Partial Support of the U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects; September1, 2007

该奖项是对美日自然资源协定框架下的美日风能和地震影响小组活动的持续支持。这笔资金是为了支持本机构的年度会议。在2001年5月的第33次会议上，美日风和地震影响联合小组批准了一项战略计划，以简化其运作并为该小组的未来发展做好准备。该小组的目标是：1.美国和日本政府机构之间的风和地震工程技术(包括数据：信息；测量和测试设施；以及研究人员)的交流；2.发展和保持两国政府、工业和学术组织的科学和工程研究人员之间强有力的技术联系，并鼓励研究人员的交流；3.在强风、地震、风暴潮和海啸领域开展联合研究；发表联合研究成果；并分发年度会议记录；以及4.开展合作项目，以改进工程设计和施工实践以及其他风灾和地震减灾实践。在减轻地震、风力、海啸和风暴潮的危害方面，美国和日本是世界上技术最先进的国家。两国都从通过风和地震影响联合小组主持的37年信息和技术交流中受益匪浅。专家小组的战略计划为加强研究活动方面的合作和加速将研究成果应用于实践提供了一个框架，方法是将专家小组的工作范围扩大到包括大学研究人员、私营企业和其他国家的研究人员参与。新框架的进一步设计使专家小组能够通过高度集中的任务委员会结构(见上文关于任务委员会的脚注)，迅速适应两国研究优先事项的变化。专家小组提供工具，交流有关土木工程生命线、建筑物、海滨和沿海结构的设计和施工的技术数据和信息。专家小组产生的数据影响着正在进行的结构工程研究，并有助于修订和制定美国建筑规范和标准。

This award is for continued support for the activities of the U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects that falls under the umbrella of the U.S.-Japan Agreement on Natural Resources. The funding is in support of the Annual Meeting of this body. At its 33rd meeting in May 2001, the U.S.-Japan Joint Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects approved a strategic plan to streamline its operation and position the Panel for future growth. The Panel's objectives are to: 1. Exchange of wind and seismic engineering technology (including data: information; measurement and test facilities; and researchers) between U.S. and Japanese government agencies; 2. Develop and maintain strong technical links between scientific and engineering researchers of government, industrial, and academic organizations in the two countries and encourage the exchange of researchers; 3. Conduct joint research in areas of strong winds, earthquakes, storm surge and tsunamis; publish findings from joint research efforts; and distribute proceedings of annual meetings; and 4. Conduct cooperative programs to improve engineering design and construction practices and other wind and earthquake hazard mitigation practices. The United States and Japan are the most technologically advanced nations in the world with respect to mitigation of the hazards from earthquake, wind, tsunami, and storm surge. Both countries benefit greatly from the 37-year exchange of information and technology that occur through the auspices of the Joint Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The Panel's Strategic Plan provides a framework for increasing cooperation on research activities and accelerating the application of research results into practice by expanding the reach of the Panel to include university researchers, private industry, and participation by researchers in other nations. The new framework is further designed to permit the Panel to quickly adapt to address changes in the research priorities of the two countries through a highly focused Task Committee structure (see footnote on Task Committees above). The Panel provides the vehicle to exchange technical data and information on design and construction of civil engineering lifelines, buildings, waterfront, and coastal structures. The data produced by the Panel influence on-going structural engineering research and contribute to the revision and creation of U.S. building codes and standards.