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

2011年3月发生的日本东部9.0级大地震影响了日本大片地区，使一个技术进步的社会的建筑环境和社会系统受到前所未有的影响。随后的海啸淹没并摧毁了数百公里海岸线沿线的城市和基础设施。2011年3月的地震对美国西北部有重大影响，特别是在了解大地震对卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带可能造成的影响方面。因此，美国研究人员对2011年3月的事件进行了仔细的研究，以了解这些影响，确定知识差距，并开始填补这些差距，以减少美国此类规模事件未来的损失。这次日本地震和随之而来的海啸的快速反应研究调查得到了国家科学基金会(NSF)一系列快速奖励和补充的支持。2012年2月，快速受赠者参加了在国家科学基金会举办的一次研讨会，以确定此次活动以及2010年和2011年新西兰大地震的新的研究需求。该讲习班还包括由日本科学技术厅(JST)在J-RAPID奖励下支持的调查2011年3月地震的日本研究人员和调查最近地震的新西兰研究人员。该奖项支持最多15名美国研究人员参加2013年3月6日至7日在日本仙台举行的最后一届J-RAPID研讨会。这一国际活动由日本科学技术研究所和日本文部科学省(MEXT)联合举办，将有来自法国、印度尼西亚、日本和美国的研究人员参加。参加这一研讨会将使美国RAPID受赠者能够与日本同事和其他国际参与者一起回顾自2012年2月研讨会以来在确定新兴研究需求方面的进展情况。研讨会将讨论的主要议题包括地球科学(海洋学和岩土工程)、结构(海啸影响)、核电站(通信和社会科学)和先进技术(信息技术、社交媒体和机器人)的研究需求。研讨会将交流2011年3月灾难的国际经验和反应，并分享不同国家在研究这一事件后如何重新调整其研究、准备和恢复的优先事项。参加这次研讨会所获得的知识将用于确定下一个十年及以后的研究议程和优先事项。专题讨论会的与会者还将确定联合研究的合作机会，并为加快减轻地震灾害的进展作出贡献。预计美国和世界各地地震危险区更安全、更具弹性的社区将受到长期影响。将通过分发将由日本组委会出版的专题讨论会会议记录来传播专题讨论会的结果和建议。该奖项由工程局、土木工程、机械和制造创新司以及国际和综合活动办公室共同资助。

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.