Organizing Institution:
Building Research Insitute, Ministry of Construction
Sponsoring Institution:
The Science and Technology Agency
The Building Center of Japan
TITLE
US-JAPAN Workshop on Smart Structural Systems
DATE
6(Thu.)-8(Sat.), January, 2000
VENUE
Tsukuba International
Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba)
(MAP is available in its web site)
2-20-3, Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0032, Japan
Phone: +81-298-61-0001
Fax: +81-298-61-1209
This workshop is organized by the Building Research Institutes, Ministry
of Construction, as a part of U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research Project on
Smart Materials and Structural Systems, and is sponsored by the Science
and Technology Agency. The cooperative project is also know as "Auto
Adaptive Media Applied to Civil Infra-Structures" program in U.S.
under the U.S. National Science Foundation.
On this occasion, the Building Research Institute, the Japanese counterpart
on U.S.-Japan cooperative program, plans to hold a Joint Technical Coordinating
Committee (JTCC) meeting to exchange views on research efforts and future
research cooperation on Smart Materials and Structural Systems and Auto
Adaptive Media Applied to Civil Infra-Structures in the two countries.
| 1st DAY | Thursday, January 6, 2000 |
| Symposium on Smart Materials and Structural Systems (Chairpersons: Dr. H. Hiraishi & Dr. M. Midorikawa) | |
| 9:30-14:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-10:10 | Opening ceremony (Room 202) Opening remark (Dr. Y. Habu, Director General of BRI) |
| 10:10-12:30 | Presentations on research activities in Japan (in Japanese) |
| (1) BRI project on Smart Structure System | |
| a) Outline of the Project (Dr. S. Otani) b) System sub-committee (Dr. A. Wada) c) Sensor sub-committee (Dr. Y. Kitagawa) d) Effector sub-committee (Dr. M. Iiba) | |
| (2) MOMBUSHO project on Urban Earthquake Disaster Mitigation (Dr. Y. Suzuki & Dr. K. Kawashima) | |
| 12:30-14:00 | (Lunch) |
| 14:00-17:00 | Presentations on research activities in U.S. (in English) |
| 1) Controllable Fluid Damper (Dr. B. Spencer) 2) Passive/Semi-Active Base Isolation (Dr. H. Gavin) 3) Optical Sensor (Dr. J. N. Mattei) 4) Wireless Sensor (Dr. S. Wood) 5) Non-destructive Monitoring (Dr. M. Wang) | |
| 18:00-20:00 | (Reception, Room 201) |
| 2nd DAY | Friday, January 7, 2000 | |
| JTCC (Joint Technical Coordinating Committee) (Chairpersons: Dr. M. A. Sozen & Dr. S. Otani) | ||
| 9:00-9:20 | JTCC opening sessions (Room 202) Opening remarks (Dr. Y. Yamanouch, BRI and Dr. S. C. Liu, NSF) | |
| 9:20-11:30 | Presentations on research project in Japan (in English) | |
| a) Outline of the project (Dr. H. Hiraishi) b) System sub-committee (Dr. T. Saito) c) Sensor sub-committee (Dr. M. Teshigawara) d) Effector sub-committee (Dr. M. Iiba) | ||
| 11:30-12:00 | Presentations on research project in U.S. (in English) (Dr. M. A. Sozen & Dr. R. Frosch) | |
| 12:00-12:30 | Guidance of group sessions | |
| 12:30-14:00 | (Luncheon, Room 405) | |
| 14:00-16:30 | Group sessions (1) (Room 402, 403 and 404) | |
| Group A (Room 402) |
Structural system (Chairpersons: Dr. M. A. Sozen & Dr. A. Wada) (Secretaries: Dr. R. Frosch & Dr. T. Saito) | |
| Group B (Room 403) |
Sensing and monitoring technology (Chairpersons: Dr. M. Wang & Dr. Y. Kitagawa) (Secretaries: Dr. S. Wood & Dr. H. Teshigawara) | |
| Group C (Room 404) |
Effector technology (Chairpersons: Dr. B. Spencer & Dr. S. Soda) (Secretaries: Dr. H. Gavin, Dr. M. Iiba) | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Meeting of group chairpersons (Room 202) | |
| 3rd DAY | Saturday, January 8, 2000 |
| JTCC (Joint Technical Coordinating Committee) (Chairpersons: Dr. M. A. Sozen & Dr. S. Otani) | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Group sessions (2) (Room 402, 403 and 404) |
| 10:00-11:30 | Report of group sessions (Room 202) |
| 11:30-12:00 | Closing session |
| Resolutions/Recommendations Closing remark (Dr. H. Hiraishi, BRI) | |
1. Bus Service
<From the Narita Airport to the Tsukuba Center>
All seats are reserved. The bus ticket is available at the "Keisei
Information Counter" in the Narita Airport.
| Narita Airport | 7:20 | 9:05 | 10:35 | 12:50 | 14:35 | 16:15 | 17:20 | 18:40 | 20:00 |
| Tsukuba Center | 9:00 | 10:45 | 12:15 | 14:30 | 16:15 | 17:55 | 19:00 | 20:20 | 21:40 |
<From the Tsukuba Center to the Narita Airport>
All seats are reserved. The bus ticket is available at the Tsukuba Center
Bus Station.
| Tsukuba Center | 6:20 | 7:20 | 8:50 | 10:20 | 11:55 | 13:25 | 14:25 | 15:50 | 17:35 |
| Narita Airport | 8:00 | 9:00 | 10:30 | 12:00 | 13:35 | 15:05 | 16:15 | 17:30 | 19:15 |
2. Accommodation
Tsukuba Dai-Ichi
Hotel (EPOCHAL)
(adjacent to the Tsukuba International Congress Center)
Takezono 2-20-1, Tsukuba 305-0032, JAPAN
TEL 0298-60-7700 FAX 0298-60-7701