Newsletter
IISEE Newsletter No.186 issued on Nov 2, 2020
Contents
- IISEE Annual Training Course 2020-21 started.
- New Participants of 2020-21
- A paper by Senior Research Scientist Dr. Yushiro Fujii, published in the Geophysical Journal International on 31 August 2020.
- Online Seminar by an ex-participant of the 2018 course for seismic resistant construction for Latin America
- Ex-participant from Nepal obtained PhD.
Detail
1. IISEE Annual Training Course 2020-21 started.
By Mr. Takahiro Yamada Head of Administration Division, IISEE
In the difficult situation of global infection of the new coronavirus,
In the difficult situation of global infection of the new coronavirus, we had an online opening ceremony of the training courses in Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation for young researchers and engineers on Oct 12th,
Please see the Newsletter attached on page 1&2.
2. New Participants of 2020-21
Please see the Newsletter attached on page 3＆4.
3. A paper by Senior Research Scientist Dr. Yushiro Fujii, published in the Geophysical Journal International on 31 August 2020.
By Dr. Yushiro Fujii, Senior Research Scientist, IISEE
Senior Research Scientist Dr. Yushiro Fujii published a paper on slip distribution of the 2005 Nias, Indonesia earthquake (Mw 8.6) in the Geophysical Journal International on 31 August 2020.
4. Online Seminar by an ex-participant of the 2018 course for seismic resistant construction for Latin America
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow
Mr. Francisco Antonio Gomez Hernandez, who completed the " Latin American Earthquake Engineering" course in 2018 and returned to El Salvador, talked about earthquake and tsunami disaster mitigation measures in Japan at the on-line seminar,
Please see the Newsletter attached on page 4＆5.
5. Ex-participant from Nepal obtained PhD.
By Dr. Sudir Rajaure, Deputy Director General of the Department of Mines and Geology, Nepal.
I am pleased to share that on September 27, 2020, I obtained a PhD inearthquake hazard analysis in Nepal from Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Please see the Newsletter attached on page 6.
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