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2009-2010 Activity

Graduation ceremony at GRIPS (16th September 2010)

Duration	Course schedule	Students and Master's Thesis
Curriculum	Message from students

Duration

5th October 2009 - 17th September 2010

Course schedule

2009	September	28th	Arrival in Japan
	October	5th	Opening Ceremony at GRIPS
		6th-7th	Presentation on Inception Report
		8th	Opening Ceremony at ICHARM
		15th	Field trip to the Kanto Region
	November	10th-26th	Joint classes with the “Local Emergency Operation Plan with Flood Hazard Map” training course
		12th	Town Watching in Kurihashi Town
		16th-18th	Field trip to Chubu Region and Town Watching exercise in Ise City
		20th	Field trip to Kokai River Hydrological observatory
	December	3rd	Field trip to the Kanto Region
	December	22nd	1st Interim Presentation
2010	January	21st	2nd Interim Presentation
	April	13th	3rd Interim Presentation
	April	20th-23rd	Field trip to Chugoku & Kinki Region
	May	26th-28th	Field trip to Touhoku & Kanto Region
	June	3rd	4th Interim Presentation of Master Thesis
	June	17th-18th	Field trip to Hokuriku Region
	August	6th	Final Presentation of Master Thesis
	August	23th	Submission of Master Thesis to GRIPS
	September	15th	Presentation of Action Plan
		16th	Graduation Ceremony at GRIPS
		17th	Closing Ceremony at JICA
		18th	Departure from Japan

Student List and Master's Thesis

Country	Name	Affiliation	*Master Thesis
Bangladesh	Mr. SAHA Partha Pratim	Sub-Divisional Engineer(Civil)/ Bangladesh Water Development Board	Flood Characteristics Analysis for Seven Hydrological Regions of Bangladesh
Bangladesh	Mr. A.K.M. Saifuddin	Sub-Divisional Engineer (Civil)/ Bangladesh Water Development Board, Flood Forecasting & Warning Centre	Homogeneity and Trend Analysis of Temperature for Urban and Rural Areas
China	Mr. GONG Zhen Bin	Weather Forecast Service Engineer/ Fuzhou Weather Station, Fuzhou Meteorological Bureau	Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Rainfall Forecasting in Fuzhou City
Ethiopia	Ms. ZEWDE Zinash Mekonnen	Head of Addis Ababa regional hydrology office/ under Hydrology Department, Ministry of Water Resourse	Development of Flood Forecasting Model in Middle Awash River Basin of Ethiopia
Indonesia	Mr. BHUWANA Vidi	Staff of Directorate of Water Resources Management / Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works	Rainfall Runoff Modeling by using Adaptive-Network-based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) - Case Study Ciliwung River -
	Mr. RADEN Panji Satrio	Chief of　Subsection/ Bengawan Solo River Basin Management, Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works	Flood Characteristics Of Upper Solo River Sub-basin - Case Study : Surakarta City -
	Mr. SUNTORO Gunawan	Staff of Program and Evaluation Division/ Serayu Opak River Basin Organization, Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works	Development of Rainfall Runoff Model for Bogowonto River Basin by Using Tank Model
Myanmar	Mr. Nay Myo Lin	Asistant Engineer (Staff Officer)/ Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation	Storm Surge Inundation Analysis of Cyclone Nargis Event
Philippines	Mr. FANO Jerry Austria	Assistant Section Chief (Engineer III)/ Sabo Engineering Division Flood Control & Sabo Engineering Center, Department of Public Works and Highways	Establishment of Philippine Flood Risk Index by Province Based on Natural and Social Factors
Sri Lanka	Mr. SEENIPELLAGE Chaminda Sugeeswara	Divisional Irrigation Engineer/ Department of Irrigation	Development of Flood Forecasting Model For Upper Kalu River and Kalani River Basins in Sri Lanka Using Radial Basis Function Neural Networks
Thailand	Mr. AMNATSAN Somchit	Chief of Water　Management Branch(Irrigation　Engineer)/ Regional Irrigation Office 2, Royal Irrigation Department	Water Level Prediction in Nan River, Thailand Using Wavelet Neural Network
Japan	Mr. Shiro Hishinuma	Engineer/Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.	Interregional Comparison of Climate Change Impact using Flood and Drought Duration Curves
(*With the permission from GRIPS)

Curriculum

Click Course Number to view each syllabus.

(This curriculum is for 2009-2010. It is subject to change.)

