2017年度 活動レポート 第70号:東京大学(英語)

2017年度活動レポート(一般公募コース)第70号

JST Sakura Science Program2017 at ERI

Report from Tokyo University

In 2017, we invited 12 Asian students for short summer internship program at Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), the University of Tokyo, with support of SAKURA Exchange Program in Science of Japan Science Technology Agency (JST).

12 fresh students came from China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, South Korea, and Taiwan, arriving on July 2 and leaving on July 22.

During their visit, they mostly dedicated their time on their own researches with their host research staff at ERI. Research topics include rupture process of 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, seismic slip budget evaluation in Northeast Japan, attenuation in the inner core, subseafloor hydrothermal circulation, tsunami modeling, structure of subducted seamounts, strong motion simulation, seismic potential in southern Java, earthquake mechanism off Hyuga-nada, seismic noise analysis, interferometry SAR analysis, and lithospheric structure of western Sunda arc.

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Tohoku field trip: Learning tsunami attack to Arahama from Professor Satake

They made poster presentations on July 20, followed by a closing ceremony hosted by the director of ERI.

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Poster presentations
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Poster presentations
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Closing ceremony hosted by Director Obara

During a weekend (July 15-16) we took them to a field trip to the Tohoku region. They visited Arahama elementary school (abandoned due to the 2011 tsunami but preserved as the tsunami monument),

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Tohoku field trip: Arahama elementary school Tohoku

Matsushima, Rikuzen-Takada (2011 miracle pine tree site),

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Tohoku field trip: Rikuzen-Takada the miracle pine tre

Matsurube fallen bridge (2008 Iwate-Miyagi earthquake),

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Tohoku field trip: Visiting Matsurube bridge fallen in 2008 Iwate-Miyagi earthquake

and Kurikoma active volcano.

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Tohoku Field trip: Kurikoma volcano visit.

On July 17, some of them visited JAMSTEC’s drilling vessel ‘Chikyu’.

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Visiting JAMSTEC drilling vessel ‘Chikyu’