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Newsletter

IISEE Newsletter No.174 issued on Oct 31, 2019

Contents

  • 2019-20 Earthquake Engineering Training Course has started.
  • Visit to Edo Tokyo Museum, Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum and Honjo life safety learning center.
  • New participants of 2019-20
  • IISEE Seminar on seismic evaluation of existing buildings by Dr. Md. Shafiul Islam
  • An Ex-Participant from Thailand stayed IISEE for three weeks
  • Presentation at the Disaster Risk Management Seminor by a JICA ex-participant, Ecuador
  • An ex-participant from Nepal visited IISEE
  • Notice of our Website applies to Always-on SSL Encryption (https)

Detail

1. 2019-20 Earthquake Engineering Training Course has started.

By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEE

The opening ceremony of Earthquake engineering training course 
for young researchers and Engineers were held at JICA on Wednesday, 
Oct 2nd and the 1year course has started.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 1&2.

2. Visit to Edo Tokyo Museum, Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum and Honjo life safety learning center.

By Mr. Sho Hamano, Adiministrative of Training and General Affairs, Administration Division, IISEE

IISEE participants and I visited the Edo Tokyo museum on Oct 11th before noon.
We learned the history from the 17th century of the Shogunate era, where Tokyo was called Edo.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 2.

3. New participants of 2019-20

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 3&4.

4. IISEE Seminar on seismic evaluation of existing buildings by Dr. Md. Shafiul Islam

By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Chief Research Engineer, IISEE

On September 9, we invited Dr. Md. Shafiul Islam from Tohoku University and held the IISEE seminar entitled 
"Rapid Seismic Evaluation Method and Strategy for Seismic Improvement 
of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Developing Countries."

5. An Ex-Participant from Thailand stayed IISEE for three weeks

By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Chief Research Engineer, IISEE

Dr. Suppachai Sinthaworn, an ex-participant of the IISEE training course(2014-2015E), 
stayed the IISEE about for three weeks from September 9. 

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 5.

6. Presentation at the Disaster Risk Management Seminor by a JICA ex-participant, Ecuador

By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEE

Mr. Michael LINTHON, who completed “Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and 
Tsunami Disaster Mitigation” course and returned to his home country
Ecuador last month, gave a presentation at the Disaster Risk Management
Seminor in Ecuador.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 5.

7. An ex-participant from Nepal visited IISEE

By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE

Dr. Janak Bahadur Chand (Seismology Course 2005-2006) from Nepal has visited IISEE September 20, 2019.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 6.

8. Notice of our Website applies to Always-on SSL Encryption (https)

By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEE

We have changed our website to Always-on SSL Encryption to ensure 
everyone can access and use our website more safely.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 6.

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