From October 27-31, StEER Associate Director Ian Robertson participated on an international research team to survey the damage due to the Palu Earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia. The mission was organized by Professors Shibayama and Esteban of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan and received significant logistical and planning assistance from Hendra Achiari, a lecturer at Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The team organized into four sub-teams with members, affiliation and subteam assignments as follows:
Tomoya Shibayama, Waseda University: Team Leader & Tsunami Inundation Survey
Miguel Esteban, Waseda University: Bathymetry Survey
Ian Robertson, University of Hawaii: Structural Damage Survey
Takahito Mikami, Tokyo City University: Tsunami Inundation Survey
Tomoyuki Takabatake, Waseda University: Tsunami Inundation Survey
Ryota Nakamura, Toyohashi University of Technology: Aerial Survey
Yuta Nishida, Waseda University: Aerial Survey
Jacob Stolle, University of Ottawa: Structural Damage Survey
Clemens Krautwald, Technical University of Braunschweig: Structural Damage Survey
Hendra Achiari, Bandung Institute of Technology: Logistical Coordination
Abdul Gafur Marzuki, State Institute for Islamic Studies Palu: Logistical Assistance
Muhamad Fadel Hidayat Marzuki, Bandung Institute of Technology: Logistical Assistance