Course Number	Lecture	Lecturer
DMP200E	Disaster Mitigation Policy	Prof. Morichi (GRIPS)
DMP201E	Disaster Risk Management	Prof. Okazaki (GRIPS)
DMP280E	Basic Hydrology	Prof. Jayawardena (ICHARM), Mr. Fukami (ICHARM), Dr. Kubota & Dr. Tanaka (JAXA)
DMP281E	Hydraulics	Prof. Ishikawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
DMP282E	Basic Concepts of Integrated Flood Risk management (IFRM)	Prof. Takeuchi (ICHARM), Dr. Yoshii (CERI), Prof. Oki (Tokyo University), Mr. Imbe (ARSIT), Prof. Onda (Tsukuba Univeristy), Dr. Wakigawa (JICE)
DMP283E	Local Disaster Management and Hazard Mapping	Prof. Tanaka (ICHARM), Project Prof. Kudo (ICHARM), Prof. Umitsu (Nagoya University), Prof, Hayashi (Kyoto University)
DMP380E	Advanced Hydrology	Prof. Jayawardena (ICHARM)
DMP381E	Flood Hydraulics and Sediment Transport	Prof. Fukuoka (Chuo University), Prof. Watanabe (Kitami Institute of Technology)
DMP382E	Mechanics of Sediment Transportation and River Changes	Prof. Egashira (NEWJEC Inc.)
DMP383E	Sustainable Reservoir Development & Management	Dr. Sakamoto (PWRI), Mr. Umino (PWRI), Prof. Kawasaki (Yamaguchi University), Dr. Amano (NILIM), Prof.Sumi (Kyoto University), Dr. Yamaguchi (PWRI), Dr. Kashiwai (JDEC), Prof. Matsumoto (JDEC)
DMP384E	Control Measures for Landslide & Debris Flow	Prof. Ishikawa (Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology), Dr. Takanashi (Asia Air Survey CO.,LTD), Dr. Osanai (NILIM), Dr. Ikeya (SABO Technical Center), Ass. Prof. Yamada (Mie University), Mr. Watanabe, (Institute for International Development, Disaster Prevention and Peace Inc.), Mr. Yoshimatsu (Institute of Slope Technology), Dr. Ishii (PWRI), Dr. Tsunaki (SABO Technical Center), Dr. Fujisawa (PWRI), Mr. Ishida (PWRI)
DMP180E	Computer Programming	Lect. Hai & Lect. Rajapakse (ICHARM)
DMP284E	Practice on Hydraulics	Lect. Yorozuya (ICHARM)
DMP285E	Practice on Inundation Analysis	Lect. Magome (ICHARM), Asso. Prof. Osti (ICHARM)
DMP286E	Practice on Local Disaster Management Plan	Prof. Tanaka (ICHARM)
DMP385E	Practice on Advanced Hydrology	Prof. Jayawardena (ICHARM)
DMP386E	Practice on Flood Forecasting	Mr. Fukami (ICHARM), Mr. Matsuki (IDI), JAXA
DMP387E	Practice on Sustainable Reservoir Development & Management	Prof. Matsumoto (JDEC)
DMP388E	Practice on Control Measures for Landslide & Debris Flow	Prof. Okubo (Japan Sabo Association)

Message from students

Mr. SAHA Partha Pratim
(Bangladesh)

This Master’s course is a very effective course for the professional engineers who deal with water related disasters. Apart from the classes this course includes many study tours at different water related structures of Japan which gives the participants an idea about the disaster history and the mitigation measures taken by Japan. Participants can attend many Research and Development seminars arranged by ICHARM. This is also a good opportunity to learn about water related problems around the world. As a participants of this course I have learn a lot which will be very fruitful for my future career.

I hope future participants will extract as much as possible from this course and will contribute to the respective country after completion of this course.

Mr. UDDIN A.K.M. Saif
(Bangladesh)

ICHARM provides world class education to us. Its teaching faculty consists of excellent academics with long track record of teaching and research. ICHARM also arranges classes conducted by renowned professor and researchers of different universities and research organizations.
The researchers working at ICHARM are very friendly and always eager to cooperate with the students. ICHARM also hosts Research and Development Seminar regularly where famous researchers around the world share their latest findings and thoughts with the audience. ICHARM provided online access to e-journals, arranged software and gave all out support for research during the individual study. The supervisors and advisors were constantly guiding and supervising the progress of the students. ICHARM was always ready to solve any problems the students might have through discussion in Homeroom and also individual communication. The warm behavior of ever smiling ICHARM officials impressed all of the students. For me, for the last one year this ICHARM became a home away from home. I am grateful to ICHARM for expanding the horizon of my knowledge and I am proud to say that I belong to this excellent organization. I wish ICHARM a bright future.

Mr. GONG Zhen Bin
(China)

This course is a great course that has a very successful combination between theory study and field trips. From this course, I learned not only fundamental hydrology and hydraulic knowledge, but also a lot of practical techniques on flood control and flood risk management. It will be quite useful for my career. I have a small suggestion that after we finish the fundamental theory study, such as hydrology, hydraulic, ICHARM can separate us into different groups according to our major, such as dam, sabo, flood risk management, forecast, etc. and designate different researchers that focus on different subjects. The participants also can choose their favorite subjects. I think it will be better for us to focus on our job in the future.

