Curriculum Vitae of Kojiro Irikura
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Adjunct Professor, Aichi Institute of Technology
Office Address:
Kojiro Irikura Earthquake Motion Research Institute
4-3-2 Itachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550 0012
TEL/FAX: +81-6-6539-3711
BORN: August 22, 1940, in Qingdao, China (Male, Japanese citizen)
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EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree - Faculty of Science (Physics), KyotoUniversity, 1963
Master's degree - Graduate School of Science (Geophysics), KyotoUniversity, 1966
Doctor's degree - Graduate School of Science (Geophysics), KyotoUniversity, 1983
POSITIONS HELD:
Research Associate, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, KyotoUniversity (1968-1973).
Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, KyotoUniversity (1973-1988).
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Southern California, USA (1984-1986).
Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, KyotoUniversity (1988 -2004).
Visiting Scientist, Centro Nacional de Prevencion de Desastres, MEXICO (1990-1991).
Visiting Professor, Politecnica de Milano, ITALY (1989)
Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, KyotoUniversity (2001– 2003).
Vice President of Kyoto University（2003‐March, 2004）
Executive Vice President of Kyoto University（April, 2004 –September, 2005）
Adjunct Professor, Aichi Institute of Technology (October, 2005 – present)
AWARDS:
Commemorative Medal "100 Years of Seismology in Slovakia" from Geophysical Institute ofSlovakAcademy of Sciences (June, 2003)
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize for Persons of Scientific andTechnological Research Merits (April, 2004)
Best Paper Award of Seismological Society of Japan (May, 2005)
Takao Kagawa, Kojiro Irikura and Paul G. Somerville, Differences in ground motion and fault rupture process between the surface and buried rupture earthquakes, Earth, Planets and Space 56, 1, 3-14, 2004.
SEISMOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
(1) Developed the empirical Green’s function method for estimating strong ground motion from a specific earthquake fault using observed seismograms of small events.
(2) Developed a hybrid method simulating broad-band ground motions from a large earthquakes using deterministic and stochastic approaches.
(3) Proposed a recipe of predicting strong ground motions from an earthquake caused by specific active faults.
Social Activity
Member, Science Council of Japan(18th Term, July/2000 – July/2003, 20th Term, October/2005-）
Chair, JapanNational Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (September/2000 – September/2003)
Member, Seismological Society of Japan (President, 1999-2002)
Member, Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering (President, 2004-2005)
Councilperson, Society of Exploration Geophysics of Japan
Member, Architectural Institute of Japan
Member, Society of Natural Disaster Sciences of Japan
Member, Earthquake Research Committee, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, (1998-)
Chairman, Subcommittee for Evaluations of Strong Ground MotionMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, (1999-).
Member, Subcommittee for Utilizing Research Results in Society, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,
Member, Subdivision on Science, Council for Science and technology, , Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, (2005-)
Member, Subdivision on Geodesy, Council for Science and technology, , Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, (2000-)
Member, Special Board of Inquiry on Tonankai and Nankai earthquakes (2001-)
Member, Special Board of Inquiry on trench-centered earthquakesaround the Japan Trench and Chishima Trench (2001-)
Member, Special Committee on Nuclear Safety, Standards and Guides, Nuclear Safety Commission (2001-).
Member, Subcommittee forGuideline of Earthquake-resisting Design, Special Committee on Nuclear Safety, Standards and Guides,Nuclear Safety Commission (2001-).