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SOI Asia Special Seminar : Sharing Knowledge Across Borders
-Tsunami: Lessons Learned and Universities' Role -

The Tsunami disaster occurred on December 26th, 2004 left a serious damage to our partner countries. The universities in those regions are leading the short term / long term re-construction and prevention of future disaster. Japan, which has a lot experience of several types of natural disasters, is also expected to share their knowledge and research output with Asian friends.
As a starting point, SOI Asia project had The Symposium on February 24th, 2005 to share various kinds of activities relating to this disaster, among Asian countires to know each others' efforts and exchange ideas. Based on the discussion of the symposium, SOI Asia project started the seminar seires about Tsunami from May 2005 to share among concerned people and to reserve the universities knowledge for the future.

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ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #1 May 11th (Wed), 2005 16:00-18:00 JST

Prof. Fumihiko Imamura of Tsunami Engineering Laboratory, Disaster Control Research Center
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
gave us his 1st lecture about "Mechanism of tsunami generation, propagation, and runup"
The lecture was delivered from the SOI Studio in Tokyo Japan.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture#2 June 6th (Mon), 2005 11:00-11:45 JST

Prof. Nobuo Shuto of Control of Natural Disaster, Faculty of Environmental Science, Nihon University
gave us the Keynote Speech titled "TSUNAMIS, Their Coastal effects and Defense Works" at The Scientific Forum on the Tsunami, Its Impact and Recovery,which is held in Asian Institute of Technology in TThailand.
The lecture was delivered from the SOI Studio in Keio University, Tokyo Japan.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #3 June 22th (Wed), 2005 11:00-13:00 JST

Prof. Fumihiko Imamura of Tsunami Engineering Research Laboratory, Disaster Control Research Center
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
gave us his 2nd lecture about "Tsunami disaster and lessons for mitigation"
The lecture was delivered from the SOI Studio in Keio University, Tokyo Japan.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #4 June 27th (Mon), 2005 11:00-13:00 JST

Associate Prof. Norio Maki of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
"Recovery and Reconstruction from Catastrophic Disasters; Lessons learned from the 1991 Flores, Indonesia, and the 1998 Aitape, P.N.G. tsunami disaster"
This lecture addresses socio-cultural aspects of disaster, mainly on recovery process from disaster. It takes a long time to complete recovery from disaster, at least ten years. Social response and mechanism for recovery such as 1) social phenomena in the impacted region: how the societies would accommodate with damages and impacts from disaster, and 2) countermeasures for recovery: how society should or might work for recovery is discussed at first. And recovery process on 1991 Flores, Indonesia, and the 1998 Aitape, P.N.G. tsunami disaster is introduced as a case of disaster recovery.
The lecture was delivered from Kyoto University, Yoshida Campus supported by Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #5 July 5th (Tue), 2005 16:00-18:00 JST

Prof Akio Okayasu of Department of Ocean Sceicnes, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
"Tsunami Trace Measurement and Some Examples in SriLanka and Sumatra - Differences of Tsunami Height due to Local Topography -"
The lecture addresses procedures and methods for practical measurements of Tsunami inundation and run-up heights. Some results of the measurements for the recent Indian Ocean Tsunami is introduced to show the effects of local topography. Interpretation of the measured trace heights is discussed with the local conditions of topography.
The lecture was delivered from the SOI Studio in Keio University, Tokyo Japan.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #6 September 14th (Wed), 2005 16:00-18:00 JST

Dr. Kazuhisa Goto of Disaster Control Research Center
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
"Identification of ancient tsunami events using tsunami deposits"
Large tsunamis could have transported a great amount of sediment particles toward the land and/or sea, and formed tsunami deposits. Tsunami deposits have been recorded in the geological stratum. The lecture addresses procedures and methods for identification of ancient tsunami events using tsunami deposits.
The lecture is delivered from the SOI Studio in Keio University, Tokyo Japan.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #7 October 3rd (Mon), 2005 13:00-14:30 JST

Dr. Ichiro Nakagawa of Guest Professor & Clinical Psychologist at Mie University will give us a lecture on "Trauma & Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)", "PTSD & Natural Disasters" and "Treatment for PTSD & Disaster Experiences"

The lecture is delivered from the SOI Studio in Keio University, Tokyo Japan.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #8 October 3rd (Mon), 2005 14:45-16:15 JST

Professor Shinobu Sakurai, and Ms. Saori Miyata, in Community Nursing Facaruty of Medicine, School of Nursing, Mie University will give us a lecture on "Trauma & Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)", "PTSD & Natural Disasters" and "Treatment for PTSD & Disaster Experiences"

The lecture is delivered from the SOI Studio in Keio University, Tokyo Japan.
Lecture Material (pdf) | Lecture Video
ARCHIVED PROGRAM - Lecture #9 December 21st, 2005 16:00-18:00 JST

Assistant Professor Anat Ruangrassamee, Ph.D.
Chulalongkorn University will give us a lecture on "Fragility of Buildings in Thailand Damaged by Indian Ocean Tsunami and Recovery after One Year"
The December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami caused devastating damage to civil engineering structures along the western coast of Southern Thailand. In order to develop the proper design criteria and evaluate vulnerability of structures, damage investigation was conducted. This lecture presents the details for evaluation of buildings and the database system developed to manage and present the data. Then, the database of reinforced-concrete buildings was analyzed to find the relationship between the damage level and the distance from a shoreline or the inundation height. Finally, the capacity in resisting lateral forces of a representative reinforced-concrete column was investigated by a full-scale loading test to gain insights in the relationship between the observed damage and the actual structural performance.
The lecture is delivered from the SOI Studio in Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.