Ms. ZEWDE Zinash Mekonnen
(Ethiopia)

The professors who gave us lectures are very interested to teach us what they know I also appreciate this. The lectures during those 6 months are problem oriented and more of practical this also the special part of this course. The lecturers gave us lectures based on our country flood, landslide, etc. problems and they try to mention some solution for our problems they need some feedback from us about the problem to discuss about it. Another important remark is I appreciate the field trip for visiting different structural countermeasures implemented in Japan and also the town watching exercise I really appreciate that.

Mr. BHUWANA Vidi
(Indonesia)

I considered myself very lucky to have a chance to join the program. I and other participants were taught by experienced, professional and reputable lectures in their fields. The given modules were also appropriate and adequate to the course as solutions oriented program. And not only lectures, participants were also gained experiences from field trip. So, only within one year, there were so much information, knowledge and experiences which will be very useful to my future career. Upon returning to my country, I will not hesitate to share them with all my colleagues.

And for the next participants who will join this course, I hope you can take the most advantage of this course. There are so many experiences and knowledge for you to dig together with this course !!

Mr. RADEN Panji Satrio
(Indonesia)

There were good times and nice memories studied at ICHARM. Studying in ICHARM has opened my mind how we should do something for our organization in the future.

My messages for new students are “be focused on your study at ICHARM from beginning until the end of the course and you can get many achievements from that” and “enjoy your life in Japan."

Mr. SUNTORO Gunawan
(Indonesia)

I am very proud to finish my master program in Japan, especially in ICHARM. After finishing my study in ICHARM, I have some resolutions within one year. I want to share what I got in Japan such as the daily life, Japanese people, and Japanese culture. The most important is the knowledge.
Also I want to improve the quality of hydrology data in my office. The information about those data must be shared to the people who need. I hope my colleagues and my boss in my office will support me.

To the future students, I just want to say : GAMBATE KUDASAI !

Mr. Nay Myo Lin
(Myanmar)

Having such a long history or recurrent flood disasters due to the natural conditions, Japan has developed knowledge and technologies. In Myanmar, we are mostly suffered from flood disasters among the various disasters. It is the largest barrier for developing country to build up developed country. Gaining the specific knowledge about the basic concepts of integrated flood risk management in structural and other non-structural measures, GIS application, advanced hydrology and hydraulic, disaster management policy and also Japan’s flood control strategies with advanced technical know-how and experience can practically utilize in implementation of disaster mitigation work in my country.

I am thankful to JICA, ICHARM and GRIPS for giving me such a learning opportunity and support of this study. I extend my grateful thanks to ICHARM staff and JICA staff. All of them have been doing their utmost effort to provide us with great help for our studying and living here in Japan.

Mr. FANO Jerry Austria
(Philippines)

This course is a very significant program that gave us students many ideas about the solutions to flood-related disasters based on Japan’s experiences and allowed us to understand the broad spectrum of flood disaster mitigation. The distinguished professors in ICHARM with their scholarly advice always challenged us to enhance our problem-solving capability – by allowing us to focus more on practical rather than the theoretical aspects. Personally, this will enhance my capability to meet the myriad challenges of flooding, which I can effectively and efficiently contribute in the planning and implementation of flood disaster mitigation plans in my work in the Philippines. So to the incoming students of this 4th batch of master course: study diligently, work hard on your thesis and above all enjoy the learning experience that is ahead of you!

Mr. S.C. Sugeeswara
(Sri Lanka)

During the master course, ICHARM arranged us to hear best academic and practicing professionals in the field of water related disaster management in Japan. Also we had great chances of getting the field experience by visiting various field works all over Japan related to disaster mitigation works. I believe that ICHARM have arranged the master course not only to train students but also to change their attitudes positively.

I want to impress future students of ICHARM to get the maximum benefit of ICHARM resources to get them trained. Specially, they should keep in mind that fully qualified and well experienced ICHARM staff is always ready to give their knowledge to master course students.

I wish ICHARM could serve their mission for the sake of the mankind in future too.

Mr. AMNATSAN Somchit
(Thailand)

One year in Japan, it is a long period for me to stay abroad. However, the kind hospitality of Japanese people and ICHARM members makes me feel not much different from staying in my home country, Thailand. Within this valuable period, I have learned many things in both academic and social sides. In academic side, ICHARM have provided me a very useful knowledge and experience which is adaptable to solve flood-related problem in my country.

On this occasion, I would like to leave my message to next year participants that you are very lucky persons to join this training course. Please try to learn and do best in your study. You will finally find that all knowledge you gain is useful for you and your country.

Mr. Shiro Hishinuma
(Japan)

This master course is tough. We have been stretched through lectures, exercises, field visits, and individual study. However, I’m sure that all the requirements have developed our capacity of water related disaster management.
This master course is unique. Participants from different countries gather in Japan and spend one year. Discussion with other participants helps me understand diversity.
This master course is being improved. I appreciate that ICHARM staffs always try to improve contents and learning environment of the master course based on our feedback.

To new comer friends, I leave a message that participating in this master course must be an investment for your future and your country’s future. Study hard and enjoy Japan!