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Rose-Hulman, Japanese Faculty Panel to Discuss Japan’s Recovery from Last Year’s Quake & Tsunami
March 5, 2012
Faculty members from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and
Japan's University of Aizu will participate in a panel discussion
on Tuesday, March 6, to commemorate the events of last year's
devastating earthquake and tsunami, and examine how the country has
recovered from the disaster. The event, which is free and
open to the public, will begin at 4:20 p.m. in the Kahn Rooms of
the Hulman Student Union building.
March 11 will mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake
and tsunami.
Tatsuki Kawaguchi, director of the University of Aizu's Center
for Strategy of International Programs and Student Affairs
Division, will provide a first-hand account of his returning from
international travels to find his homeland in the middle of a human
tragedy and potential nuclear disaster. He is joining
professor Tatsushi Otsuki in visiting Rose-Hulman this week.
Six students from Aizu will begin studies at Rose-Hulman on Monday,
March 5.
Scott Clark, Rose-Hulman's professor of anthropology, spent the
recent academic quarter break in Japan and will discuss how the
country is still recovering from the disaster.
Other panelists will be Kevin Sutterer, head of the Department
of Civil Engineering who has expertise in the seismic stability of
geotechnical systems; Patsy Brackin, professor of mechanical
engineering; and Jong Hun Kim, assistant professor of
economics.
The panel discussion is being sponsored by the Grand Challenges
at Rose-Hulman group and the Department of Humanities and Social
Sciences.