhile.
Dr. Yokoi reported the BRI’s IPRED activities in 2012. He also requested
further support and assistance to IISEE activities such as the training course
scrutiny and request survey by JICA and the nomination of possible candidates
as well as the submission of research papers to the IISEE Bulletin. Finally theparticipants accepted the proposal to hold the next meeting in Cairo, Egypt
hosted by the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics(NRIAG), and the session was closed. We would like to express our sincere
appreciation to all who support to hold the IPRED meeting.
In the meetings, we touched the news of ex-participants who were active intheir countries and renewed our old friendship with well-known Prof. Julio
Kuroiwa, Jenny, Lourdes, Roy, Raul Alvalez, Edgar Pena, and Md. Ridwan.
They are fine.

The 6th UNESCO-IPRED session

International Workshop on“Preparing Ourselves for Future
Earthquakes”

Ex-participants：Jenny,Lourdes, Roy

Ex-Participants：Raul Alvalez,
Edgar Pena, Md. Ridwan

To Support us, IISEE Curriculum Committee Held

The IISEE Curriculum Committee isorganized to assist IISEE staff withgiving practical advice on thetraining program and its activities.
The committee is comprised of 18
members
whoareuniversity
professors and researchers of publicorgans.

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Dr. Ishiyama, the third from left inthe back row, is in the chair.

Themembers
arefivefromfromseismology
field,threeTsunami, seven from earthquake
engineering including the chair, Dr.
Yuji Ishiyama, Emeritus of Hokkaido
University and IISEE’s once staff,and three from civil engineering.

The annual meeting was taken place on the 17th of June in Shinbashi, Tokyo.
15 members and IISEE staff members came together and discussed thepresent and future IISEE training curriculum.

Program with Participants;
General Meeting & Friendship Party
Participants have started the individual studies from the first of June for 3
months after the 8-month-class lessons in IISEE. On May 31, we had ageneral meeting which is set for frank talking between participants and staffmembers. JICA and GRIPS members also joined it.
After the general meeting, wehad a friendship party.
Avolunteer participants’ bandplayed guitars and keyboards.
Every participants enjoyed thelight meals and lively chats.
Two (E-course and T-course)
participants were leaving toToyohashi city and Yamaguchicity to their individual study.
They will come back to IISEE
at the interim presentation in
July 18-19.

Friendship Party

 “Link more, with IISEE network”

Thank you for your support to the nominationof participants. Application Procedures are
informed by each JICA Office.

Seismology CourseNo.

NameCountry

1

Mr. XIE,Quan-Cai

China

2Ms. LIAN,Chao
Mr. WIRADIKARTA
Chiko Bhakti Mulia
Mr. SABARANI
Andiyansyah Zulfikar
Mr.RAJABI BANIANI
SepehrMs. FLORES A.
Petronila Guadalupe
Mr. SIFUENTES J.
Armando Israel
Mr. LUMBANG Rey
Macapagal
Mr. NYAGO Joseph

China3456789Indonesia
Indonesia
Iran
Nicaragua
Peru

Theme
Influence of the Site on Magnitude and Distance Estimation in Relation withEarthquake Early Warning System
Investigation on Regional Dependence of B-∆ Method in the Tohoku Area
Underground Velocity Structure Exploration Using Surface Waves in Iwaki City
Hall, Japan
Performance Estimation on the Use of Earthquake Early Warning System forDisaster Risk Reduction in West Java, Indonesia
Site Effect Estimation Base on Arassbaran Earthquakes Data
Moment Tensor Analysis of Earthquakes in Nicaragua
Generation of Spectrum Compatible Time Histories for Building Design by an
Empirical Method Using Subduction Earthquake Scenarios

Philippine

Relocation of Large Earthquakes Along the Philippine Fault Zone

UgandaDetermination of Local Magnitude Scale (ML) for Uganda

Earthquake Engineering Course
No.

Name

Country1

Ms.GALSTYAN
NazeliArmenia2

Ms. RIVERA ROJAS
Rocio Cecilia

Chile

3

Ms. PEREZ A.
Yesica HypatiaDominican
Republic

Mr. WAY Phyo Linn
Mr.KHADKA Bir
Bahadur

Myanmar

45Nepal6

Mr. KAPI Gilbert

Papua
New Guinea

7Ms. KOCAK Pinar

Turkey8Mr. ANNAYEV
GuvanchTheme
Seismic Isolation and Rehabilitation Technologies for Improving Seismic
Performance of RC Buildings in Armenia
Dynamic Behavior of Seismic Isolated Buildings Under Strong Motion
Records and Japanese Design Concepts
Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of RC Structure of Dominican
Republic
Modified Evaluation Method for Myanmar R.C Buildings
Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of RC Building in Nepal
Comparing Design Technics for Earthquake Loading on Bridges Using
Japanese Method and Papua New Guinea Method
Nonlinear Earthquake Response Analysis and Damage Evaluation ofKoriyama-United City Office

Turkmenistan Design and Construction of Buildings with Base Isolation Systems

Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course
No.

NameCountry

1

Mr. REYES G.
Mauricio Esteban

Chile

2Ms. SU Hninn Htwe

Myanmar3

Mr. WAREK Martin
Kele-ehPapua
New Guinea

4

Mr. GALDIANO
Julius Mandigma

Philippine

ThemeTsunami Risk Analysis Method for Iquique City, Chile, Based on GIS
Information
Numerical Simulation of Tsunami Inundation in the Populated Coast
Areas in Myanmar
Tsunami Inundation Modeling Along South Eastern Region of Papua New
GuineaTsunami Hazard Assessment Along the Coast of Lingayen Gulf,Pangasinan, Philippines