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USMCA2015: Excellent Young Researchers Awarded
Congratulations to young scientists who grabbed Excellent Young Researcher Award for their papers presented in #USMCA2015.
The awardees are:
National
Mr. Bishnu Prasad Devkota
Asst. Professor, Nepal Engineering College, Nepal
Paper on "Recommended waling speed based on pedestrian's behavior at mid-block cross in Kathmandu"
Mr. Dipendra Gautam
Disaster Risk Expert/ Anthropologist/ Civil Engineer
Center for Disaster and Climate Change Studies (CDCCS), Nepal
Paper on " Observed Damage Patterns on Buildings during 2015 Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake".
International
Mr. Rishi Ram Parajuli
Dept. of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Paper on "Analysis of vehicle running on elevated expressways during earthquake"
Mr. Kenjiro Yamamoto
Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan
Paper on “Shake table tests on one-quarter scaled models of masonry houses retrofitted with fiber reinforced paint".
The "14th International Symposium on New Technology for Urban Safety for Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA 2015)" was held in Kathmandu during October 29-31, 2015. Altogether 7 keynote presentations and 80 scientifically researched papers were presented in the program. The scientific discourse was heavily focused on various facets of urban disaster safety including Disaster Risk Management, Urban Planning, Environmental Safety as well as lessons learnt from the recent Gorkha Earthquake 2015.
National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) and International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS), Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan jointly organized the program in association with number of partner organizations. The conference had extensive participation of around 250 scientists, researchers, practitioners, professionals and other DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) stakeholders from 8 different countries within the continent.
The symposium bade goodbye to all the USMCA2015 participants in Nepal after announcing the Philippines as the next destination for the USMCA2016.
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