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Japanese Institute Honors NHERI at Oregon State University Wave Lab for Research, Disaster Prevention Work
Corvallis, OR, Nov. 9, 2022 Japans Port and Airport Research Institute has conferred its annual Hamaguchi Award on Oregon State Universitys O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory for its contributions to the understanding of tsunamis and other coastal hazards and for its disaster prevention work.
Pedro Lomonaco, the labs director, received the award Nov. 8 at a ceremony in Tokyo. Presenting the award was Hideo Onishi, state minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism.
Each year the Hamaguchi Award goes to an individual or an organization that has made significant scientific or pragmatic contributions to the enhancement of community resilience against tsunami, storm surge and other coastal disasters.
The award, established in 2016 after the United Nations the previous year designated Nov. 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day, is named for Hamaguchi Goryo, who saved people in his village from a tsunami in 1854. He prompted his fellow residents to evacuate to higher ground by setting fire to sheaves of rice, his whole years harvest, as a warning signal.
The OSU wave laboratory is part of the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI.
Originial Story: https://today.oregonstate.edu/story/japanese-institute-honors-oregon-state-university-wave-lab-research-disaster-prevention-work
Contact:
Pedro Lomonaco, Director
O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory
pedro.lomonaco@oregonstate.edu