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

2011年3月发生的东日本9.0级大地震影响了日本的广大地区，使技术先进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沿着数百公里海岸线的城市和基础设施。2011年3月的事件对美国西北部有着重要的影响，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。因此，美国研究人员对2011年3月的事件进行了仔细研究，以了解这些影响，找出知识差距，并开始填补这些差距，以减轻美国这种规模的事件未来造成的损失。日本地震和海啸的快速反应研究调查得到了美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的一系列RAPID奖和补助金的支持。 快速发展研究赠款获得者参加了2012年2月在国家科学基金会举办的一个讲习班，以确定这一活动以及2010年和2011年新西兰大地震产生的新的研究需求。参加讲习班的还有来自日本的研究人员，他们在日本科学技术厅（JST）的J-RAPID奖资助下调查了2011年3月的地震，来自新西兰的研究人员调查了最近的地震。 该奖项支持多达15名美国研究人员参加将于2013年3月6日至7日在日本仙台举行的最后一次J-RAPID研讨会。由JST和日本文部科学省（MEXT）组织的这一国际活动将包括来自法国，印度尼西亚，日本和美国的研究人员。参加这次研讨会将使美国RAPID受赠者能够审查自2012年2月研讨会以来在与日本同事和其他国际参与者确定新兴研究需求方面取得的进展。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、社交媒体和机器人技术）的研究需求。 研讨会将交流国际经验和对2011年3月灾难的反应，并分享不同国家如何通过研究这一事件重新调整其研究，准备和恢复的优先事项。 通过参加这次专题讨论会获得的知识将用于制定下一个十年及以后的研究议程和优先事项。 研讨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做出贡献。在美国和世界各地的地震危险区，更安全，更有弹性的社区预计将是长期的影响。 专题讨论会的结论和建议将通过分发日本组织委员会出版的专题讨论会会议记录来传播。 该奖项由土木，机械和制造创新部工程局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.