US-Japan Workshop on Future Directions for Earthquake Engineering Research

摘要：我们？日本地震工程研究未来方向研讨会拟于2010年3月6日至7日在日本东京举行，旨在探讨未来地震工程研究方向的美日研讨会。日方的共同主席是东京工业大学的德松可治教授和北海道大学的御川光正教授。美方联席主席是密歇根大学的詹姆斯·鬼魂教授和普渡大学的梅特·索岑。讲习班的主要目的将是确定地震工程方面的主要挑战，并确定将减轻亚太区域未来地震的社会和财政影响的研究举措。研讨会的参与者将具有广泛的基础，因此，他们将在知识上自由地确定最有潜力减轻地震威胁的研究重点领域，而不考虑在哪里进行研究以及哪些机构将为研究提供资金。研讨会参与者将被鼓励开展联合研究项目，以解决研讨会期间确定的主要倡议，并将促进美国和日本之间更广泛的学生和年轻研究人员的国际交流。讲习班报告将为整个亚太地区以及世界各国面临地震威胁的未来研究提供指导。

Abstract: US ? Japan Workshop on Future Directions for Earthquake Engineering Research A US - Japan Workshop to explore future directions for earthquake engineering research is proposed for March 6-7, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Co-Chairs on the Japanese side are Professors Khoji Tokimatsu of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Mitsumasa Midorikawa of the Hokkaido University. US co-Chairs are Professors James Wight of the University of Michigan and Mete Sozen of Purdue University. The primary purpose of the workshop will be to identify major challenges in earthquake engineering and to define research initiatives that will mitigate the social and financial impact of future earthquakes in the Asian-Pacific region. Workshop participants will be broadly based, and thus, will be intellectually free to define research thrust areas that have the highest potential to mitigate the earthquake threat without regard for where the research will be conducted and what agencies will finance the research. Workshop participants will be encouraged to pursue joint research projects that address major initiatives defined during the workshop and will facilitate a broader international exchange of students and young researchers between the US and Japan. The Workshop report will provide guidance for future research studies throughout the Asian-Pacific region, as well as for countries around the world facing an earthquake threat.