International Travel Grant to Support U.S. Researcher Participation in the March 6-7, 2013 J-RAPID Symposium in Sendai, Japan

国际旅行补助金支持美国研究人员参加 2013 年 3 月 6 日至 7 日在日本仙台举行的 J-RAPID 研讨会

• 批准号: 1322307
• 负责人: Ian Buckle
• 金额: $ 5.04万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-15 至 2014-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1322307&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Travel; Grant; Support; U.S.

The magnitude 9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 impacted an extensive region of Japan and subjected the built environment and social systems of a technologically advanced society in a way unparalleled by any previous earthquake. The subsequent tsunami inundated and destroyed cities and infrastructure along hundreds of kilometers of coastline. The March 2011 event has significant implications for the northwest United States, particularly in understanding the likely impact of a great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. As a consequence, the March 2011 event has been closely studied by U.S. researchers to understand these impacts, identify knowledge gaps, and begin to fill these gaps to mitigate future losses from events of this scale in the United States. Rapid response research investigations of this Japanese earthquake and ensuing tsunami were supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under a series of RAPID awards and supplements. RAPID grantees participated in a workshop at NSF in February 2012 to identify emerging research needs from this event and from major New Zealand earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This workshop also included researchers from Japan supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) under J-RAPID awards to investigate the March 2011 event and from New Zealand who had investigated those recent earthquakes. This award supports travel for up to 15 U.S. researchers to participant in the final J-RAPID Symposium to be held in Sendai, Japan on March 6-7, 2013. Organized by JST and Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), this international event will include participation by researchers from France, Indonesia, Japan, and United States. Participation in this workshop will allow U.S. RAPID grantees to review progress since the February 2012 workshop in defining emerging research needs with Japanese colleagues and other international participants. Major topics to be discussed at symposium include research needs in geosciences (oceanography and geotechnical engineering), structures (tsunami impacts), nuclear power plants (communications and social sciences), and advanced technologies (information technology, social media, and robotics). The symposium will enable exchange of international experiences and reactions to the March 2011 disaster and share how different countries have realigned their priorities for research, preparedness, and recovery as a result of studying this event. Knowledge gained by participation in this symposium will be used to set research agendas and priorities for the next decade and beyond. Symposium participants will also identify collaborative opportunities for joint research and contribute to an acceleration of advances in earthquake hazard mitigation. Safer, more resilient communities in earthquake hazard zones in the United States and around the world are expected to be the long term impact. Dissemination of the findings and recommendations from the symposium will be made through the distribution of Symposium Proceedings to be published by the Japanese organizing committee. This award is co-funded by the Directorate for Engineering, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, and the Office of International and Integrative Activities.

2011年3月的9.0级的9.0大东日本地震影响了日本的广泛地区，并以任何以前的地震无与伦比的方式对技术先进的社会的建筑环境和社会系统进行了影响。随后的海啸淹没并摧毁了数百公里海岸线的城市和基础设施。 2011年3月的活动对美国西北部有重大影响，特别是在理解大地震对卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带的可能影响方面。结果，美国研究人员对2011年3月的活动进行了密切研究，以了解这些影响，确定知识差距并开始填补这些差距，以减轻美国这一规模事件的未来损失。国家科学基金会（NSF）的一系列快速奖项和补品的支持，对日本地震和随之而来的海啸的快速响应研究调查得到了支持。 Rapid Guntees于2012年2月参加了NSF的研讨会，以确定该活动的新兴研究需求以及2010年和2011年的新西兰主要地震。该研讨会还包括日本的研究人员，由日本科学技术机构（JST）在J-RAPID奖项下获得JST的支持，以调查2011年3月的活动，并调查了新西兰的新西兰和最近对这些地震进行调查的新西兰。 该奖项为2013年3月6日至7日在日本仙台举行的最终J-Rapid研讨会的参与者提供了多达15位美国研究人员的旅行。由JST和日本教育，文化，体育，科学和技术部（MEXT）组织，该国际活动将包括法国，印度尼西亚，日本和美国的研究人员的参与。参加该研讨会的活动将使自2012年2月的研讨会以定义日本同事和其他国际参与者的新兴研究需求以来，美国快速受赠人能够审查进度。研讨会上要讨论的主要主题包括地球科学（海洋学和岩土工程）的研究需求，结构（海啸影响），核电站（通信和社会科学）以及先进的技术（信息技术，社交媒体和机器人技术）。 该研讨会将使国际经验和反应与2011年3月的灾难进行交流，并分享不同国家如何重新调整其研究，准备和恢复的优先事项，从而研究了这一事件。 参与本研讨会所获得的知识将用于在未来十年及以后的研究议程和优先事项中设定优先事项。 研讨会参与者还将确定共同研究的协作机会，并为缓解地震危害的进步加速做出贡献。在美国和世界各地的地震危险区中，更安全，更弹性的社区预计将是长期影响。 研讨会的调查结果和建议将通过日本组织委员会发表的研讨会诉讼进行。 该奖项由工程，民用，机械和制造创新部以及国际和综合活动办公室共同资助。